Brian Sullivan

"Instead of taking the private jet from Detroit to Washington, he’d take an all-electric or hybrid Cadillac Escalade and get it pimped out with a sound system and some 25″ rims, then carpool with the CEOs from Chrysler and Ford. It would become a pseudo-political campaign, making stops in cities and towns with parties every night." - Matt Pfefferle via Bookmarklet

Now when you fall down the stairs, you can get a tree piercing... - Outsanity

Great, do you remember designer or source? - Leandro Ardissone

no, I just stumbled it, and it was only a picture :( - Tuesday

Credit to Thomas Hawk. http://friendfeed.com/e/1ccd1e... - Russellreno

"Buying an Apple computer? Get ready to throw away your monitor, over and over again. New Apple hardware is shipping with "HDCP" anti-copying technology that prevents showing some video on "non-compliant" monitors. Best part: the list of "compliant" monitors will change over time: the monitor you buy today can be "revoked" tomorrow and stop working." - RAPatton

Matt, Linux is more ready than you might think. - Kevin Cearns

The problem isn't necessarily the hardware, but the stupid DRM embedded in the video content purchased through iTunes. And it could be addressed by Apple (if they wanted to) by issuing a firmware patch. Or they could do away with DRM for videos, which, unfortunately, they're not likely to do. - Raoul Pop

"Sometimes you toss out an idea at a meeting as a joke or because you think it sounds clever at the time. Then you have to write a story. At yesterday's editorial meeting for Las Vegas Weekly, I suggested, somewhat facetiously, that we do a story on how the federal government should come in as the cavalry to bail out Las Vegas' casino companies. After all, I argued, aren't union jobs at stake? And doesn't the entire Las Vegas (and Nevada) economy depend on the resorts as surely as Detroit does the auto industry? The ripple effect of the casinos' financial problems could be staggering. They already are if you are one of the many locals among the layoffs done by every resort company in town." - Abby Martin via Bookmarklet

lol! Love that! - Carmen

ROFL - Mark Wilson

What? No plague of locusts? How disappointing. :) - Morton Fox

I've googled 16,424 times since March 2006. As far as I can tell this only counts the times when I was logged in to google, presumably via a GMail cookie. - Daniel J. Pritchett

23,773 searches since May 10, 2005. 1,289 days. 18.44 searches/day. - Morton Fox

0 searches. I have all URLs cached and indexed mentally. - Mike

This compact 35mm camera was one of the most technically advanced gadgets of 1930s. It was produced by Swiss watch and clock manufacturer, also famous for its long-time partnership with luxury car makers. Jaeger LeCoultre sign can be found on the instrument panels of Bentley, Aston Martin, Lancia Astura, Delahaye, etc. - Carlos Ayala

yeah i'd love to own one of these. its like some futuristic gadget. the design of the Compass blows my mind. - Carlos Ayala

Real steampunk - Brian Sullivan

Cosmic Thing, 2002 Volkswagen Beetle 1983, stainless steel wire, acrylic - Carlos Ayala

The central component of Cosmic Thing is a gray Volkswagen Beetle, the old kind, suspended from the gallery's ceiling by high-test aircraft cables. Gone, however, are the Bug’s familiar humps and compact form. Ortega has meticulously disassembled the car, evidently taking the VW ideology of user-friendliness at its word. Each part has been hung in an exaggerated constellation of doors, engine block, axles, wheels, upholster, and frame so that the whole looks blown out, all frozen motion and volume diagrammed in steel. - Carlos Ayala

source: http://www.orbit.zkm.de/?q=nod... - Carlos Ayala

I saw this.... I believe at the LA MOCA - Melissa

ha - RAPatton

Re-shared from the AMAZING FF apps room: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/we... - Sarah Perez

http://officer.livejournal.com... - Phil Smirnov

good idea the reshare, it was possibly a bit lost in apps - Joelle Nebbe

I think in between all these shots, you could easily show it using an iPhone. - Paul Arterburn

I suspect their recylcing program largely consists of "throw them away somewhere else" - James Williams (willia4)

That's sadly kinda weak--why can't they just have a system that allows for pick up of the used filters from the supermarket we buy them from? The same trucks that deliver them, couldn't they pick them up, too? - thepete

Thank goodness. The lack of recycling options have made me delay changing my filter. - Sarah

lol - Shey

Um... someone who is #000000 is necrotic. So yeah. - tehKenny

LOL all - Valley

"In the world of IT, there is an interesting balance between innovation and risk. While innovation is what is usually talked about – it is the mitigation of risk that often drives the decision. That is why the IT leaders remain the leaders and the startups spend most of their time pushing boulders up a hill." - Robert Scoble

Robert--True. And there is no economic incentive for IT to take risks, and in fact they are incented to protect what they have. Why, I believe, we need a new position in Data rich firms--Marketing Information Officer. Who can be incented to push boundaries with "corporate data" assets. - Alan Edgett

Wow! Thanks Phil, I love this. - Kenichi Matsumoto

"In this interactive tutorial, we'll cover many essential Python idioms and techniques in depth, adding immediately useful tools to your belt." - Chris Messina via Mento

By popular request :) (hiding a single blog, not hiding Dan's blog) - Paul Buchheit

I want the like button to come back so I can hit it again! - Phil Glockner

Very good! - Hutch Carpenter

"The legendary names in U.S. bicycle manufacturing have all but disappeared. But at a factory in a residential part of Queens, N.Y., there's a bike maker that's been around for more than a century. You've probably never heard of them, but Worksman Cycles is the oldest existing bicycle manufacturer in the country. The next time you're in New York or some other big city and you buy a hotdog from a street vendor or see a pizza delivery guy riding by, check out their wheels. Chances are they're peddling or pushing a Worksman, though the name may be tough to read. Some of these battered specialty bikes are 20, 30 or even 40 years old." - Anna Haro via Bookmarklet

"Back in the 1930s, this little company called Worksman Cycles was approached by a newly formed company that nobody had heard of, called Good Humor Ice Cream," Sosin says. "And the Good Humor Ice Cream Co. had a vision of doing this through a series of ice cream vending tricycles, and they went to Schwinn. And Schwinn said, 'I don't really think that's something we can do. But there's this small company in New York. They could do this for you, they already make these sort of things." - Anna Haro

I am sure there is a name for this - minifigmation? - Brian Sullivan

Great video of Jonathan Haeber talking about his abandoned site photography. - Thomas Hawk

or best! - sofarsoshawn via Bookmarklet

Funny though! - AJ Batac

much better than the Skittles feet ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Nathan Chase

found this interesting since when i log in at home on brightkite I call it the fortress of solitude :) - (jeff)isageek via Bookmarklet

That's just...wow... - Glen Campbell

Cover broken. Jor-El will not be happy. The disinformation campaign was that it was in the Arctic. Oh well. - todd

"As many have observed, the global order that is emerging has a distinct Asian tilt because of the rise of China and India as geopolitical forces. The two countries' growing power may stimulate an "Eastphalian" order that challenges the Western-led approaches that dominated the Age of Imperialism, the Cold War and the post-Cold War period." - Shey via Bookmarklet

LOL, good one. - Amit Morson

hahaha - Seagate

An old one but a gooden. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

OMG! - Lindsey

Ah, works now - OMGOsh!!! - Kol Tregaskes

Where would bees normally makes their hive in the natural environment? They have obviously had to compensate. - Mandy

"In December 2005, Nature published a news story comparing the accuracy of science articles taken from the website of Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia, an online encyclopaedia that can be edited by anyone. The results and their interpretation have since been disputed by Encyclopedia Britannica. We present our initial formal response to Britannica's objections, an Editorial from the 30 March 2006 edition of Nature, and a point-by-point rebuttal of Britannica's main objections." - Allison Kipta via Bookmarklet

bad analysis. QoQ growth ratesare meanigless in a seasonal business like advertising. You have to look at the trend in YoY growth rates - Alex Gawley

@Alex Is there no way to generate seasonally adjusted numbers? - Kevin D. White

I'd like to vote for Mona, but I've never seen her hurt anyone. - MiɳiMagɘ (Sexy Scimitar)