The DALL-E 2 artificial intelligence system generates original images based on prompts. The four images below were generated by DALL-E 2 based on my prompt, “photo of a scientist advancing fusion energy research.” All four images show a scientist standing way too close to the device, with three of them being visibly harmed by the […]
Miscellany
A Discussion on Self-leadership
One very positive experience I had on Clubhouse was meeting Sally Foley-Lewis, a professional coach and leadership expert. She is conducing analysis about self-leadership and interviewing professionals to learn about their experiences. I had the chance to talk to her about this and learned a lot myself. Side note: there are some very good project […]
A Great Dog
A Trip to Stockholm: One Old Ship and Lots of New Research
I spent a few days in Stockholm (my first visit there) and will cut straight to the highlight: The Vasa. The Vasa, seen at right in its home at the Vasa Museum, was built by Sweden in the early 1600’s as the largest warship in the world. The Vasa sank during its maiden voyage in […]
The Squeaky Wheel gets the Memory: A Lesson in Marketing from the WD-40 Company
The venerable Water Displacement, Formula #40, more generally known as the WD-40 that comes in a distinctive blue and yellow spray can, is much more than just a chemical that we spray on squeaky things. The WD-40 Company is renown for achieving incredibly high levels of employee engagement and professional satisfaction in their work. Chief […]
Colonel Mustard, in the Kitchen, with the Poison Gas
This is a Blast from the Past posting salvaged from the embers of my old website. Over the holiday weekend we had a family dilemma. Everyone wanted to play Clue, but no one wanted to go out in the holiday traffic to purchase the game. Fortunately, we found two people willing to walk to a […]