With Mika thrown in for good measure!
Note: Hamilton cut in front of Alonso for an extra lap of fuel in Q3 a the Hungaroring.
The Commercial
Making of the Commercial
The Good Old Days!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Monday, August 13, 2007
Race of Champions
Its funny how sporting events in America are "World" this and "International" that. Who could forget IROC? Well there is a truly International version of IROC, simply called Race of Champions. Here is a great clip advertising for the 2007 race in UK in December. You may have noticed I figured out how to embed video today! Huray for me!
Ferrari Shell Commercial
This is a few months old now, but you absolutely MUST watch this commercial. Do NOT Watch this without your sound turned up!Wednesday, August 8, 2007
70MPG Diesel VW Polo- Hell Yeah!
My dad has been a fan of diesels my whole life and he sent me this article today. Throughout my entire childhood, we always had a diesel car. First a 1975 240D Mercedes and then a 1986 740 GLE Volvo Wagon. My dream oil burner right now is a BMW 123d. 54 mpg and 0-60 in 6.7 sec! That is crazy!
http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/automotive_news/4219904.html
Man vs. Wild VS. Survivorman
I like both shows and am not too concerned about recent allegations about Bear Grylls staying in hotels and whatnot during the taping of his show.
The hippy on survivorman can be preachy and tires easily. He spends so much time and energy lugging his camera equipment around, it saps his limited hippy energy.
It will be interesting to see the 3rd season of Man vs. Wild where they give more detailed explanations of what he is doing and how much time has elapsed.
If you haven't checked out Survivorman, give it a shot too.
The hippy on survivorman can be preachy and tires easily. He spends so much time and energy lugging his camera equipment around, it saps his limited hippy energy.
It will be interesting to see the 3rd season of Man vs. Wild where they give more detailed explanations of what he is doing and how much time has elapsed.
If you haven't checked out Survivorman, give it a shot too.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
iPhone Graffiti
After playing with an iPhone at an Apple store for about 45 min, I would like to see a stylus and Graffiti text input on future revisions of the iPhone. I love the full size screen and LACK of a hard keyboard, but I miss the Graffiti from Palm OS and the Newton.
I know Apple took a lot of guff for handwriting recognition back in the 1990's on the Newton. There was even a Simpsons jab featuring the Newton. Palm came along and improved things with Graffiti (I believe Xerox may have actually invented Graffiti and hence Palm has abandoned it with the current Treos).
As with most tech items, it seems I am in the minority of adopters of Graffiti. I use Mobile Write on my Treo 700P and mostly love it. If Apple took this concept and improved upon it and added a five way nav button in place of the home key, iPhone would be a much nicer device!
I know Apple took a lot of guff for handwriting recognition back in the 1990's on the Newton. There was even a Simpsons jab featuring the Newton. Palm came along and improved things with Graffiti (I believe Xerox may have actually invented Graffiti and hence Palm has abandoned it with the current Treos).
As with most tech items, it seems I am in the minority of adopters of Graffiti. I use Mobile Write on my Treo 700P and mostly love it. If Apple took this concept and improved upon it and added a five way nav button in place of the home key, iPhone would be a much nicer device!
iPhone Graffiti
After playing with an iPhone at an Apple store for about 45 min, I would like to see a stylus and Graffiti text input on future revisions of the iPhone. I love the full size screen and LACK of a hard keyboard, but I miss the Graffiti from Palm OS and the Newton.
I know Apple took a lot of guff for handwriting recognition back in the 1990's on the Newton. There was even a Simpsons jab featuring the Newton. Palm came along and improved things with Graffiti (I believe Xerox may have actually invented Graffiti and hence Palm has abandoned it with the current Treos).
As with most tech items, it seems I am in the minority of adopters of Graffiti. I use Mobile Write on my Treo 700P and mostly love it. If Apple took this concept and improved upon it and added a five way nav button in place of the home key, iPhone would be a much nicer device!
I know Apple took a lot of guff for handwriting recognition back in the 1990's on the Newton. There was even a Simpsons jab featuring the Newton. Palm came along and improved things with Graffiti (I believe Xerox may have actually invented Graffiti and hence Palm has abandoned it with the current Treos).
As with most tech items, it seems I am in the minority of adopters of Graffiti. I use Mobile Write on my Treo 700P and mostly love it. If Apple took this concept and improved upon it and added a five way nav button in place of the home key, iPhone would be a much nicer device!
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Steve Jobs 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech
This is two years old, but definitely worth 15 minutes of your time if you haven't seen it. Probably worth another listen even if you have!
Mac Power Books & TrackPoints
In the last few years, I have been interested in Mac PowerBooks. I like the OS and thought I might change things up from my trusty T series Thinkpad. I borrowed a small PowerBook from a friend for a few weeks and never got used to the touchpad.
I have suggested to several people mildly associated with Apple products (Apple Store Employees) that they should consider adding a TrakPoint. They looked at me like I raped their mom. They made statements to the effect, "I don't see them ever doing that." or "It doesn't fit with the brand image".
What am I missing. Touchpads are great if you don't know how to type. If you do know how to type (I am guessing <10% of the US falls within this category), you don't want to constantly reposition your hands on and off the keyboard.
Hell, I would actually like to have a Trackpoint on my Destop's keyboard at work. They did make keyboards with Trackpointers for some time in the 1990's, but they never caught on.
Apple, if a televised meeting between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs is possible, Please, Tear down the Trackpoint wall!
I know there is probably only a small % of customers that use these Trackpointers, but they are a much more elegant solution than the Touchpad and are very important to people who know how to type. Right now, I am forced to continually purchase Thinkpads and I am slightly worried Lenovo will not carry on the tradition as IBM intended...
At least one person agrees with me: David Berlind @ ZD Net
I have suggested to several people mildly associated with Apple products (Apple Store Employees) that they should consider adding a TrakPoint. They looked at me like I raped their mom. They made statements to the effect, "I don't see them ever doing that." or "It doesn't fit with the brand image".
What am I missing. Touchpads are great if you don't know how to type. If you do know how to type (I am guessing <10% of the US falls within this category), you don't want to constantly reposition your hands on and off the keyboard.
Hell, I would actually like to have a Trackpoint on my Destop's keyboard at work. They did make keyboards with Trackpointers for some time in the 1990's, but they never caught on.
Apple, if a televised meeting between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs is possible, Please, Tear down the Trackpoint wall!
I know there is probably only a small % of customers that use these Trackpointers, but they are a much more elegant solution than the Touchpad and are very important to people who know how to type. Right now, I am forced to continually purchase Thinkpads and I am slightly worried Lenovo will not carry on the tradition as IBM intended...
At least one person agrees with me: David Berlind @ ZD Net
Redundant Voicemail Instructions
OK, so its 2007, Don't most people know what to expect when they get voicemail? Is there a way to turn off the message that says "At the tone, please record your voice message. When you are finished recording, you may hang up or press # for options."
Whatever Happened to Sunroofs?
If I wanted sun shining in my face, I would open the metal sunroof, I don't want a glass moon roof. Who wants these silly things? The interior cover robs the car of more precious headroom. Porsche is the only car I can think of in this market that still offers SUNROOFS
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