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The Right Stuff: Entrepreneurs in Space

June 30, 2015 By Dan

On Sunday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket out of Cape Canaveral, Florida disintegrated 29 miles above the earth in the latest setback for the private aerospace company founded by Elon Musk. It was carrying more than 4,000 pounds worth of food, water treatment equipment, and other supplies intended for astronauts aboard the International Space Station. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurs Tagged With: Blue Origin, Elon Musk, Space, SpaceX

Being Anti: Vaccines to GMOs

June 23, 2015 By Dan

GMO Disease Resistant

There are six citrus trees in the backyard of my childhood home. I remember one hot summer day as a young kid going out to repaint the white trunks of the trees. The white paint increases the albido (the ratio of light reflected off an object) and thus keeps the trees cooler. The fruit was not yet ripe, so the tree leaves and unripened fruit were all a uniform green at the time. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Rants Tagged With: Anti-GMO, Anti-Vaxxer, food, Vaccines

The Good Fortune of a Missed Flight

June 16, 2015 By Dan

Singapore Airlines Plane

When I got to the end of the jetway at the sprawling Changi Airport in Singapore, a cart was waiting for me. The Singapore Airlines employee sitting behind the wheel knew he’d spotted the passenger he’d been waiting for when he looked at me and said, “San Francisco?” I nodded, knowing that my connecting flight from Kuala Lumpur had arrived late, and I was at risk of missing my connection—an 18-hour marathon of a flight back to the U.S. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Airport, Customer service, Singapore Airlines, Travel

Princely Travel On a Pauper’s Budget

June 9, 2015 By Dan

Flight from Singapore

It’s 11:50PM where my plane took off from and 8:50AM where my plane will land in a few hours. I’ve got a poor man’s first class seat—an economy class seat with the no one sitting in either of the other two seats next to me. I should probably be adjusting to U.S. time by now but I can’t help but take advantage of the free-flowing wine. “I’ll have another red, please.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: ATM fees, Cheap flights, Hotels, Travel hacks

Tesla vs the Man

June 2, 2015 By Dan

Tesla Purchase Website

Tesla doesn’t play nice. When it comes to industry neighborliness, Tesla is the one guy in the cul-de-sac who insists on painting his house an association-prohibited shade of green. But if you thought homeowner’s associations were power hungry, try state dealer associations. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: Electric cars, Elon Musk, Green energy, Tesla

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