AirBnB host unknowingly rents space out to ‘XXX Freak Fest’

http://on.mash.to/1iWnVs3 This is half nightmare, and half the making for great comedy. While no one could have anticipated a guest throwing an orgy in a rented space, AirBnB handled the situation well. Would… Continue reading →

Too busy read? Try app called Rooster

http://bit.ly/1lUjNN Rooster is trying to bring back the serialized novel, aka novels split up into tiny chunks and read over time. Rooster takes books and splits them into 15-20 installments, allowing you to… Continue reading →

What Detroit needs most

http://bit.ly/1isWmqa Detroit needs a revamped public education system, a secondary education system to help low-labor workers learn new skills, and it needs businesses to grow and create jobs. It must come from the… Continue reading →

How would you remove the 80,000 abandoned homes in Detroit?

Read the NPR article here How would you get rid of the 80,000 blighted buildings in Detroit? Would you demolition them, quickly and cost effectively? Or would you pick them apart by hand,… Continue reading →

Pandora is making it feasible to survive as a muscisian

Read orginal @FastCompany article “How great would it be back then if I had known that I could send a message to 3,227 people in Boulder that created a station with my band… Continue reading →

Treat every person you meet the same way…This way

http://bit.ly/1egUMEK — Link to original article Never undervalue the feeling of importance and acceptance. Sometimes, that’s all it takes for someone to like you, to be motivated, to push for change. Treat every… Continue reading →

Would you buy stock in this Marijuana company?

http://bit.ly/1idI4JR Creative Edge Nutrition may be a $5 billion Marijuana company by next year. A Windsor, Ontario-based nutritional company, Creative Edge just applied to be one of Canada’s large, highly regulated medical marijuana… Continue reading →

An app to track my insatiable coffee habits

http://bit.ly/1fJCwcz Jawbone has developed what will likely be the next wave of health and fitness tracking apps. Instead of tracking how far you run or how many reps you pump out at the… Continue reading →

Detroit to pay 30 cents on dollar for $285M debt

Big news for Detroit. The city will only have to pay $85M of a $285 million debt from UBS and Bank of America Merril Lynch. This debt came from from “swaps”, or pension-debt… Continue reading →

The coolest door ever

  Klemens Toggler designs doors, and these doors are awesome. They are called “Evolution Doors”, or kinetic folding doors, folding in and out of itself like origami. They are still in prototype, but I… Continue reading →