Archive for April, 2009

Video: Worldwide Rendition of Stand By Me

Playing For Change | Song Around The World “Stand By Me” from Concord Music Group on Vimeo.

This video was compiled by a guy with a laptop, some microphones and a camera. My favorite is Grandpa Elliot, the blind guy.

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-28

  • Todays episode of Chuck (season finale) ended very well. I actually cheered (subsequently causing the dog to jump 2 ft) #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-23

  • Love Palringo, always have. Now there’s an Android version. Still waiting on the awesome push to talk feature that makes it super useful #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-21

  • testing out the facebook and twitter integration of the new version of skyfire #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-16

  • ahhh, the stares, I seem to have the stares today, just caught myself staring at the corner of my screen for the past 5 minutes #
  • I love waiting rooms, vietnam vets sauntering around, vietnam era rock on the radio. #
  • If you don’t have Creedence Clearwater, go get the best hits, its about 4 discs #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-15

  • Target’s been stepping up their game. Lot of higher quality on the shelves #
  • gahh, come on adobe! why can’t the student version of Acrobat be a download! #

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-14

  • Waiting on people to get back to you on important paperwork is the pits. I want status updates!The gov should make twitter updates mandatory #
  • doing taxes! #
  • so I’m sitting here doing taxes, and a family member calls to tell me they’re cleaning up dead rats and diarrhea. So I said ‘and you tho … #

Two Seater Segway Scooter?

 

 

 

 

 

GM and Segway announced a collaboration to bring even greener transportation to cities. The article says they intend to incorporate an auto-pilot so the PUMA can navigate by itself, freeing the passengers to…text each other and put on make up, or stuff their faces with fast food.

All kidding (or seriousness) aside, I think I’d actually drive on of these around. Phoenix is huge and right of way is generally decided by speed and tonnage but in a neighborhood like mine it would actually be useful for a short commute to work, shopping trip or to visit some family.

Inhabitat » GM and Segway Announce Project P.U.M.A!.

This is Cool! Expanding Mobile Mini House

 

 

3D model of the expanding mobile mini house in a park

 

 

 

Yeah I want one of these. This would be awesome for a continental foray. Of course my first question is how much stuff could you possible get into it?

Inhabitat » The Expandable Mobile Mini House.

Twitter Updates for 2009-04-13

  • ahh Sunday’s, the monday of the ‘news’ sites. #
  • I didn’t know there was a ‘Dead Like Me’ mobie. It wasn’t bad #