Quick notes: Steve J kinda crazy

“He is a crazy guy, but in a good way. As Steve was a crazy guy, which I respect a lot. Crazy enough to want to completely change the way people live,” Mr. Son said of Bloom’s co-founder and chief executive, KR Sridhar. He was comparing Mr. Sridhar to Apple’s founder, Steve Jobs, known to have been a confidant of Mr. Son.  

NYT: SoftBank Forms a Fuel Cell Venture With a Silicon Valley Start-Up

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Outsmarting bugs with a fan may be a poorly known strategy. But the method, it turns out, is endorsed by the American Mosquito Control Association.
“Mosquitoes are relatively weak fliers,” it says on its Web site, “so placing a large fan on your deck can provide a low-tech solution.” 

NYT:  A Low-Tech Mosquito Deterrent

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Boeing has about 800 Dreamliners set to be built; if people start pulling out, the company is going to be in serious trouble. (..here is an earlier post on Gamechanging.. )

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