Is there any information about the type of CT scanning equipment and methods they use?

A "Teach for America" friend has recently been tasked with building a small Midwestern charter school's first Spanish program. One of the biggest challenges for her is finding ways to immerse students in the language with a lack of resources and a tight budget. This certainly seems like a quick, inexpensive and appealing way to get students engaged. I'll see if she can provide feedback.

The "social echo chamber and pop-culturization of news" phenomenon described in Brad's latest blog posts is exactly the issue my friends and I have been discussing for some time now. As a shameless news-junkie, I'm genuinely curious to find out how the Woven team aims to tackle this problem. Oh, and congratulations on the acquisition!

I'm curious -- Why did your parents sell the bar after just three years?

Same reason they bought it, an opportunity too good to pass up presented itself. They bought the bar because the previous owner got himself into trouble with the IRS and had to raise cash in a matter of weeks. So they got a deal. They sold when a well-heeled regular customer of the bar offered them considerably more than anyone else would have. Besides, I was about to graduate college and they would have had to have been more hands-on then. They also had used the contacts they made in the bar industry to set up a network of ATMs that generated a good deal of cash floow with very little work. They make good money from that network to this day.

This story makes me happy. There is opportunity out there.

I recommend Chapter 15, Emission Security, for a bit of interesting reading.

Great intro to DSP. If you're looking to build your EE library further, Ron Mancini's Op Amps for Everyone is also available as a free download from Texas Instruments. If you don't already have it, you can get it here: http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slod006b/slod006b.pdf

Fantastic reference. I suggest you submit it as its own link.

I'd like to suggest some of Michigan's programs for your review: University of Michigan's "Techarb" Business Accelerator (http://cfe.engin.umich.edu/businessaccelerator), Ann Arbor SPARK Business Accelerator (http://www.annarborusa.org/start-ups/spark-business-accelera...) and Wayne State's SmartStart Business Development Program (http://techtownwsu.org/business/smartstart.php)

I've interacted with each of these program on some level and can provide more information later if desired.

For the Ann Arbor SPARK program, does this operate as an early stage accelerator program or as more of a conventional incubator?

Each of the programs listed are geared toward very early-stage companies and provide many different types of support functions. Each program (I believe) offers grants or loans, office space, and mentorship. At its current state, the Techarb is more of a conventional incubator with outside entities providing financial and mentorship functions, however it is intended to be grown into a full accelerator in the near future by U-M (it was created only a few months ago and just getting off the ground). I'm less familiar with the SmartStart's program (I only visited once), however I believe it offers a full range of early-stage startup assistance.

Thanks for the information - I'll add this to the list!

I just did a Google search of a few elements I have in my kitchen and was really surprised to find your website as the top result. Keep up the good work!