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…)
Musing on the history of the Jeep Wave in honor of Memorial Day.
This is 100% taken from the OP’s post. Read the comments to see more people musing on it, and lamenting that NO ONE WAVES ANYMORE. This is an addendum to my rant at JEEP corporate for missing out on one (more…)
You’re on coke. Oh you didn’t know? Marketplace’s piece on Coca-Cola’s back pedalling fails to ask an important question:
Coke cancelled their “You’re on [Diet] Coke” campaign. http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/coca-cola-cancels-its-youre-diet-coke-campaign THIS IS NOT A JOKE. I saw it was like “NO WAY – SOMEONE (more…)
The Coming Age of Long Form Journalism – some delightful examples of media rich articles.
The duality of a society with less and less attention finding the time to consume large bits of detailed information is not so surprising, as modern times find niche markets victorious. Looking to be (more…)
Open Letter to JEEP & their corporate thinkers. I don’t cars much, because, you know… yeah. Cars.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/us/2014/04/11/mxp-vo-land-rover-disappearing-hood.hln.html For those of us in high center trucks, who sometimes go offroad, this is INCREDIBLE. I often end up (more…)
Home Brewers that will suffer a Fishbits request to name a beer:
I would like to name a beer this: “Ahab’s Whale Tail Pale Ale Tale” as observed by Ishmael, bottled by Fishbits. Please make the back of the bottle note: “Fishbits accidentally bottled a crisp (more…)
14 Tech Trends for 2014 from FastCo that aren’t uninspired, derivative “It’s the year of mobile” nonsense.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3024464/15-tech-trends-that-will-define-2014-selected-by-frog  Anonymity, Disconnecting, Facebook unseated by Chinese, THE CONSUMER OWNING AND CONTROLLING THEIR DATA… (more…)
Disparate thoughts – tech & losing our humanity, pressures of “stuff”, meaning/purpose & Moby Dick, Jefferson’s re-constitution, & Michio’s migration to a parallel universe
1) Studying attention & memory as it is effected by the technology & pace of modern culture. Being off-grid & in nature repairs our tech-hysteria & dependence: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/technology/16brain.html?_r=0 2) (more…)
TV. I guess content is good, Mr. Spacey. 2000-current
I have watched: 13) Dead Like Me – I loved this show. But at the time I liked Gilmore Girls. I think. Wow. 12) 6 Feet Under – fun, slow, slightly annoying at times 11) House – didn’t watch consistently, (more…)
The Power of Adobe Photoshop, and a Plastic Vision of the Future Singularity… Augmented Humans seeking perfection.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2013/10/watch-as-woman-goes-from-average-to-fabulous-in-37-seconds/ That video is nutso, because we’ve actually created a human image that doesn’t exist, and (more…)