Yes, that’s right, you can use Spiderman here as a dummy passenger in your car so you can drive in the HOV lanes because he looks so realistic. The first thing a cop will think is “Oh, that car is fine; it has one person driving and Spiderman in the front seat. That’s totally normal.”
And who would be stupid enough to rob a house when Spiderman is sitting on the couch watching TV? While wearing mittens and footies? With his head rolled back as though he’s been on a three-day meth and mezcal binge?
Archive for July 28th, 2009
For sale: Adult size Spiderman
July 28, 2009
Bill Gates ideas to stop hurricanes, overcome poverty in India and get out of the global recession
July 28, 2009PCs!
BW: Bill Gates’ Fix for India’s Ills: Technology
It may seem a bit far-fetched and naive, but Bill Gates thinks he has the solutions for India’s biggest challenges. How can the country solve its health-care problems, the nightmare of distributing vaccines, and the shortage of doctors? Technology, he says. Alleviate poverty and streamline public distribution of food rations? Try technology, he suggests. How about providing the urban poor with jobs? You guessed it: technology.
Hurricane-calming technology? Bill Gates has a plan
Reuters: Technology can pull the United States out of recession and help the world’s ailing financial markets work better, Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates told a high-level business summit at the company he co-founded.
Is there anything PCs can’t do?
92% of Windows PCs Vulnerable To Zero-Day Attacks On Flash
Oh. Might want to solve that first.
Time cover photo
July 28, 2009Lightstalkers (via Fimoculous):
My stock photo on Istock
http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo- … ss-jar.phpis on Time magazine cover.
http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641 … 27,00.html
I guess Time is cutting costs.
Apple’s revolutionary tablet
July 28, 2009Wow! Sounds cool:
Apple may be preparing to launch revolutionary new entertainment device
Apple is poised to once again revolutionize the entertainment industry this time with an ‘iTablet’ portable device that lets users download and read digital books, watch movies and play games while also sparking new consumer interest in music albums packed with material such as video clips and liner notes, according to a new report.
Can it compute? But, wait there’s more. The story of how something that hasn’t even been released is doomed to fail. Why does Apple suck at product delivery? Tsk tsk, Apple, will you never learn:
Rumored Apple Tablet is a Train Wreck
PC World – 51 minutes ago
Given the rumor mill chatter, it sounds like the mythical Apple tablet is all but a done deal. People seem to be talking with certainty about how, either later this year or early next year, Apple will unveil a multitouch tablet with a 10-inch screen,
It’s all but a done deal in the rumorsphere.
The Apple tablet is a non-starter in Ed without content
ZDNet – Christopher Dawson – 1 hour ago
I know…it’s the Apple rumor mill hard at work. The blogosphere is and has been abuzz with news of an upcoming uber-Touch from Apple and a new storm of news hit the Net today with the Financial Times announcement of some degree of rumor
confirmation
“Some degree of rumor confirmation” = no confirmation whatsoever.
Apple Rushing Tablet for Early 2010 Release?
eWeek – Nathan Eddy – 3 hours ago
Reports from the Financial Times and Apple Insider suggest Apple is readying a tablet, probably priced below $1000, for a Christmas or first quarter 2010 release. Rumors surrounding Apple’s potential tablet PC, which the company has so far kept silent …
The company has still kept silent.
In conclusion, the Apple tablet is revolutionary, is doomed to fail, sucks in the education market for which it may or may not be intended, and is being rushed for a release even though Appleinsider claims it’s been in the works for over four years.
Man, when will Apple learn about understanding consumer needs, responding to bloggers and delivering a quality product!
Otay.
Eagerly awaiting further commentary from Dvorak, Enderle and Thurott.
