The Hyperloop: One Step Closer To Reality
Concept art for the Hyperloop. Image credit Clubic Anybody remember when Elon Musk proposed the Hyperloop as a nice idea...
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Why People With Big Dreams Have Trouble With Relationships
Elon Musk with ex-wife Talulah Riley. Image credit Business Insider Rocky relationships are not unique to Hollywood. What makes a...
The Value Of A Decentralized Content Platform
Keep an eye on Decent.ch for what a decentralized content could look like. What's it like writing for a third...
Why Do Some People Still Not Know How To Use Computers?
It's the 21st century. Why are there still people who don't know how to use a computer? The truth is...
How To Fix Problems On Your Blog That Affect Your Bounce Rate
This is what it looks like when you actually succeed in reducing your bounce rate. So you've finally found a...
How to Increase Conversions on Your Website
Getting more "leads," conversions, sales or whatever you want to call them isn't as simple as this picture implies. It...
10 SEO Secrets Every Blogger Needs to Know
What's the hardest part of having an active blog? Getting traffic, right? Like it or not, most people still turn...
Best WordPress Plugins and Responsive Templates To Use On Your Website
You have a Wordpress blog and now you're browsing templates and plugins. Which ones should you install? Take it from...
OneWeb To Make Progress With Worldwide Connectivity
OneWeb's Board of Directors. By now, you may have heard the news that OneWeb has signed a contract with Virgin...
The Affordable Electric Vehicle
Are you in the market for a new vehicle but your budget only allows for a used car? You might...
When Activism Is A Waste Of Your Time
Whenever I hit Facebook, I often have a dozen messages shoved in my face by armchair activists with nothing better...
Yeah, So I’m A Freelance Writer…
Freelance content writing isn't difficult work if you can find it. You may have been the one who got As in...
Elon Musk Is Not A Welfare Queen
So now Elon Musk is getting accusations of being a welfare queen. That's kind of a funny one partly because...
How Much Thought Do You Put Into Father’s Day?
How much thought do you usually put into your Father's Day gifts? There are three kinds of Father's Day gift buyers....
Why Do We Need 23 Deodorant Brands Anyway?
Bernie Sanders seems to be gaining ground as a breakout presidential candidate who could win if he plays all his...
Should Convicts Work While In Prison? Sure, Why Not?
Image credit Barry Staver So here's a scenario for you. You're stuck in a closed environment, you can...
SpaceX’s New Air Force Rating Good News Even If You Dislike Military
A comparison of current and future SpaceX rockets, as compared to the Saturn V. Image credit Deranged Geek I know...
Venus Project: Reality or Fantasy Land?
Jacque Fresco, founder of the Venus Project. Are his ideas practical? Ever have to give a friend a reality check?...
Santa Monica Is Taking The Wrong Tack With AirBNB
AirBNB. Know it and use it while you still can.According to SPCR, Santa Monica is going to spend $410,000 to...
Hate Car Insurance? Let’s Focus On The Right Thing Here.
This is what the California bicycle highway would have looked like. Do you have trouble affording your monthly car insurance...
Ready To Leave? Don’t Blame You.
So I've heard people say that their voice could be amplified if they could only leave a particular system if...
Why I Just Don’t Care Anymore
Do you have an opinion? Sure; I do too. Everybody has an opinion and the thing about the Internet is...
Want To Exploit The Asteroids? Make Sure The Attorneys Don’t Win.
Construction of a large revolving space station, as proposed by Deep Space Industries. What's it worth to stop large asteroids...
RBE On Mars? Only On The Local Level.
Martian money as imagined by Total Recall. Thankfully, we have cryptocurrencies. How often do you get into conversations about the...
Artificial Intelligence According To The Avengers
The comic book version of Vision and Ultron. Image credit Screen Rant So I just got out of watching Avengers:...
Happy 25th Anniversary to the Hubble Telescope
The Hubble Telescope is celebrating its 25th anniversary on April 24. Well, actually it can't because it doesn't know it's...
“Earthrise” As Proof We Should Get Out Of The Box
How many of you remember the first time you saw Apollo 8's “Earthrise” picture? The crew couldn't have done a...
Why Does “Geek Culture” Exist?
So every day, you're bombarded with ads for Star Trek, Star Wars, or the latest geek thing of the week...
Human Cells And Ethics
Can cells found in the nose help a paralyzed man walk again? As weird as that might sound, a transplant...
Incentive Points For Bitcoin As A Business Model
How many incentive program accounts sit around, abandoned, because the account owners forgot they exist or never saw the point...
Is Google Forgetting Its Motto?
Google seems to have forgotten its motto, “Don't be evil,” lately. The popular search engine will filter results for its...
Cybernetic Implants Shouldn’t Be Suppressed
If you follow tech news closely, you might vaguely remember reading something about people who could use cybernetic implants to...
A Flying Car Could Be Part Of Your Future
If you've ever lived across the street from one of those local airports, you probably know the sound of personal...
Live Long and Prosper, Spock
It's been all over Facebook and Twitter that we lost Leonard Nimoy on February 27, 2015. He's known to just...
Yes, People Can Really Be This Shallow.
Image credit: Bryan Versteeg So the 100 candidates remaining in the Mars One selection process got their first taste of...
Is UBI A Good Thing?
So, is Universal Basic Income a good idea? On the surface, it sounds like just another Robin Hood socialist scheme...
Fiverr Introduces New Affiliate Program
The popular gigs board Fiverr just recently opened up an affiliate program with Linkshare. As someone who started my freelancing...
Debate #2: Ban Weapons & Militias On Mars?
After the success of our last debate, Jackson and I thought it might be fun to do another one, this time...
Nationwide: We Interrupt Your Super Bowl With An Important Announcement
In every Super Bowl, there seems to be a few ads that get the attention. Marketers put their best effort...
Remembering NASA’s Fallen Heroes
January 27th was the anniversary of the Apollo 1 disaster. Three of the top pilots in the U.S.A. –...
How To Fix The Problems Of Closed-Loop Economics
I must say, I enjoy watching people argue about economics. Apparently, you don't even need to be someone who majored...
Give Me An Economic Lever And…
OK, I get it. The current economic model is a nuisance for a lot of people. You wake up about...
Don’t Vote For Ted Cruz Next Time.
So Senator Ted Cruz has been appointed chairman of the Senate subcommittee on Space, Science and Competitiveness. Big deal, right?...
Influenster Frosty VoxBox
Influenster was good about sending me another box full of free samples. This time they called it the Frosty VoxBox...
Moving To Florida
Since the last time I've posted anything on this blog, I've moved to Florida from Illinois. If you want to...
Would You Leave Your Fortune To A Corporation?
According to the Twitterverse, Google CEO Larry Page recently said that he wouldn't mind leaving his fortune to Elon Musk's SpaceX so he...
Blame The Guilty Parties, Not The Religion
Man Haron Monis has been identified by unofficial sources as the gunman who took hostages in a Sydney cafe....
Bill Nye: Creationists are “Raising a Generation of Children Who Can’t Think.”
I'm sure we all know by now that Bill Nye has a bone to pick with Creationists. He debated Ken...
Making A Difference Goes Way Beyond Awareness
Do you ever become annoyed by those commercials that show images of starving children or abused pets and ask you...
Cryptocurrency Still Seen As A “Weird Libertarian Thing”
What's the best way to spark a discussion about cryptocurrencies on the Mars Society Facebook group? Apparently, one way is...
