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...mirror and flashlight all rolled into one? Get outta here! Beauty-industry veterans Max and Nina Leykind, the couple behind funky cosmetic brand Eyeko, have launched Liparazzi, the latest in the increasingly trendy category of multipurpose makeup. The duo were inspired after observing their celeb pals frantically trying to fix their faces before leaving nightspots so as not to be caught looking less than perfect by paparazzi. For the rest of us who don't have this flashbulb problem, the gloss gadget is ideal for after-dark touch-ups and finding keys at the bottom of your handbag...
...interests.“I just see something that’s being done in a complicated way, and I see how it can be done simply,” he says.This tendency has not always worked to his benefit. He was once hired at $500 per day to fix a blood-analysis machine in a testing laboratory, and immediately realized that the tank for deionizing the machine’s water supply was contaminated with bacteria. It took him only two days to clean the tank and flush clean water through the system.“They were paying...
...council’s accomplishments during his tenure. “In many ways, we inherited an organization that was broken and insufficient a year ago,” said Glazer. “Over the last year, Clay and I have devoted a long time to fixing our own house, because once we fix our house, we can devote our time to advocating for students.” Glazer and Capp have collaborated since May, after former Vice President Ian W. Nichols ’06 resigned amid speculation that he was forced out. Capp, Glazer?...
...User Experience, Marissa Mayer, is that the company's two founders recently bought Windows PCs for family members, and were appalled at their out-of-box experiences. Once the computer was turned on, they had to spend time downloading the many applications necessary to actually use the thing. Fix it, they said. Mayer's team responded...
...langes of antioxidants and other chemicals. Teasing out the specific actions of each one and separating them from caffeine's could take years. For the patrons crowding Small World Coffee, all of that is beyond the immediate point, which seems to be nothing more than getting a morning fix of one caffeinated drink or another before setting off to conquer the intellectual challenges waiting at the university just up the street. "A mathematician," the legendary number theorist Paul Erdos used to say, "is a machine for turning coffee into theorems." Organic chemistry, neuroscience, psychology and pretty much universal experience suggest...