Half-baked Ideas

Imagine if you could upload all of your photographs, videos, and sound clips to the internet cloud, then navigate through them across space and time within a virtual environment. Now imagine if everybody in the world could upload their multimedia files to a single virtual environment for anyone to view. It would become a massive […]

Remember the 1980’s when waterbeds were all the rage? I thought they were so cool when I was a kid. But then waterbeds fell out of favor, probably because they need some tedious maintenance, are bad for your back, and causes massive damage if they leak. So maybe waterbeds are not such a good idea. […]

In 1945, Jackie Robinson became the first black player allowed to play in Major League Baseball. Prior to that, non-white players were viewed as lesser competitors and relegated to playing in the Negro Leagues. Today, entry into Major League Baseball is fully merit-based and no regard is given to the color of of a player’s […]

Here’s a crazy idea. What if we went to each of the most habitable planets and moons in the solar system and dumped a load of organic soil, nutrients, bacteria, robust life forms, and seeds onto each planet or moon? Will that spur the development of life on the planets? Will life spread throughout the […]

Nobody is perfect. Everyone knows this, but yet, everyone goes onto dating sites every day looking for a perfect match. Naturally, when someone creates a dating site profile, they put down only the best about themselves. Dating profiles are like advertisements. They will never say anything negative. When someone makes a decision about a product […]

There’s the cliché advice, “don’t judge a book by its cover.” While that is good advice, few people heed it. The fact is, most people will judge a book by its cover. If you are an author and want people to buy your book, you better put a good cover on it. Choosing a good […]