RC Flying on Steroids

I could make some mean paper gliders in High School but this... is insane.

Link to video via Engadget.

Tim's carries Wendy's

"Tim Hortons carried the day at Wendy's International Inc. — again in the fourth quarter — as consumers on both sides of the border ate more doughnuts and fewer hamburgers.

Tim's contribution was recognized by the Dublin, Ohio hamburger chain Friday, a far cry from the early days when U.S. analysts questioned whether Canadian-style doughnuts would ever sell in the United States."


Dr. Atkin's must be rolling in his grave.

Link to the CBC.

Great Katrina comment

Great Katrina comment about commercial and media realities, via Jeff Jarvis' BuzzMachine.

Science Project

Here's a cool video of my friend Keith's Science Project.
His Mom and Dad only helped a little and I was the unpaid, outside, "pneumatics" consultant :-)

Apple Tablet: The patent saga continues

Another Apple Tablet patent shows up at the USTPO

Link via Engadget.

Eleanor Rigby

Check out this amazing performance by Stanley Jordan.
Via Google video.

Vroom Vroom!

If it made me work any faster I'd order one tomorrow!

Link via BoingBoing.

Joseph Campbell on Love

This is about 22 mins in length but well worth it:



NOTE: If playback is a bit jerky or slow just hit the pause button and watch the progress of the download status bar. Once the video finishes loading hit the play button for smooth viewing.

Why Digital Media is for real...

"The Economic Times (Via Agencyfaqs.com): A great interview with Brian Fetherstonhaugh, digital evangelist and chairman & CEO of OgilvyOne Worldwide, on the debate between digital media and traditional media. While marketers are increasingly realising the potential of the digital media, there is no all out adoption."

Link to ContentSutra.

Apple's "Mobile Me" an MVNO?

This makes sense to me... and probably bad news for Richard Branson's Virgin Mobile brand.

A "son of iPod" mobile device this year plus profitable, innovative, content offerings / partnerships with existing carrier networks and devices would do the trick. If anyone still isn't sure, Apple's "Mobile Me" push is all about the "iPod as a platform".

Link to Engadget.

UPDATE: Wired's "Cult of Mac" blog just reported that this photo and story are an obvious fake. Bummer.

The internet makes us more social?

This is probably true, at least until people find out I'm actually a dog.

Cereal faucet

There's no doubt about it... mine would be filled with "Cap'n Crunch"

Link to BoingBoing.

Dissing the $100 Laptop

It's interesting when, metaphoricaly speaking, the computing industry Mandarin's rice bowls are at risk of being broken.

Chewy blogs

An oldie, but a goodie :-)

Hey DJ!

Way cool Scratch & Spin Video via Cory at BoingBoing.

Video Podcasts?

What? Download Nova, Frontline, American Experience and The Newshour to my video iPod? Where do I sign!


PaidContent reports:

"In its halting, PBS-esque way, the public broadcaster has been pushing ahead with a digital strategy that could have far-flung effects, says this Variety story. Among them, some video downloads/podcasts of its shows are available now, and it is considering VOD as well.
With funding always an issue, PBS acknowledges it has considered various pay models. Already, streaming has enabled PBS to draw advertising that might be trickier on the air, with Google-sponsored links. And outgoing president Pat Mitchell recently said PBS could see $25 million-$30 million annually from downloading and VOD services."

Link to Variety via PaidContent.

What is RSS?

Link to New York Times article discussing RSS (Really Simple Syndication) via J D Lasica's "New Media Musings", a favorite blog of mine.

Oprah's Lesson

As the dust settles on the superb con-job James Frey (author of "A Million Little Pieces") pulled off on Oprah and her recent "mea culpa" to fans and book club members everywhere, there's a hard lesson for us all in (what satrist Steven Colbert calls) "truthiness".

Link to Howard Kurtz's Media Notes.

Cat Warriors!

A recent post on BoingBoing reminded me of the video clip above, but since I don't support the use of "Weapons of Mass Destruction" by Cats I still think it's way cool when they sport that "Warrior look" (via BoingBoing).

NYTimes on Gadgets & Media

The New York Times has an interesting piece on media, gadgets and convergence. My take on all this is simple: as Big Media clamours to maintain control of distribution and the financial opportunities convergence represents, normal people (albeit creative ones) will continue producing and injecting content into the web-media-ecosystem, at an accelerated pace, forcing them to find or create business models (US Congress backed or not) that enable them to keep up. This is going to be interesting...

"Game On!"

Link to the New York Times.