Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

With voting, this was the first time I've ever: - Voted early--even though it was on the last early voting day. - Had to wait on...

I fondly remember when I was a kid going occassionally with my mom to the local synagogue to help the elderly with their weekly bingo gam...

So we've had our share of rain in the last few days with Hurricane Sandy. But with the right umbrella even Frankenstorm can be tam...

Unbelievable. The Halo Counter-terrorism Summit (Oct 29-Nov. 2, 2012) is hosting a mock Zombie Invasion as part of its emergency response...

How many of you feel sort of disgusting every time you take out the trash with bottles and containers? According to Earth911, only 27% o...

This is the DARPA Pet-Proto Robot (a predecessor to the Atlas model) showing some pretty cool initial operating capabilities for navigatin...

Even a hat can get a A+ for integration and this one does.  It comes as a nice straw hat with eye slots and a sunglass effect built in...

This was a beautiful city sunrise in Washington D.C.     And it is accented by the lamppost shinning like the sun on the middle left....

Seeing and hearing the candidates continuous jockeying for the women's vote in their speeches, debates, and commercials, it was ...

So most slippers that I've seen are pretty gross.  They are also uncomfortable.  Someone I know refuses to replace their old s...

This picture said it all this Monday morning.   At this time of year, it's pretty dark out in the morning, and many people may f...

Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium-filled balloon lifted space capsule, one week ago today, to set a skydiving record from 24 miles up...

This was the skyline in Washington D.C. this past week.  I have never seen anything quite like it.  You can clearly see the grey c...

This robot has rhythm and can dance Gangnam Style. It is called CHARLI-2 (Cognitive Humanoid Autonomous Robot with Learning Intelligence...

I really liked this law enforcement elevation product called the Mobile Adjustable Ramp System (MARS) made by Patriot 3 in the United Sta...

Passing outside, I encountered this interesting person, who reminded of when I used to visit  Greenwich Village in NY. - Long blond...

Well, here is to some old and new ways of getting around town in Washington D.C.  You sort of have ...

This was a funny picture hanging around a local eatery in D.C--at election season. Curly for President--sort of reminded me of when I...

The Guardian reported today the finding of a scientist in China that prehistoric people used to slash, kill, and eat pandas.  It is h...

Just watched this video with my daughter about Amanda Todd, the 15 year old girl from Canada who hung herself on Wednesday.  She made so...