Feb 14, 2013 | Forbes
Peter Dinklage, best known to us fantasy fans as Tyrion Lannister (or as specific fans of Tyrion call him, “Tyrion Effin’ Lannister”), is branching out of Westeros into the dystopian Marvel future. The actor has joined the cast of the upcoming movie, X-Men: Days of...
Jan 23, 2013 | Forbes
Kickstarter has been helping self-starters get self-started since 2009 by giving them a place to earn their seed money. One of the ways these future moguls entice people to back their work is to offer rewards: If you donate a certain amount of money, you will receive...
Dec 14, 2012 | Forbes
Ever since 2001, many of us have come to recognize New Zealand as “the place where Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, was filmed.” Now even more people know it as “the place where I took my vacation.” According to the general manager of Western long haul markets for...
Oct 30, 2012 | Forbes
Downed tree in Central Park. Photo by Carol Pinchefsky October 30, 2012, 3:31 pm: In the relatively elevated neighborhood of the Upper West Side, downed trees line most of the streets. Near the Time Warner Center, a bus signpost, which had snapped at its base during...
Jul 20, 2012 | Forbes
Image taken from the Vimeo clip. I learned how to type on a typewriter, a quaint machine that fits perfectly in the world of Mad Men, but not so much in the here and now. Typewriters were slow going, and every error had to be painstakingly corrected with Wite-Out...