Kent Ninomiya - Did you see CNN's new touch screen contraption during Super Tuesday coverage? It's pretty cool. More importantly it is an increadibly useful tool. It instantaneously breaks down specific districts with real time numbers of election returns. In the hands of an effective and knowledgeable political broadcaster like John King, it gives viewers valueable insights into the shifting vote counts as they come in. It makes an unprecidented neck and neck Super Tuesday contest even more... Read Full Story
Kent Ninomiya - Yo quiero a healthier taco! Continuing my look at better food choices when you dine out... how about Taco Bell? That's right. The fast food chain has a "Fresco" menu with nine items with less than 9 grams of fat. That's still quite a bit of fat for a little taco but much less than what the regular stuff packs. There's nothing too innovative here. They just replace the cheese and sauce with salsa. The fatty meat and fried shell are still there. No one ever went to Taco Bell... Read Full Story
Kent Ninomiya - I know I usually talk about Cal football but, believe it or not, there is much more to Cal than the pig skin. There are a whole bunch of smart people there. Here is one. She is physics professor Alessandra Lanzara. Yes, physics professors can look like her. She is working on a way to make electricity virtually free and the means to store it limitless. She wants to restring the power grid with high temperature superconductors. Superconductors can transmit a current without... Read Full Story
Kent Ninomiya - Starbucks is finally jumping on the healthy bandwagon. They plan to introduce a line of lighter products this year. The first will be skinny lattes and mochas. They are just 90 calories for a tall compared to 190 for a regular latte and 270 in a regular mocha. The shocker here isn't that Starbucks is introducing diet coffee. It's that many of us have been guzzling this stuff for years without realizing how fattening it was. Oh... the new drinks have no fat compared to 5 grams... Read Full Story
Kent Ninomiya - The proposed merger of MSN and Yahoo is very good news for the internet world. Yahoo and Google use very different techniques in their searches. You can get very different results from the same search on the two engines. There is a vital need for both to survive lest we become a 100% Googlized culture. That wouldn't benefit any of us. Take the deal Yahoo. Kent Ninomiya Read Full Story
How to Become a Good Investor
Anyone can become a good investor. All it requires is time, patience, discipline and a little money. With all those elements you will someday have a lot of money to invest. The key is to be educated about your options and realistic about your expectations.
Instructions
Difficulty: Easy
Things You’ll Need:
• Money Time Patience Discipline
How to Become a Good Investor
Step 1:
First of all, determine whether you should be investing at all... Read Full Story
We are entering a new era in journalism. The future belongs to the citizen journalist. Newspapers are shutting down all over the country. TV stations are downsizing or getting rid of news altogether. Magazines subscriptions are dwindling. Each of us now has unprecedented access to a worldwide audience through the internet. Anyone can write an article or shoot a video and have it viewed around the planet instantly. No longer does an affluent elite hold the reigns to the flow of information. A... Read Full Story
Kent Ninomiya - Should someone lose their job and career for saying the wrong thing? Is it right that years of unblemished service be wiped out by a single off hand comment? The answer is... it depends. Last Friday, Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman said young pro golfers trying to catch up to Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley." Naturally this comment sparked outrage since Tiger Woods is part African American. The anger further intensified as Tilghman was allowed to appear on the... Read Full Story
Kent Ninomiya. Despite all the warnings and toy regulations we still hear about children hurt and killed by toys over the holidays. Here's a much needed refresher I found on child toy safety. Dennis Thompson (HealthDay News) -- Holiday toys are supposed to surprise and delight. But this year, toys are threatening to cause more worry than joy. Millions of toys made in China have been recalled in recent months by toy companies, many because they were decorated with lead paint. The recalls... Read Full Story
Kent Ninomiya - There's a great article I came across on Yahoo health. It talks about all the extra years of life you'll get by eating well, exercising and laying off the booze. When reading it the words "no kidding" came to mind. Someone actually did a study on that? There is no magic secret behind good health and long life. Do all the good things and avoid the bad things. So why doesn't everyone do it? They either don't want to live better and longer or they are too lazy to do what it... Read Full Story
