no sign of daryl hannah either
google denies that an apparent grid of cities and streets found in a google earth image the lost city of atlantis. a google rep said that “what users are seeing is an artifact of the data collection process. bathymetric ( or sea floor terrain) data is often collected from boats using sonar to take measurements [...]
is facebook making like fonzi?
just before something officially jumps the shark, there’s major buzz (good and bad) surrounding it. lately i’ve been getting the feeling that facebook is getting closer to making like fonzi during sweeps week in the early 1980s. the ‘25 things about me’ craze, for example, has the journalistic world abuzz. a search on google finds [...]
in the footloose remake, will they burn books or melt kindles?
the electronic book, version 2.0 debuted today and flaunted new features — it lost weight, got a slicker front end (screen) and back-end (storage) and has extended go-time (battery), “the new kindle 2 is just 0.36 inches wide–25% thinner than the iphone–and has dropped the last version’s asymmetric, clunky design, oversized page-turning buttons, off-white color [...]
i wonder…
suppose oprah ended up as blagojevich’s choice. and she ended up on the technology committee (if there was one). and she got to pass some legislation allowing the president to use his blackberry however he liked (instead of with just a few). how would she convince her colleagues? how would she be received? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, i wonder.
obama should’ve trademarked it
you probably thought you were cool because you have the obama t-shirt, hat, poster, collectible plate and coin but do you have the mi-obama phone? released by mi-fone, the mi-obama phone has the term “yes we can” printed on the back and is available only available in africa. fully aware that obama prefers the blackberry, mi-fone felt [...]
next it’ll bake a cake
first came the toilet that “cleans” you when you’re done and deodorizes the room, then came the toilet that analyzes your urine – for health purposes of course – now they’re looking to the great beyond. the japan aerospace exploration agency is working on a “wearable” toilet that is supposed to be worn at all [...]
i can still remember the sound it made
despite enthusiast’s efforts (see savepolaroid.com) polaroid will stop manufacturing instant film over the next months. period. once a constant in middle american homes in the 70s, 80s, and even 90s it will soon be a distant memory. here are some interesting facts:
the first polaroid camera was sold to the public at $95 (the equivalent of [...]
