January 2008
16 posts
I Want one... →
I’ve been bitchin about wanting something like this to come out since I saw the iPhone.
Georgie James (a DC based band featuring former Q...
Facebook's Most Popular Apps →
Marijuana Vending Machines →
what?
Driving me nuts! →
This is just crazy. Apparently my beloved home state of Virginia is thinking of banning “bumper nuts”, fake testicles that some people hang on the back of their cars, because it is too distracting. There are several things about this that drive me crazy: Has anyone ever seen these? are they that popular, and so out of control that they are worth making a law about? How about bumper...
Watch Apparently for the past three nights (or days) Colbert has been trying to get his portrait (above) hung up in one of the Smithsonians buildings. The Portrait Gallery of all places has agreed to hang up his portrait. Watch the video it’s great.
The Man just won't give up. →
They tried suing napster and other p2p clients (failed), DRM (failed), and now they’re trying to have the ISPs filter your content (we’ll see)…
WatchIt’s bout damn time this started happening…
Alarm Clock for your Mac →
If you have a Mac in your bedroom, why not use it as an alarm clock? Aurora makes it incredibly easy to use your mac as an alarm. It can wake your computer up from sleep, play a song or playlist from iTunes, or launch any other app. For example, I can have my mac wake me up at 7:30 am Mon-Friday, start playing a morning playlist I made, and launch up a browser to display the weather for the day....
The Worldwide president of facebook... →
You all are aware of applications on facebook by now. Apparently there is one called ePresident, a mock election application that allows users to run and vote for the “Facebook President.” A Frenchman, Arash Derambarsh, ran and took it pretty seriously, and won. He made some noise about winning which caught the attention of some of the French press. Not really understanding that this...
14 lessons for the music industry →
Seth Godin, a business author and entreprenuer gives his two cents on the music industry. He makes some pretty good and interesting points:“When you can distribute something digitally, for free, it will spread (if it’s good). If it spreads, you can use it as a vehicle to allow people to come back to you and register, to sign up, to give you permission to interact and to keep them in the...
A talking head's thoughts on the future of music →
One of my favorite musicians, David Byrne formerly of the Talking Heads, talks about the changing music industry.
Dave Barry's Thoughts on '07 →
Funny article featuring illustrations from Richard Thompson