Archive for December, 2011

Catapult kit, assembled

December 24th, 2011 by alephnaught

Catapult kit, assembled

My boss got me a (very cool) wooden catapult kit – as he said before I opened it, “Something he wished he had.” I love it! I wasn’t feeling well, getting over a bout of laryngitis, and spent about an hour assembling the kit. It’s over 6 inches long and can fire a clay ball […]

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December 23rd, 2011 by alephnaught

Pictures of bottles of rockin’ wine

We went out to lunch this week and the restaurant had some really interesting bottles of wine – here are the pics!

December 11th, 2011 by alephnaught

Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers (review)

Title: Gamestorming: A Playbook for Innovators, Rulebreakers, and Changemakers Author: Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: O’Reilly Media; 1 edition (July 30, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0596804172 ISBN-13: 978-0596804176 If you’re often running meetings, trying to get people to help make decisions, think out-of-the-box, consider options, then this is a book […]

Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds (review)

December 7th, 2011 by alephnaught

Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds (review)

Title: Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds Author: Scott Berkun Paperback: 196 pages Publisher: Berkun Media (October 26, 2011) Language: English ISBN-10: 0983873100 ISBN-13: 978-0983873105 I’ve read at least one book by Scott Berkun before, Confessions of a Public Speaker, and I liked it so much I decided to spring for his latest.  Some other […]

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