Shangri-La Bungalow

Shangri-La Bungalow

For the first month of my Fulbright I will be staying at Shangri La Bungalow, in  Nedimala, Dehiwala. I’m here with my fellow ETA’s. It’s about thirty minutes to downtown Colombo from this location, and the house is beautiful. If you care to see...

Novel, Nonobvious, and Useful

Can you patent round corners? Google was unaware that you could, according to David Lawee, vice president for corporate development at Google. In an interview with Bloomberg David made it clear that Google was not aggressive enough with their patent strategy....

Economics of Happiness

“Textbooks describe economics as the study of the allocation of scarce resources.  That definition may indeed be the “what,” but it certainly is not the ‘why.'” -Ben Bernanke On Monday Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave a...

Brewster

Today marked the launch of a new firm backed by Union Square Ventures, Brewster. Brewster aims to make managing your contacts, across all of your social platforms, an easier and more enjoyable experience. I downloaded Brewster this morning, and connected it to my...

The Kindle Fire

For my birthday my parents got me a [amazon asin=B0051VVOB2&text=Kindle Fire&chan=default]. After a few days of use though, I opted to return it for a [amazon asin=B005890G8Y&text=Kindle Touch&chan=default]. The Fire is a good tablet, but its...