Mad Men in Preston Hollow and at the Londoner
Mad Men are everywhere. Mad Men, the Emmy winning show, is short of influencing all in style and decor. With that in mind, I considered it would be a fitting theme for this week in review. 60s decor is very sleek and stylish. This is evident in the exterior when walking up to R+D Kitchen … Read more
Evening with Social Media Club Dallas at BuzzShift | @smcdallas @BuzzShift
Social Media Club Dallas’ August meeting was hosted by Buzzshift at Mockingbird Station. It was a great evening made complete with Neo Pizzeria as food sponsor. It was my first SMC Dallas meeting apart from the Happy Hour at Quarter Bar last month. I knew this would be an interesting evening and a great way … Read more
Quantum Entanglement – “Spooky Action at a Distance”
What is Quantum Entanglement? http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qt-entangle/ Quantum Entanglement and Information Quantum entanglement is a physical resource, like energy, associated with the peculiar nonclassical correlations that are possible between separated quantum systems. Entanglement can be measured, transformed, and purified. A pair of quantum systems in an entangled state can be used as a quantum information channel to … Read more
TED – Craig Venter unveils “synthetic life”
In June, I was astounding by the news the Dr. J. Craig Venter and his team succeed in creating synthetic life. History was made as this single-celled organism was born. The first species in history to be newly created by man. What does this mean for humanity? What does this mean for medicine? Did we … Read more
Our Weekend Together
It has been a long time coming. Marshall is coming back home. Marsh was in Austin for the summer helping his brother get settled and ready for college and get acclimated to the city. He and his family then left for a two week vacation to visit their family in Germany. As much as I … Read more
Thursday’s Meetup at Trinity Hall
It’s been so refreshing to have recently encountered like minded intelligencia. These meetups and tweetups of geeks and nerds have really open my eyes to the immense rich untapped treasure trove of which is Dallas. We gathered at Trinity Hall for our meetup on Thursday night. The turn out was impressive and I thank … Read more
Networking at CoHabitat with OpenCamp and Proxomo
CoHabitat was host to an evening of professioal networking with OpenCamp and Proxomo. Having never been to CoHabitat, I was not sure what to expect at this function. Located in historic Travis St in Uptown Dallas, it is nestled among urban cottages all aligned one after the other. In short, CoHabitat is quaint yet contempo. … Read more
Voted Best Pizzeria in Dallas by @DMagazine
Tucked away at the corner of Preston Rd and Royal Ln. in Preston Hollow (Dallas), Marco’s Pizza is a Dallas landmark. Known as the oldest pizzeria in Dallas, the first pizzeria was opened in 1956. Catering to the North Dallas community, this family restaurant is a must when shopping in the area or just when … Read more
TED – Brian Cox: Why we need the explorers @ProfBrianCox
Professor Brian Cox has always been one of my heroes growing up and even today in my young adulthood. He has made science and cosmology chic and trendy. He has spurred the fascination of science to a new generation and appears regularly on documentaries attempting to answer the greatest mysteries in science. Currently, working with … Read more
Gathering at Houlihan’s
It was star studded evening with socially interactive members of Dallas’ “aristocrats.” Discussions consisted of “shop talk” on technology and networking and then veered to horror movies and the new site http://www.thehumancinemapede.com. Lots of networking and meeting of professionals took place. However, it was the guest of honor, TheOnlineNanny, who we were saying farewell to … Read more
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