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“I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it,” he said.

 

The Atlantic interviewed John Sylvan about inventing the K-Cup and then underestimating what a terrible idea this was for trash. Or how ridiculously cheap he was selling out for.

Mother Jones counted all 8 billion discarded ones and concluded the damn things would wrap around the Earth more than 10 times.

“I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it,” he said.

The Atlantic, March 2, 2015

Drones. We should have known they would be a problem when "drone" was the best name we could come up with.

Drones. We should have known they would be a problem when "drone" was the best name we could come up with.

CNN cleared to test drones for reporting
Jan. 12, 2015, CNN

Drones could pose serious hazard in NZ airspace, pilots warn
Jan. 17, 2015, TVNZ ONE News

Being pestered by drones? Buy a drone-hunting drone
By Matthew Sparkes, Deputy Head of Technology, Jan. 16, 2015, The Telegraph

Drones: how not to kill people with your Christmas present
By Andrew Griffin, Dec. 24, 2014, The Independent

This might be the most annoying and most hilarious present this Christmas
By Chris Smith, 

Dads With Drones Are Ruining Christmas
By Brian Barrett, Dec. 24, 2014, Gizmodo

Drone revolution still waiting on FAA rules
Scott Mayerowitz, Jan. 7, 2015, Associated Press, The Wichita Eagle

More and more Americans eat alone. Not counting parents trying to pack their kid's lunch while he's eating breakfast.

60% of Americans eat breakfast alone.

52% of Americans, or more, eat lunch alone.

32% eat dinner alone.

What are you doing as you read this, and who else is around?

This is in part to the growing number of single people. I don't know who the NPD Group are, but on the bright side they find this all encouraging if you want to market single-serve foodstuffs.