Most of you know I have problems with Uber. Of course, idealism is out the window when there’s savings or convenience (even if you risk some insurance company not paying a claim)… just like privacy is (more…)
OT: How to keep a car clean like a gentleman, investing now instead of paying others to wash over lifetime of the car….
It seems – try and have a garage.2 buckets: one warm soapy water, one fresh rinse bucket. Grit guards preferred.Wash mits, no sponges. Ever. (any rec on a solid one you love?)Pressure wash system like (more…)
Design abstraction to produce re-rendered physical objects, stripping down current styles… including a car.
United Nude’s design style goes without saying, having replicated a sense of geometry from existing design styles…. glassware, shoes, etc. But this is curious… and not street legal. It’s a polygon (more…)
Ted Talks, the cult of personality, and when good ideas become entertainment
He just summarized my feeling about TED making science and thought into accessibly vapid entertainment as cult of personality, where you are just supposed to be amazed and not ask questions. I met (more…)
Driverless, Shared cars would mean absolute economic disruption. Not just insurance companies….
Let’s talk about this. Not just insurance….. The article addresses a *few* of these below things. Here’s my 25 year impact plan on driverless cars: Driverless cars, added to a rental economy. (more…)
Google Timeline is fairly remarkable.
https://www.google.com/maps/timeline That’s… remarkable. They’ve had a light version in maps, but this is pretty amazing. I’ve got ZERO privacy concerns, etc. I think prospective hubbies and (more…)
Incredible Safety Advancements in Autos… Safety See-Through Truck, See Through Hood, See Through Pillars
What an incredible time in automotive safety advancements. This is coming from a guy currently driving a ’95 Wrangler with no safety features in any way, airbags, etc. A new vehicle comes soon, but until (more…)
Music as art vs commodity: The Free Market is definitely free from giving artists their proper royalties…
This kills me… about artists, licensing, royalties, etc. see attached. I have always been so curious about music as art, IE a personal compulsion that creates it vs desire to make money and be (more…)
The Paradox of Choice, and MTV’s late 90’s revolutionarily prescient “Zoo-TV” #NOU2
The Paradox of Choice http://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice?language=en Highly recommend that. Upshot: Old days: You went shopping for jeans. There was one type. They (more…)
The disruption of driverless cars melts my brain.
Sitting in a car and not holding a steering wheel would trip me out… but it’s only about control, right? It’s so much safer, but like flying… lack of control freaks us out. I cannot wait to sleep (more…)