This video has been making the rounds the last 36 hours... I encourage the readership to watch but be aware that it is very disturbing. It is mostly self-explanatory, let me just add a quick comment. Unsettling as the bloodlust of the individual pilots on the video is, this kind of behavior is clearly systemically present in Iraq. As ye sow, so shall ye reap.
Congrats to Hankers on his recent BSchool acceptance. All you Boston / East Coast folks get to keep him around for a few more years. But after that, we're calling fives.
As an ex-pretengineer, the inefficiency above makes me physically sick. Plus, why wear a helmet biking if you don't wear one running? I highly doubt she's going faster than she would be on a jog anyways. And what happens when going downhills? Does she run faster? I digress. Here's the link.
Will the iPad blend? Yup. Actually Useful Bonus: iPad already installed into a car's dashboard. Without turn-by-turn directions (or 3G for now), drivers (in what is sure to be their last few minutes on Earth) can enjoy a larger touchscreen while playing SkiFree. Priorities Bonus: "Dr. Dre > iPad" - LeBron
Other notes: One thing I didn't get to demonstrate is typing on the iPad. Steve said typing was "a dream." Too soon to tell if he's right, but it's actually pretty good. You can do really fast two finger typing or actually try to use all of your fingers like on a keyboard; and with the software's autocorrection, the results are ok. I'm sure they're better with practice. I didn't show it bc I didn't have someone to hold the camera.
The calendar app is way more expansive than iCal for MacOSX.
Lastly, the iBookstore has nice interface as you'd expect. The iPad ships with a free Winnie the Pooh book, which looks fine. Pages turn elegantly and you can bookmark words/phrases etc. or use the built in dictionary to look things up.
The screen is gorgeous.
Update 1: The video should play on iPhones and mobile devices now. I think I had the quality set too high before. Looks grainier now but shows up on my iPad, which it ironically didn't before!
For the third year in the row, the venerable New York Post went around and asked America's top comedians:
What's the best joke you wrote in the last year?
What's the best joke you heard somebody else tell in the last year?
Some of the top 40 results:
Tom Rhodes "A friend of mine wrote on Facebook that he was suicidal and thinking about jumping off of a bridge. So I poked him."
Colin Kane "I think bus drivers are the most oblivious people on the road. Ave you ever seen that bumper sticker on the back 'How am I doing?' You're driving a bus, so apparently not that well. I think you missed a few stops - high school and college."
Seth Herzog "Michelle Obama is going to 'tackle childhood obesity.' Well, good luck, Michelle. Those kids are hard to take down."
Jay Leno "President Obama had his annual physical last week, and while a colonoscopy revealed no polyps, they did find three MSNBC reporters and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd."
Justin McKinney "My 2-year-old said, 'I don't like you, Daddy.' And I said, 'That's not nice to say.' So then my son said, 'I don't like you, please.'"
Nick Offerman "When people look at me next to my gorgeous wife, I always know what they're thinking. And the answer is: I have a terrific personality."
By popular demand, I've included another clip of one of NYC's brightest, up-and-coming young comics: Lee Schloss. This guy, who went to my high school, is actually still out there making people cringe laugh!
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