Warner Bloopers
02/22/10 01:37 PM Filed in: Play
This won't end well
02/22/10 10:28 AM Filed in: Play
Dickney DVDs
02/19/10 11:20 AM Filed in: Rant
Now look at me
02/17/10 12:14 PM Filed in: Play
Leo LaPorte interviews the creators of that fantastic Old Spice Commercial. Brilliant stuff.
Bourne Identity Theft
02/17/10 12:03 PM Filed in: Rant
Imagine you’re just a normal joe. You turn on the news to discover that apparently you’re part of an international assassination squad because a killer (sanctioned by the government) stole your identity and used it to kill. Have a nice day.
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
K.I.S.S.: Writing to be grok'd
02/16/10 05:55 PM Filed in: Work
My kids will be thrilled. Not me. Could care less. Really. Not even interested. Maybe I should get tickets now.
02/11/10 11:08 AM Filed in: Play
Duh.
02/09/10 12:38 PM Filed in: Rant
[Electronista)
Die-by-wire?
02/06/10 11:39 PM Filed in: Rant
John Dvorak at Marketwatch:
In a Prius, as well as many computer-controlled Toyotas, the accelerator pedal is more like a volume-control knob than anything else. In the olden days when you stepped on the pedal, it would be directly connected to, say, a carburetor, and open a valve mechanically as you pushed down.
This is now passé, as this activity is done electronically on the most modern cars by network signaling.
A good article explaining how auto makers went from hardware to software and may have put us all into hot water. Here’s hoping not.
[Marketwatch]
In a Prius, as well as many computer-controlled Toyotas, the accelerator pedal is more like a volume-control knob than anything else. In the olden days when you stepped on the pedal, it would be directly connected to, say, a carburetor, and open a valve mechanically as you pushed down.
This is now passé, as this activity is done electronically on the most modern cars by network signaling.
A good article explaining how auto makers went from hardware to software and may have put us all into hot water. Here’s hoping not.
[Marketwatch]
Discussing the iPad
02/06/10 01:56 PM Filed in: Play
Charlie Rose spoke with David Carr, Michael Arrington and Walt Mossberg about Apple’s new iPad.
[Gizmodo]
[Gizmodo]
Shootout science
02/03/10 10:20 AM Filed in: Play
Pal Bob Goodman clued me to this (perhaps because I’ve just written a shootout on main street for a certain show I’m working on).
A fun examination of the neuroscience behind the Western Showdown.
A fun examination of the neuroscience behind the Western Showdown.