Awhile back I mentioned that I had started two books during the Christmas holiday period that were thought provoking. One was about branding; the other was Ray Kurzweil’s book The Singularity Is Near. It’s a lengthy book, and, for me at least, a book that has necessitated an unusual amount of thought. Essentially, Kurzweil maintains that technology is now—and always ...

Today it is reported that all the requests for email Valentines yesterday crashed the web sites of several companies that now have that as part of their greeting card business. "I think because people are e-mailing so much, they’re connected to a lot more people than they were 10 years ago," said Valerie Cooper, executive vice president of the association. ...

(No, this isn’t a joke about the PR woes of VP Cheney and his hunting accident.) Maybe Team ACS could use this Google map, GPS mashup.

I don’t want to be a spoilsport if you’ve just gotten a heart-shaped box of chocolates, but… Here’s an interesting article by Gina Kolata in today’s NY Times about the long-running debate about diet and health. The low-cab diet goes back at least to the 19th century, and many other approaches have had their day. Making youself healthy or ill ...