How to Seem Smarter ReadyMade magazine’s four step plan gives the impression to those around you that you are smarter — not only smarter than you were before, but, more importantly, smarter than they are… This (mostly) tongue-in-cheek article includes the four steps mentioned above, plus a short history of the scientific evaluation of intelligence, […]

YOUR Ideas for the new WTC Submit proposals for the new World Trade Center and see your idea on CNN CNN has issued a request for design proposals for the 16-acre site at the WTC. They plan to feature as many ideas as possible on both their website and on the air. Click here for […]

Mental Aerobics Improve your memory by exercising your brain New advice from Dr. Gary Small, the director of the Center on Aging at the University of California states that it’s never to early to start on a preventative fitness plan for your brain. Mental Aerobics.

Now and Zen Every now and then, I enjoy a little Zen. Anytime I need a “deep thought” I enjoy visiting DailyZen.com. It’s design is simple and pleasing (you might say it’s almost Zen-like) and the site has some simply great features like the ability to email the daily quote, send a Zen card, or […]

Weird Inventions Today features a gallery of obscure (i.e. “weird”) patents. Some of the patents on file include a machine that simulates a “high-five” (guess it also answers the question about the sound of one-hand clapping), pants that separate at the crotch so you can mix “styles” (like what… plaid and polka dots??), and a […]

Weird Creativity This week I’ve decided to cover creativity most would deem as “weird.” What better way to kick-off this week’s theme than with the latest theory of “weird ideas” by Professor Robert Sutton, author of Weird Ideas That Work: 11 1/2 Practices for Promoting, Managing, and Sustaining Innovation (Free Press, 2001). Sutton’s book is […]

Chuck O’ the Day Today I complete week long coverage of “Chucks.” Perhaps I’ll focus on a different name next week — Send me an email and suggest a name! This Made Me CHUCK-LE Sure, it’s a bad pun — but is there really a such thing as a *good* pun? I’ve seen all sorts […]