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The Voynich Manuscript A 230 page Royal Scam Here’s another from the BrainBlog slush pile. I found this in the July issue of Scientific American. With all the available titles disputing the “truth” written within The Da Vinci Code, I’m really fond of the idea of a 17th century English adventurer scamming Holy Roman Emperor […]

I’m Not Alone. See? I’m NOT the only one. I took a bit of razzing from some friends when I took issue with parts of the Kevin Roberts’ interview on the Tom Peters website. Seems I’m not the only one who is left unimpressed by some of the Lovemarks author’s comments and “original” ideas. In […]

The Art of the Start The how-to guide for starting anything I’ve been a fan of Guy Kawasaki since I first read Rules For Revolutionaries back in 1999. As much as that book appealed to me — I like this one more. You may have noticed The Art of the Start has appeared in the […]

I’m a Junk Man too! Yet another reason why Tom Peters kicks ass Tom’s latest has me reveling in the fact that I enjoy getting calls from telesolicitors, digging through stacks of junkmail postcards and pamphlets, and really don’t mind deleting an inbox full of Viagra ads and pleas from South African expatriates if it […]

World Wide Cobwebs Clearing away some old web links I collect links and sites to share with you via my blog posts, but sometimes I collect too many at once and some of the best get pushed to the bottom (I really need to rotate my stock of ideas more often!) Here’s one I’ve been […]

Blog Stuff New links, thinks, and laughs I updated the BrainBlog yesterday and added some links to the blog roll and the online comic banners. A couple new comic favs are “John and John” and “Making Fiends“. John and John can be a little gross and graphic, so consider this an adult content warning. Making […]

The Opposite of Product Placement Film Placement? Content Placement? Amazon has started producing original short films through their Amazon Theater page. It’s long been said that in the near future you could watch a television program and click on the remote control to purchase products, clothing, furniture, etc. that are being used by your favorite […]