The genius of Keith Floyd on TV and in the kitchen

An innovator, Keith paved the way for “The Great British Bakeoff” to cook outdoors. During the “Floyd on Africa Series”, Keith Floyd’s stove lights the boat on fire while cooking squid. Undaunted he completes the cooking sequence and serves it to the captain who is unfazed. Life’s like that when working with a genius like …

Elon Musk’s 5 Steps to Build Better Products

During a June 2021 a tour of Starbase, by space journalist Everyday Astronaut, Elon Musk talked about previously private methods that his companies (Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and The Boring Company) use to make better products. Elon described the method he uses to effectively build software, cars, rockets, solar arrays, or anything. His steps are (1) …

Animal lifespan is a billion heart beats

The North Carolina State University Heart Project studied 322 species of animals and concluded that animals get about a billion heartbeats per lifetime. Humans get the most heartbeats per lifetime, about 2.5 billion. Human athletes have slower resting heart rates, which likely correlates with longevity. Caffeine makes our hearts beat faster––I wonder how many years …