The Year in Ideas

Some Anonymous Dude writes "The NYTimes magazine reviews this year's great ideas including the anti-paparazzi flash, forehead billboards, scientific free-throw distraction, and why popcorn doesn't pop." From the intro: "Once we have thrown back all the innovations that don't meet our exacting standards, we find ourselves with the following alphabetical catch: 78 notions, big and small, grand and petty, serious and silly, ingenious and. . . well, whatever you call it when you tattoo an advertisement on your forehead for money."

Comments

Celebs

[Beuno]

You can anti-paparazzi flash be a GREAT idea.
It only applies to 0.00001% of the worlds population...

Why read slashdot

[kermitthefrog917]

I could just wait for this article to come out each year instead. Anybody else see that the majority of those have been on slashdot before?

Re:Why read slashdot

[ZachPruckowski]

I could just wait for this article to come out each year instead. Anybody else see that the majority of those have been on slashdot before?

Flip that around. You're hearing about the great ideas of the year months before a New York Times reader is. A great reason to read.

In Vitro Meat

[Errandboy of Doom]

I like how they talk wistfully about that great, stomach churning invention from 2005: "In Vitro Meat."

Ah, yeah, remember In Vitro Meat?

No? Neither did I.

It's because that article was published the same day (Dec. 11th, 2005).

I'm not sure a contemporaneous story could have "helped make 2005 what it was," at best it could be "helping to make 2005 what it is."

IV Meat is still worth a read though, it's a cyberpunk fantasy come true.

In Vitro Meat (free BugMeNot required).

Re:Have you ever missed meals or been hungry?

[complete loony]

There's a couple I know who don't know squat about money. They are on welfare (in AU). My wife is good with money, and financial planning and what not. She sat down with them and showed them how they could live on what they get from the government, how they could have the things they want in moderation, save money, and still have enough for all the bills.

They didn't listen, they still blow all their money. I believe the husband has a gambling problem. The wife moved out for a while, but still couldn't make ends meet and eventually moved back again.

They won $10K once gambling. They moved to a cheaper house, bought some furniture, a computer, and even tried to save some of the money in the bank. But it's all gone now.

There are some people who just can't seem to manage their own finances. They never learn from their mistakes and keep blowing all their money in useless ways.

I've seen it time and time again.