People looking for jobs wait in line to speak with potential employers at the Brooklyn Job Fair on April 13, 2011 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (N.Y. job fair / Getty Images)

There was a bit of a dust-up last week over a TED talk — a dust-up that has carried well into this week.

The talk was delivered by Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and ran contrary to the conventional wisdom/political talking point (depending on how you want to look at it) that the rich are “job creators.”

Update 2:52 p.m. : According to NASA spokesman Allard Beutel, the plan is, if SpaceX gets the go-ahead, the International Space Station is expected to use the robotic arm to retrieve the Dragon capsule at a little after 8 a.m. ET. Then the capsule is expected to attach to the station at around 11:05 a.m. Allard stressed that all times were approximate and dependent on a series of go/no go calls. Beutel provided the information on a call Thursday.

The capsule is expected to detach from the station on Thursday around 3:30 a.m. Later that morning, at about 10:30 a.m., Dragon is expected to break orbit and splashdown is scheduled for around 11:40 a.m.

The capsule will then be recovered, since part of the contract between NASA and SpaceX is that the capsule not only take cargo to the space station, but bring cargo back as well. Anything not considered critical. Allard Beutel, spokesperson for NASA.

Original post: The Dragon capsule completed its fly-by of the International Space Station on Thursday morning, executing a series of maneuvers to show that the capsule was fully under control. NASA posted video of the fly-by Thursday:

Is “innovation” dead? (Kevin E. Schmidt - AP)

If you’re into innovation, you’ve probably come across a piece in the Wall Street Journal headlined, “You call that innovation?”

In it, the Journal’s Leslie Kwoh explores the death of “innovation” as a buzzword, figuratively digging its burial plot alongisde “synergy” and “optimization” — words you don’t want to be caught dead saying in a meeting, assuming you want to be taken seriously.

The city of Vallejo is employing a series of innovations in order to turn the city around. (Eric Risberg - ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Vallejo, California is getting more than just a face-lift.

The city, as the Post’s Ariana Eunjung Cha reports, is implementing new, and in some cases unprecedented, policies in order to reverse a severe budget shortfall, more efficiently fight crime, and otherwise clean up the city.

Here’s a rundown of Vallejo’s changes so far:

Jasper Blackful, a member of TechShop Detroit, uses a vertical mill to construct a fishing rod holder at the facility in Allen Park, Michigan May 4, 2012. (REBECCA COOK - REUTERS) The DIY movement is joining forces with the Pentagon.

DARPA, the highly secretive Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is partnering with TechShop to continue work on iFab, a turn-on-a-dime factory that would allow the government to quickly and seamlessly create parts and products as needed.