Man’s flushed wedding ring retrieved by Grand Rapids Public Works department | MLive.com: “[…] the call that came on Tuesday, Feb. 19: A man on the Northwest Side was upset after accidentally flushing his $500 wedding ring down the toilet. Could anything be done to find it?”
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Yes. Recovered. Satisfaction.
Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing: “The Nielsen Co. is expanding its definition of television and will introduce a comprehensive plan to capture all video viewing including broadband and Xbox and iPads, several sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.”
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What is TV?
20 Odd Questions: James Dyson – WSJ.com: “Mr. Dyson, 65, created his first consumer product—a wheelbarrow with a ball in place of a wheel—in 1974. “
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Research and Development → Invention.
When culture turns into policy by Mig Reyes of 37signals:
“A fine line exists between spelling out company culture and inadvertently engraving it as policy.”
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*Company Culture vs. Company Policy.
Exclusive: Pinterest Complete $200M Funding at $2.5B Valuation – Kara Swisher – Commerce – AllThingsD: “It now has close to 50 million unique monthly users worldwide and has quintupled its employees to 100 in the last year. “
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Pinterest = The Sears Wish Book for the Internet age.
3-D Printed Body Parts, Finally! : Discovery News: “For children born with microtia, a congenital deformity of the external ear, reconstructive surgery solutions can involve long, painful operations or prosthetics that rarely resemble the real thing.”
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3-D Printing is not just for making toys.
This is not the weather report I was expecting.
Title List
Bossypants
Escape Velocity
The Rare Find
Quiet
What Would Google Do?
The Innovator’s DNA
Good to Great
Power: Why Some People Have It – and Others Don’t
The Master Switch
Rework
Start-Up Nation
Drinking With George
How the Mighty Fall
Accidental Genius
On Bullshit
Future Perfect
Life Itself: A Memoir
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
The Signal and the Noise
Beyond the Obvious
The Start-Up of You
Notes: The book titles are mostly listed in order of completed. There are a few where the last played date was changed because I played the book at some point after completing it the first time. In 2013 I’ll try to make a note of a book the day it is completed. Looks like there are 21 titles completed for this year. There are a few that I stopped listening to part way through. Perhaps those will get a second chance in 2013.
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