Wow, isn't this home striking?  It's a green house and a house meant to act like a true greenhouse -- the steel-framed structure is enveloped in alternating layers of insulated transparent glass and translucent polycarbonate plates, so when the sun comes through the glass and heats up the interior,...

When it comes to exports, Belgium may be better known for its fantastic beer and chocolates, but one of its most successful export products is actually comic books. Some of the most popular comic book names in the world are from Belgium, including the Smurfs (by Peyo), Tintin (by Herge) and of cours...

Cultivator Advertising & Design crafted the pro-biking message above on behalf of New Belgium Brewing Co. in Fort Collins, Colo. The headline, "Work to bike more," sounds like the work of a tipsy copywriter, so it's probably good that he or she doesn't drive a car. (We're told the billboard's pl...

There are so many interesting trainings on the ISV Innovation site (http://www.isvinnovation.com/Directory/Search.aspx) it’s hard to pick out just a couple. Let me highlight 2 of the many many courses anyway. The first one is about protecting your source code using obfuscation. The second is a 10 ...

Avant-garde composer Edgar Varèse and Georges Simenon, creator of Inspector Maigret, would seem to have little in common. But, during Simenon's five year post-war exile in America, Varèse was one of the few close friends he had in New York, and the two spent hours walking through Greenwich Village...

Ok, so I may have gone a littttllle overboard with the Pimm's. But it's such a fabulous winter drink I couldn't help myself. I'll explain... Earlier this month, the ladies from the UK sponsored a luncheon. While I waited to be assigned a seat I saw a bartender handing out these prett...

Philadelphia, PA, February 13, 2009-Fellow students and staff members at the Alice Costello School in Brooklawn, New Jersey, have always recognized seventh-graders Gabryelle Doherty and Sydney Weichmann as hard-working and caring individuals. These traits became......

Mary Bray School Distinguished Honors Third Grade : Emma Ball, Andrew Romano, Fourth Grade: Amy Guldin, Kelsey Vespe Honors: Third Grade: Rachel Bell, Gabrielle Bobo, Michael Bocchicchio, Kenzie Calhoun, Taylor Cobert, David Critch, Zachary Jusiak,......

Hardly any part of the business is immune to the crisis. That doesn’t mean there is no more work however! Almost every ISV I’m meeting is telling me they are still hiring. In my opinion, an ISV is a great place to work as a developer. Some advantages: - You get to develop a product with a real r...

Last Christmas when invitations for the Holiday coffee were sent out I decided to pass. There was an Christmas ornament exchange planned and well... I just didn't want to participate. What a scrooge right? lol! The thought of spending time & effort into buying a beautiful ornament and then g...