Quote of the Moment

"Company cultures are like country cultures. Never try to change one. Try, instead, to work with what you've got."

Peter Drucker

Travel ...

I met its soul

This country gave the tulips to Dutch and coffee to Europe. Its largest city but not its capital spans two continents, Europe and Asia, it is as large as Belgium and has the 4th largest number of billionaires after New York, Moscow and London. Join us to meet Istanbul, Turkey.

• NOLA, let the good times roll
• Hi Seoul
• Strasbourg's bitter start and sweet end
• Puebla: city of food, culture and history
• Bella cucina italiana
• The Oscars of the travel industry 2010

Gadgets ...

Sony HX50 against smartphones cameras

Sony introduced the Cyber-shot HX50 camera, a new compact model featuring 30x optical zoom and 20.4 megapixel image sensor.

• Accuphase A-200: know-how to the fullest
• New Sony Xperia 2013 models
• Hey, that's some really cool Schiit amplifier
• Venerable Rotel and its 12 Series
• Tube sound for your ears
• That's not a system, that's music

Design ...

Coffee-maker to die for

Are you proud of your expensive coffee making machine bought to impress friends? Well, take a look at the name and if it doesn't read "Jura" throw it in the garbage can and buy one of Jura automatic coffee centers.

• Tables with batteries, fire and soul
• I just wanna hang around
• Wall in gold, leather and textile
• Royal floor beneath your feet
• Flowers, flowers all around us
• Modern pieces for your home and office

Highlighted

Teens are leaving Facebook

Social media use is skyrocketing among teenagers but they are not happy with Facebook where they can see drama, stress and their parents, according to the Pew Research Center.

Health ...

Heart problems in children

Children heart has bigger power reserves than adult heart but it is more prone to a rheumatic inflammation and when it is hit it is more vulnerable than adult's. However, when various myocardial and valvular damages occur children heart heals much faster.

• Optic disc drusen
• Primum non nocere
• Dietary supplements
• Make a deal with your will and lose weight
• The loop of obesity
• Learn about nerves

Meantime ...

Antonov had a dream. A big one

Antonov An-225 looks like a big, lazy bird, too sleepy to fly. Mriya (dream) is the world's largest aircraft, big enough to carry other planes around the world.

• Shiny textbooks: great design, poor teacher
• GPS heading toward museum
• A dead bee will make no food
• BIL gates, the biological transistor, is reality
• Cheap, fast, and ultra-precise magnetic fingerprinting
• Pigeons, tea, manhood, pencils and immortality