Category Archives: Innovation/Creativity

Marian Call 49>50 Tour

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Kevin A. Barnes

Note: Although this review is for Marian Call’s house concert in Wisconsin on May 27, 2010, her 49>50 Tour continues through January 2011. Singer-songwriter Marian Call1 has been performing throughout the U.S. and Canada since April with her 49>50 Tour.2 On … Read the rest of this entry →

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Five people I’d like to meet

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Kevin A. Barnes

This week BizTimes.com ran an article about the “10 People who are Changing Milwaukee” and it started me thinking about the various people I’d like to meet. Before creating my list, I set a few basic ground rules: Unlike the BizTimes … Read the rest of this entry →

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Is Dylan god (at least in the Battlestar Galactica universe)?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

In the late ‘70s while I was in high school, it wasn’t that unusual to see “Clapton is God” scrawled on a wall. Less frequently seen1 was the message “Dylan is God.” As my musical horizons expanded after high school, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Happy Birthday, Mac!

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

It was 25 years ago today (January 24, 1984) that Apple unveiled the first Macintosh personal computer. On that day a quarter century ago, Steve Jobs stood in front of a crowd of early Apple faithful and literally let the Mac out … Read the rest of this entry →

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A Cure for the “Radiation Space Travel Blues”?

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Kevin A. Barnes

Science magazine has just published a peer-reviewed article examining the radioprotective (or anti-radiation) abilities of an emerging class of drugs. [1] This follows the recent announcements that two pharmaceutical/biotech companies have received government funding to further develop their respective anti-radiation … Read the rest of this entry →

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