Twitter remixed

By rickColosimo / August 15, 2013 / Comments Off on Twitter remixed

This article provides a new and more interesting take on twitter. It’s like a present-tense exonet, very “now” oriented rather than library of knowledge oriented. I’ve stopped much twitter viewing for two reasons: first, my app for reading tweets was a fantastic Outlook plugin that was a good part of my workflow. (With the Airbook…

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Heat transfer of big ice cubes

By rickColosimo / August 12, 2013 / Comments Off on Heat transfer of big ice cubes

So big ice cubes aren’t necessarily new news, but the ad below which piqued my interest is recent. Ice is cold; your drink is warm. If ice cools drinks by taking heat and melting, then can these work as advertised? The larger surface area slows melting and heat transfer, true, but no heat transfer means…

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What I’m looking for

By rickColosimo / August 12, 2013 / Comments Off on What I’m looking for

You’re fire, a black market bottle rocket bought from the back of a trunk from a Pedro’s “South of the Border” bag. I’m hoping for instant girlfriend, the one who I meet and that’s just it — it starts and continues and grows and goes on and on. I don’t want to date and date,…

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Every day is Pearl Harbor Day

By rickColosimo / August 9, 2013 / Comments Off on Every day is Pearl Harbor Day

On Pearl Harbor Day last December, I came across someone who suggested that America needed something to wake us up and get us back on our feet. The reference was to Pearl Harbor Day and how it brought the country together 70 years ago. Me: Didn’t we get that about 10 years ago? Of course,…

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