You’ve probably heard of Disney’s Animatronics - the robots that enact scenes from history and popular culture at the Disney theme parks. I thought it was pretty cool that they recently added one of Woz in the famous garage, banging away on the keyboard and inventing the original Apple Computer.
Ok family, you asked for it, here it is, my fabulous 2007 christmas wishlist.
Videogames:
Bladestorm for the Playstation 3
Ratchet and Clank:Tools of Destruction for the Playstation 3
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune for the Playstation 3
Crysis for windows PC
The Witcher for windows PC
Other stuff:
The outrageously expensive Logitech G9 mouse (it’s cheaper in some places than in others - do [...]
A research study has shown that a tablespoon of buckwheat honey is more effective as a cough suppressant than cough syrup and more effective than the primary ingredient in cough syrup. This news is spreading all over the web, but as an example, here’s a Times Online article on it. I should note that this [...]
So my sister Kirsten and her family moved to Australia a little over a month ago. Her husband was offered an opportunity to work there and they decided it would be a great adventure. My sister gave up her position in New York, and she’s become a fulltime homemaker for the time being, raising my [...]
Reflect on the value of ‘brand’ by taking a look at a couple of products. Here’s a Spiderman playtent for kids on amazon, $30. Here’s a Dora the Explorer playtentfor kids on Amazon, $119. They’re the same product, by the same manufacturer, just with different paintjobs.
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Sucks to be the product manager for spiderman these days, [...]
Most of the folks who read this site probably don’t care too much about this topic, but indulge me, I’m going to rant for a minute, and if you can stick with it please consider boycotting the companies mentioned above during your holiday shopping this year.
Hardcore gamers have known for, well, forever that there’s an [...]
From a New York Times op-ed piece comes this gem:
“What we are witnessing,” says Bill Gross of the bond manager Pimco, “is essentially the breakdown of our modern-day banking system, a complex of leveraged lending so hard to understand that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke required a face-to-face refresher course from hedge fund managers in [...]