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The newest geek trend is to attach a pedometer to oneself to see how many steps are taken in a day. I put mine on this morning, went to Starbucks and the bank, and now I’m up to 2046 steps.

There’s a restaurant in Chicago called Moto where the chef uses a Canon i560 inkjet printer to print images of sushi on pieces of edible paper made of soybeans and cornstarch. The ink is food-based and organic. Neat idea. Here’s

Those of you who were on my “Canadiansintheus” mailing list will by now have a note in your inbox saying that the list came to an end today. I moderated the list for a few years, but now it’s time

You and yours can star in your own novel. Check it

Here’s an interesting take on presidential speeches from one of PRI’s board members, Clark Judge: “Reagan was symphonic: every range of meaning and tone,” Judge said. “Bush 41 was rock ‘n’ roll: simple driving beat. (Bill) Clinton was improvisational jazz:

This is a fascinating and important ruling on virtual property (thanks to Peter Harter for pointing it out to me). I would have expected something like this to happen in the litigious US first (and maybe it has and I

Read all about it here.

A supermarket chain in Seattle (Thriftway) has been allowing customers to use their fingerprints as an alternative method of payment. Debit and credit cards are connected in a database with customer’s fingerprints. To the surprise of some, this has been

This is an interesting piece from Forbes.

Mark Goffman, one of the writers for the TV show the West Wing will be speaking at a PRI event tonight. It will be fun to hear how real world events impact the show. The event is sold out already,