GM Deserves to be Swallowed by Toyota
I sat outside the cafe today, rain threatening, since reading the paper out there helps bring people in. The Republican had Thomas Friedman’s column about the Big Three automakers, again, making a mistake. He chided them for their recent ad campaign, where they give away gas cards to keep the […]
Marshall Refused to Laugh at FDR’s Jokes
Love that afternoon TV in the basement. Where else but on the History Channel’s “Five Star Heroes” would I be able to learn about the life and times of General George Marshall. Marshall went to Virginia Military Institute, his brother thought he’d flunk out. He couldn’t get into West Point. […]
Pumpcam Man Startles Motorists
Got home late tonight. Was working on a proposal in collaboration with another website. Very high profile client, good sized proposal. Talking to the west coast late into the night. Later, on the Tonight Show, there was a funny bit called Pumpcam. The scene was from the survelliance camera in […]
Alphonse D’Arco Sang Like Nobody’s Business
Alphonse D’Arco, born July 28, 1932, grew up near the Brooklyn Navy Yards, a neighborhood of heavyweight mobsters _ some his relatives. His childhood, D’Arco once recalled, was “like being in the forest and all the trees were the dons and the organized crime guys.” AOL had the story behind […]
Baghdad ER Shows the Horrible Effects of the War
Tonight we returned from NJ and watched a tape of HBO’s documentary called Baghdad ER. It was a graphic depiction of life in the MASH unit of this stupid war. Every day soldiers are medivac’ed in, almost all of them suffering the effects of IED’s, the dreaded roadside bombs detonated […]
RFID Tags Could Mean No More Lost Luggage
CNN reports today about using RFID tags on luggage. It’s being tested in Hong Kong Airport. “If you have a misplaced piece of luggage today, someone has to physically stand next to it, or the bag has to pass in front of the reader before we know where it is,” […]
Get the Digital Issue of Nylon, Click the MySpace Links
Poring over the NY Times again while visiting Steve Gilbert’s big house in Lambertville, I found this short article about MySpace providing a spot on the web for Nylon magazine. It’s an ingenious idea: The music and fashion magazine will publish a digital June/July issue, which readers can download, that […]
What You’ll Do With Your Cellphone Some Day
Wired News had a story about an Australian entrepreneur who has started a new cell phone company called Amp’d. “Here’s how Peter Adderton sees the near future: You’ll be asleep in your house, and your wireless entertainment device will wake you up. It’ll be voice-activated, so if you want some […]