Microkia or Nokisoft? The puzzle of the Nokia-Microsoft agreement

Nokia, the giant cell phone manufacturer, is in deep trouble. It’s new CEO (since September 2010), ex-Microsoft executive Stephen Elop, stated that clearly in an all-hands memo to Nokia employees that compared Nokia’s business position to being on a burning oil platform. The only way to survive, he intimated, was to jump to a radically […]

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Takes the Blame

 

I met Charles Bolden nearly 25 years ago when he was an astronaut. He spoke at a small seminar and I had the opportunity afterwards to briefly talk to him and get his autograph on the seminar program. I recall lamenting that I was born a bit too soon to take part in […]

Aerobies: from flying rings to coffee

Aerobie flying ring

Some years ago, in addition to our Frisbee disks, we acquired an Aerobie flying ring. It was the champ for long distance throws. In fact, it has been thrown over 400 meters. We didn’t come anywhere close to that, but we sure could throw it farther than a Frisbee. I never […]