Why is this ad stupid? Because China and the USA have around a 12 hour time difference. (Beijing is GMT +8, New York is GMT -4, give or take DST.)
So are these poor Chinese schoolchildren being forced by their Communist government to show up at school after their bedtime in order to have a real-time [...]
Burritoville on 23rd St. in May, 2009. Photo taken by BlurA14. (Source: Flickr.)
Is BurritoVille back from the dead?
So, I discovered that the long-shuttered BurritoVille of Chelsea (23rd and 8th) had reopened when I passed by this evening. Talking to the new owner, it had actually been open since last Wednesday. The redesigned and streamlined [...]
This is apparently what TomTom considers to be a “solved” issue.
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I just downloaded the WordPress iPhone app. This post is a feature demonstration.
If all goes well, this post should be pinging my social network like crazy.
This is one of those inventions that was just way ahead of its time.
From the blog Modern Mechanix:
Robot Messenger Displays Person-to-Person Notes In PublicTO AID persons who wish to make or cancel appointments or inform friends of their whereabouts, a robot message carrier has been introduced in London, England.
Known as the “notificator,” the new [...]
As a kid, I was a huge Lego addict. I invented whole planets, societies, space colonies. I never used the kits. There were always those people who could make a life size representation of the statue of liberty or a Corvette Shelby, and I was in awe of their ability.
But just as the painstaking [...]
Remember way back in early 2001? You know, before our country was attacked by cavemen and we were thrown into a perpetual war from which we may never emerge?
Well, George W. Bush had just taken office, and was hard at work during his first 100 days destroying any pieces of Clinton’s legacy he could get [...]
On election day, I compiled a list of some of the most common reasons I’ve been emailed by people in the past few weeks as to why I shouldn’t vote for Barack Obama. I could sit here and refute the charges line by line, but I’d rather not dignify some of them with a response. [...]
Just imagine what it would be like if we ever had 100% voter turnout in the United States. Can you picture it?
Now get out and vote!
This design idea didn’t come to me in time to make a t-shirt before the election, but I think it’s still worth posting here.