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

This spool of cable has been hanging from this utility pole for days, maybe weeks.  I have never quite seen anything like this.  This ...

So, true story. I know identify theft is a serious matter, but really... I'm heading out of the driveway and I see the newpaper de...

This was a funny picture on the streets of Washington D.C. Someone drew these "armed" and dangerous penguins on the back of a ...

Coming to work this week, I saw a penny on the ground...then another...and another. I saw people passing the money, and instead of picki...

How About Google Fiber for Washington, D.C.?  - Lead, by example, the rest of the nation forward. - Speed up the functioning of ...

This is a fun cooking experience. We're making tie dye cake. It's not yet done--just went into the oven. Frosting and ...

Saturday Night Live has a spoof about Negative Nellie's and they call her Debbie Downer.  We all know people like this who are the Vo...

This video is a wake up call on the state of our national cyber insecurity.  It is the opening statement (about 6 minutes) of Chairman M...

Interesting article in BBC about a project underway to develop a system that will rate information on the Internet as trustworthy or not....

I really like this poster graphic outlining Jewish history and key figures from Genesis until modern times.  While there is already a ...

No this is not an alert, but some strategic thinking about alerts.  As a kid, we get our first alerts usually from the fire alarm going ...

If you're ever feeling like a big shot--remember there are always others out there who are bigger than you.  _______________________...

Absolutely amazing development in robotics... According to the Wall Street Journal , Harvard University researchers have developed autono...

It can be hard for a regular person to understand the course of events in the Middle East--I certainly don't! I recognize that I don...

My daughter, Rebecca is usually very earthy.  However, I convinced her to get these "bling" sneakers from Guess.  It was out...

Great photograph by my daughter, Michelle Blumenthal.  Washington, D.C. area digging out of Snowmageddon 2014.  Talking about taking t...

This was a funny picture on the Metro in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.  Apparently some people threw off their Costco jackets (I think w...

I love these combat-level tires on the Polaris Sportsman All Terrain Vehicle (ATV). These tires are non-pneumatic, never go flat, and are...

Walking through the halls of one of the local schools, there was this awesome display of cutout hands.  Each hand, done by a student, wa...

My wonderful dad is very religious and enjoys going to shul (i.e. synagogue) every day--multiple times a day.  I love him for who he is ...

I like this photo..."I don't know what we're yelling about!!" On one hand, some people may yell out of frustration or ...

Great piece in the Wall Street Journal today on getting and giving advice.  This was a funny article about how most advice comes not fr...

If you read the Wall Street Journal , then you heard today about the attack that took place last April on the power grid in San Jose, Ca...

This is a photo I took this morning of the icicles on the tree on another cold morning around Washington, D.C.  Hope you enjoy, Andy

Totally awesome new technology breakthrough for treating hemorraging patients from the battlefield to the obstetrics ward.  Popular Scien...

MetroOpensDoors.com is a website name for WMATA trains in/around Washington, D.C.  So this was Metro opening the train doors today. U...

So here is Israel on the map in the red. You can barely see it, right? It is surrounded by 22 Arab countries.  Israel is 1/16 of 1...

We all know the frightening threat of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) heading over the ice caps--from Russia, China, and even ...

I love Razer's Project Christine - a completely modular PC.  There is a stand and you simply attach the components you want: Central...

For a long time, I've heard of "The movers and shakers" as the ones who get things done.  But I think there is another and...

I finished reading the bestseller Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander M.D. -- and it was awesome.  Alexander, trained in rational, scient...

I really like the concept for Cyber Security by Shape Security . They have an appliance called a ShapeShifter that uses polymorphism to c...

Already young children in pre-school learn that "Words have meaning, and words can hurt." All through life, we refine our co...

I was having an really interesting conversation with a friend--okay, and it got a little deep.  He said something fascinating to me--whi...