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The Value of “Things”
If you’ve been following my tweets lately, you may already know that our beloved 1998 Honda Accord, Yolanda, is on her way out the door. She has reached the point in both age and mileage, where she now needs more work than she’s worth. The decision to get rid of this car should’ve been an [...]
Continue reading...Two Cars, One Challenge, Many Lessons
11 June 2010
If you’re not really into cars, you probably haven’t heard about MINI USA challenging Porsche to a road race.
Continue reading...More on Toyota and Man vs. Machine
24 February 2010
Should we make the source-code that runs most of the cars on the road today available in an open-source model? Michael Spiegel at the Software Freedom Law Center seems to think so. In a post from last week, Spiegel responds to a Slate.com article by writing that “opaque” and “inherently buggy” software which could endanger [...]
Continue reading...Man vs. Machine: Override
23 February 2010
The latest debacle from Toyota’s leadership has been announced: an override system will be installed in all Toyota cars (including Lexus) that will cut power to the engine when the brake pedal and the gas pedal are depressed simultaneously. This is an absolutely horrible idea. I’ll address a few of the reasons why this idea [...]
Continue reading...230 MPG?
10 September 2009
GM’s new Chevy Volt was recently announced to get 230 miles per gallon. Skeptical? Me too, but this is based on current EPA ratings. Think 230 m.p.g. is as good as it gets? Think again. And as eye-popping as the number was, a rival automaker, Nissan, said last week that its all-electric vehicle, the Leaf, [...]
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- The Startup Life | Story Time
- Emerging Talk – A Recap
- Coming Soon: Emerging Talk
- Balance | Distractions
- Balance | Good Enough
- Balance | Saying Yes vs. Saying No
- Balance | Time
- Cyber War | Not Here, Not Now
- Cyber War | Op-Ed Fallout
- Cyber War | Is There? Are We?
- I Hate Turnitin.com, or, "Help! The Cloud Ate My Homework!"
- Duke University Professor Scores One For Academic Freedom
- Starting Up | Making Entrepreneurs
- What's a Charrette?
- An Urgent Message from LSAC
- Zombie Tag
- Individual Market Freedom
- Mental Clutter
- What Matters Now or "Be Awesome."
- Digital Literacy - It's Important! (Seriously)
- Shay: Poncho's not the jealous type - plus, the new Aston Martin would be his girlfriend, so I'm sure he wouldn't mind....
- Snyder: Does Poncho get jealous when you look at other vehicles? You're just asking for ignition system trouble....
- Shay: Thanks, Mom!...
- louisecolson: you look fabulous! Bravo :)...
- Katy Kelly: Wow! What a connection. I watched and voted for the video after it showed up on my favorite blog The Daily What. I guess if I followed John Mayer on T...
- John Hughes: Congrats on Graduating and the Leadership Award. Next...life. Good luck on the drive across country. Speaking as someone who has moved frequently, I...
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- Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine August 31, 2010It's doubtful that any other distillery will come up with a whisky that tastes like Gilpin Family Whisky because of its secret ingredient: urine. Researcher and designer James Gilpin uses the sugar rich urine of elderly diabetics to make his high-end single malt whisky. From the article: "The source material is acquired from elderly volunteers, inc […]
- 10 Media Takes on the Google-Verizon Net Neutrality Proposal August 11, 2010For a document with no actual authority behind it, the Verizon/Google policy proposal on openness rules for the country’s wired and wireless networks has caused quite the media storm. Today the authors themselves joined in via a Washington Post op-ed. In case anyone is wondering whether Google and Verizon hate their Internet freedom, Google CEO Eric Schmidt […]
- FBI Prioritizes Copyright Over Missing Persons August 10, 2010An anonymous reader writes "The FBI has limited resources, so it needs to prioritize what it works on. However, it's difficult to see why dealing with copyright infringement seems to get more attention than identity theft or missing persons. In the past year, the FBI has announced a special new task force to fight intellectual property infringement […]
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