Notelets for 2005.02.03

Fast Company | The 6 Myths Of Creativity is a good article for those interested in fostering creativity in organizations they manage.


For those of us who love the trees on the UcBerkeley campus, go read: 1.26.2004 - Going out on a limb for Berkeley’s venerable trees: "Take away the lecture halls, the brilliant students, the Nobel laureates, even take away the Campanile and the tie-dye, and there'd still be a unique feel to Berkeley. Where to find it? Try the trees."


Every so often, I keep hearing about the unexplained and disquieting electoral irregularities in Ohio. Salon.com News | Investigating Ohio seems to be still timely.


Answers.com: hapa:
The word "hapa" is now used in the mainland United States to describe a person of partial Asian ethnicity. However, some Hawaiians dispute this usage, claiming that the word should only be used to describe people of partial Hawaiian ancestry.


Timmins Web Cam:


    The City of Timmins presents you with Timmins Web-Cam; there are two (2) cameras taking live pictures from City Hall and from the Mattagami Region Conservation (MRCA) Building at Gillies Lake.

The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > When the Sous-Chef Is an Inkjet:


    But the sushi made by Mr. Cantu, the 28-year-old executive chef at Moto in Chicago, often contains no fish. It is prepared on a Canon i560 inkjet printer rather than a cutting board. He prints images of maki on pieces of edible paper made of soybeans and cornstarch, using organic, food-based inks of his own concoction. He then flavors the back of the paper, which is ordinarily used to put images onto birthday cakes, with powdered soy and seaweed seasonings.