Quote of the Week
“My best successes came on the heels of failures.”—Barbara Corcoran
The Humble Origin of Girl Scout Cookies
I have a confession to make. Earlier this year, I went a little overboard with buying Girl Scout cookies—particularly Thin Mints. I still have several boxes of Thin Mints in my freezer for maximum freshness and a cool treat during the summer heat. I’m not alone with this hoarding. Max Miller, the man behind Tasting …
Setting Them Up for Success
I remember the excitement one June night a few years ago when I—and several hundred classmates—gathered on the football field to bring our high school journey to a close. It was a thrilling time in our lives. Some of us—such as myself—were planning to start our collegiate career in a few months. Some students were …
Under Their Feet
It was a simple enough initiative. Do some drilling into the rock underneath to study the feasibility of using geothermal energy to power a building. The building in question: The Denver Museum of Nature and Science. As you might guess, the scientists at the museum were interested in looking at the core samples to understand …
Ancient Automations
Popular culture seems to think the concept of robots began around the time of Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, published in 1942. But a dive into the history of robots—loosely defined in this context as a machine capable of carrying out a pre-defined set of actions automatically—dates back hundreds of years before Asimov. A …
How Do You Spell That?
In 1964, the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious entered popular culture, thanks to the 1964 movie Mary Poppins. Taking 34 letters to spell, some people may consider that to be the longest word in the English language. Those people would be wrong. The Merriam-Webster dictionary turned to its web presence to look at the longest English words in …
Can You Spare $125,000?
Since being sold for $9.5 million last year, Champions Point is now available to rent as a premium Airbnb destination in Highland Park, Illinois. The current owner, real estate investor John Cooper, decided to list the property as a rental while he figured out his long-term plan for the property. So why does this property …
