“Don’t insult your customers” is not the sort of business advice you typically have to say aloud. But the American craft brewing business being what it is these days, Bart Watson decided it was time to state the obvious. “Don’t denigrate where consumers are entering craft,” the Brewers Association’s chief economist said during a presentation to the New England Craft Brewers Summit earlier this month. “I hear brewers sometimes say things like, ‘Oh, that lacto-smoothie sour’s not really a beer. … If I’m the consumer and I hear that, [I’d say] ‘OK, I don’t like beer,’ and go search out something else.” His comments caught my attention for two reasons. First, in the eight years I’ve known him, the taciturn...
We at Hackaday are great fans of hands-on classroom projects promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) subjects – after all, inspiring kids with technology at a young age will help ensure a new generation of hardware hackers in the future. If you’re looking for an interesting project to keep a full classroom busy, have a look at [drdonh]’s latest project: a fully-functional wind tunnel made from simple materials. Built from cardboard, it has all the same components you’d find in a full-size aerodynamics lab: a fan to generate a decent stream of air, an inlet with channels to stabilize the flow, and a platform to mount experiments on. There’s even some basic instrumentation included that can be used to...
Did you know that alcohol is among the most commonly abused substances in the United States? Every year, about 5,000 people under 21 die from underage drinking. Motor vehicle crashes cause about 1,900 deaths. If you catch your teen drinking, you must take action immediately. Here are a few critical steps to take. 1. Talk to Them While you might be angry and disappointed, you must maintain open communication lines. Good communication shouldn’t feel like they are getting the third degree. Stay calm and ensure that you are passing your points across effectively. Note that it is only possible to have productive communication if you are willing to listen. Try to understand their point of view before explaining why they...
The South African artist’s works are on view from 22 to 25 March at the Yi Tai sculpture and installation projects section at Art Central Hong Kong. Bev Butkow was 20 years into a successful professional career in finance when she and her husband decided to have their fourth child. Forced to accept that a full-time job in corporate would become unsustainable, Butkow was left to ponder her next steps forward. While fraught at the time, the decision to start afresh with her career turned out to be one of the best decisions in her life. Her turn to art happened slowly – one art lesson, a small drawing, an investment in some good paint brushes, until one day, she...
Eliza Anderson, Deseret News The 2024 presidential election cycle is slowly building momentum with a new headline each day speculating on who will, or will not, announce a candidacy. As the campaigns accelerate, they will add fuel to the fire of election policy debates in the West. Two personal stories broadly capture these debates and how they affect individual voters.The first is the story of my wife, Melanie. As mother of our three children (two diagnosed with ADHD), she appreciates and supports Utah’s vote-by-mail system. She describes the last time she tried to vote in person on Election Day as “stressful and pressured” — an extended wait in a long line with two kids in tow and a third on...
