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All Things D: Nathan Myhrvold, Founder of Intellection Ventures [All Things D]

2008-05-28 18:52:04 by Brian Lam in Gizmodo
 
...Nathan Myhrvold , former CTO of Microsoft, left to found a company called Intellectual Ventures . They invest in invention, not companies. He's been the subject of a New Yorker article on the abundance of big ideas by Malcolm Gladwell , which covers the basics of what they do at IV. I believe that Nathan also worked on a post-doc in Cosmology...
 
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All Things D: Nathan Myhrvold, Founder of Intellection Ventures [All Things D]

2008-05-28 22:52:04 by posted by Pantha in
 
...Nathan Myhrvold , former CTO of Microsoft, left to found a company called Intellectual Ventures . They invest in invention, not companies. He's been the subject of a New Yorker article on the abundance of big ideas by Malcolm Gladwell , which covers the basics of what they do at IV. I believe that Nathan also worked on a post-doc in Cosmology...
 
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Nathan Myhrvold's TED Talk: Penguin Shit, Nuclear Reactors, Technical BBQing and Whale Sex [Ted]

2008-06-08 03:10:55 by Brian Lam in Gizmodo
 
...Nathan Myhrvold, former CTO of Microsoft and founder of Intellectual Ventures , is entertaining to say the least. There isn't any useful information here, or news, or anything but Nathan is a fun engaging public speaker to listen to. With his voice's wide dynamic range (both baby bear and papa bear) and interesting and unpredictable topic...
 
Tags: ted talk, nathan, nathan myhrvold, ted, backyard nuclear generators, mad genius speeches, wide dynamic range, unpredictable topic matter, public speaker
 
 
 
 
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Who invented the wireless phone? Nathan Stubblefield, in 1908

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2008-07-09 14:17:13 by Rob Beschizza in Boing Boing Gadgets
...Nathan B. Stubblefield in May 12, 1908, details a "wireless telephone" able to transmit calls using radio. The large, if not entirely unwieldy transmitter does not looks too bad given the day. A further requirement for a series of wires suspended throughout the area, however, perhaps explains why it never caught on. From the Daily Telegraph...
 
Tags: stubblefield, wireless telephone, kentucky melon farmer, daily telegraph, parent award, unwieldy transmitter, nathan, transmit calls, mobile phone
 
 
 
 
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Nathan Schwartz crowned National Texting Champion

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2008-07-10 17:45:00 by Doug Aamoth in CrunchGear
...Nathan Schwartz of Clyde, Ohio took home the $50,000 prize in LGs National Texting Championship the down and dirty battle on the QWERTY Schwartz was able to accurately tap out a ridiculously long phrase in 60 seconds According to LG , the winning phrase was Does everybody here know the alphabet? Lets text. Here it goes...
 
Tags: schwartz, twenty-year-old nathan schwartz, qwerty phones, phrase, qwerty, accurately tap, lgs national, text, dirty battle
 
 
 
 
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Screen Grabs: Nathan Petrelli gets heroic with Samsung Instinct

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2008-10-01 05:52:00 by Darren Murph in Engadget
...Nathan Petrelli, this season's about more than just discovering who he really is. It's about more than just being there for his baby bro. It's about strategically placing the phone that supposedly needs no product placement smack dab into one of NBC's hottest shows. Oh, and is it just us, or is he pretty perturbed about the lack of updates...
 
Tags: nathan petrelli, pretty, pretty solid bet, grabs chronicles, real-world gadgets, baby bro, heroes, comments, permalink
 
 
 
 
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Buy a Lego Life-Size Replica of Yourself for $60,000 [LEGO]

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2008-10-08 08:30:00 by Jesus Diaz in Gizmodo
...Nathan Sawaya one of the only three certified Lego professionals in the worldwill do a full-size scale Lego replica of yourself for $60,000. You just have to order it from Neiman Marcus, send some photographs, and Nathan will build your natural-size 8-bit version. Given his rates, that amount is quite reasonable and , coincidentally, our...
 
Tags: lego, scale lego replica, lego bricks, artist nathan sawaya, nathan, lego professionals, neiman marcus, lego sets, tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
 
 
 
 
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Customized Xbox Console Gets Ruined by Microsoft; Makeup Effort Brings Love Back [Microsoft]

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2008-03-22 17:30:00 by Haroon Malik in Gizmodo
...Nathan, wanted to keep it that way. To ensure his console was taken care of at the repair center, he wrote a letter carefully explaining the situation. He was pretty pissed then when the console was returned scrubbed from head to DVD slot, with all of the irreplaceable artwork washed out of existence. Did Microsoft apologize? You can bet your...
 
Tags: xbox, console, halo, microsoft, halo graphic, bungie, unlucky xbox owner, owner, bungie jacket
 
 
 
 
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Customized Xbox Console Gets Ruined by Microsoft; Makeup Effort Brings Love Back [Microsoft]

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2008-03-22 21:30:00 by posted by Pantha in
...Nathan, wanted to keep it that way. To ensure his console was taken care of at the repair center, he wrote a letter carefully explaining the situation. He was pretty pissed then when the console was returned scrubbed from head to DVD slot, with all of the irreplaceable artwork washed out of existence. Did Microsoft apologize? You can bet your...
 
Tags: xbox, console, halo, microsoft, halo graphic, bungie, unlucky xbox owner, owner, bungie jacket