From Moore’s Law to Barrett’s Rules

Intel’s chairman on antitrust silliness and the secrets of high-tech success.
May 16, 2009
By MICHAEL S. MALONE
Craig Barrett is spending the last days of his tenure as Intel chairman the same way he spent his previous 35 years at the corporation: moving at a superhuman pace that leaves exhausted subordinates in his wake.

Ken Fallin

Mr. Barrett [...]

Brain Gain

The underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs.

How to Land the Best Deals on Airline Tickets

May 10, 2009
By SCOTT MCCARTNEY

Shopping for airline tickets is one of the most complex consumer transactions. Tickets come with rules and restrictions wordier than apartment leases. Prices change several times a day. Plans have to be made far in advance to get a good deal, and penalties can be severe.

John Pirman

For most of us, [...]

Abuse of Power

from Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog by Steve Pavlina
Do you ever mistakenly use your own power against yourself? Instead of focusing your creative energies to fulfill your desires, do you channel those energies into negative thoughts, feelings, and visualizations? If so then you’re succumbing to an abuse of your own power.
Here are some common patterns that [...]

A 12-year-old agent of change

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090504.wlinterview04art1808/BNStory/lifeMain/home

By OLIVIA STREN
From Monday’s Globe and Mail
May 4, 2009 at 9:18 AM EDT

Bilaal Rajan can’t meet tomorrow, his mother, Shamim Rajan explains, as he has a previous engagement: He has to go to the zoo. He can, however, squeeze in a late dinner interview at his favourite Toronto restaurant, Richtree Market. (He loves the potato [...]

Best and Worst Brain Foods

By David Zinczenko, with Matt Goulding – Posted on Fri, May 01, 2009, 1:43 pm PDT
If you want to make the right decisions in confusing times—Time to refinance? Explore a different career? Root for the singing spinster or the 12-year-old?—you need to pay special attention to what you eat. That’s right: Your grocery list can [...]