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HHO Boost for Your Car - Scam or Not?

Monday, March 31st, 2008

There is a small community of car owners in North America (and elsewhere) that have latched onto the idea that a small fuel cell under the hood can produce enough Brown’s Gas (HHO) to achieve a 40% increase in fuel economy on most modern cars. You’re probably scratching your head at this stage and wondering [...]

Downtime: Boomstick

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

This is, without a doubt, my busy season. Another month of crazy schedules and I’ll be back to looking like a living, breathing human again. In the meantime, I’ve been relaxing at the end of a busy day (usually midnight or 1am) with this flash-based game. It’s addictive!

Update: I have moved the game to another [...]

Review of After the Launch - Good Advice for New Consultants

Friday, March 28th, 2008

I have committed to writing about the ins and outs of running a consulting business on Fridays but recently, I stumbled across a great blog run by Shama Hyder of Dallas, Texas. Shama has a similar background to mine but has chosen to go the “business coach” route rather than the research and analysis route [...]

Boston Dynamic’s Big Dog - The Requiem

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Earlier this month, a video was making the rounds of the blogosphere highlighting the latest prototype robot put together by Boston Dynamics.

This video scared some. I found it fascinating from a technology standpoint. Robotics certainly has come a long way in a short span of time. However, I wasn’t expecting the community’s response:

I laughed pretty [...]

No Methodology Today - Only Elektronik Supersonik

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

I’ll admit that I have nothing meaninful to say about research methodologies because I am heads down in the middle of some gruelling methodology right now and don’t have time to write a proper post. However, the sun is shining and I’m feeling well so here’s a bit of sunshine on this Wednesday afternoon:

The best [...]

Could the Large Hadron Collider at CERN Destroy Our World?

Monday, March 24th, 2008

In a few short months, some of the brightest minds in Particle Physics in the world are going to start an experiment in Geneva that, according to some, has the potential to tear our entire planet to pieces. I’m not one to buy into sensationalist notions but there has been enough chatter about the upcoming [...]

Hey Cubicle! F*ck You!

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

You may not be aware but yesterday was the 40th birthday of the cubicle. Today’s my birthday and I’m really glad that I don’t share it with the worst invention of the 20th Century. I get to share my birthday with Fred “Mr.” Rogers.

There’s a Fred Rogers cameo at the end. That’s my excuse for [...]

Moving Towards a More Personal Research Methodology

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

I had a fascinating chat with Mark Cameron from Techneos on Monday afternoon where he enlightened me to the fact that here in North America, we do very little face to face surveying (~2%) and in the UK (and probably the rest of the EU), they do almost a third of their research face to [...]

CFLs + Clean Power + Cold Weather + Gas Furnace = GHG Emissions Spikes

Monday, March 17th, 2008

A very, very, interesting article in today’s Toronto Star raised the ugly issue of the “green-ness” of Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs (CFLs). The article, citing a report done by Atomic Energy Canada Ltd. (AECL) and the University of Toronto, suggests that the waste heat generated by incandescent bulbs in a region where electricity is relatively clean [...]

Increase the Depth of your Client Relationships

Friday, March 14th, 2008

I came to a conclusion recently - I’ve been spending a lot of time spinning my wheels, writing proposals for RFPs issued by people that I don’t know. Last year, I wrote over 30 unsolicited proposals and won one of them. The lion’s share of my business came from two clients - the University of [...]

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