Custom R2D2 Sweater on Etsy.com via Coudal.com
Ugly and awesome at the same time. For $450 dollars it can be yours!
WSJ.com: ‘Angry Birds’ Spreads Wings
“Angry Birds” is flapping from touch screens to big screens, books and toys, testing whether one of the best-known mobile apps can become an entertainment franchise akin to Mickey Mouse and Iron Man.
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Mr. Maisel says he is talking to potential writers, directors and financing partners about getting an “Angry Birds” feature film off the ground.
If they’re going to do an Angry Birds movie then they need to get Michael Bay to direct it. Giant CGI birds crashing through buildings to save humanity, all in 3D.
HuffPost: Pole-Dancing Is Latest Fitness Craze For Men In China
Watching the video, you can see how much strength is involved, but it’s hard to get over the fact that it’s pole dancing.
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CNN.com: 3 ways Obama could bypass Congress
Sovereign governments such as the United States can print new money. However, there’s a statutory limit to the amount of paper currency that can be in circulation at any one time.
Ironically, there’s no similar limit on the amount of coinage. A little-known statute gives the secretary of the Treasury the authority to issue platinum coins in any denomination. So some commentators have suggested that the Treasury create two $1 trillion coins, deposit them in its account in the Federal Reserve and write checks on the proceeds.
Not a serious solution, but an interesting idea. Can you imagine holding a $1 trillion coin?
TUAW.com: Hackinations: 5 really good Lion tweaks
I’ve been using Mac OS X Lion since last week and I like it, but there are some things that have changed that bug me. One was the animation when sending or responding to mail. Here’s a way of disabling it using Terminal.
NPR.org: What On Earth? Art And Ads That Can Be Seen From Space
You really can see the Colonel in Google Map of Rachel, Nevada. Just zoom in.
CriticalMiss.com: The Campaign For Real Monopoly via Kottke.org
We’ve all played the game Monopoly and we’ve all pretty much played the game incorrectly. I haven’t played Monopoly in years but it sounds more interesting when played correctly.
SI.com: Quidditch on College Campuses
There’s something seriously wrong with this picture.
Gizmodo.com: Steve Jobs Lays It Down For Playboy
Fascinating interview with Steve Jobs from 1987. In it you can see the seeds of success that Apple is today. You can sense the conflict within Apple in
His description of the creation of the Macintosh pretty much describes the Apple Way.
Let me compare it with IBM. How come the Mac group produced Mac and the people at IBM produced the PCjr? We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We were the group of people who were going to judge whether it was great or not. We weren’t going to go out and do market research. We just wanted to build the best thing we could build. When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You’ll know it’s there, so you’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.
His description of why people will buy computers for the home in the future:
SJ: The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We’re just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people–as remarkable as the telephone.
PB: Specifically what kind of breakthrough are you talking about?
SJ: I can only begin to speculate. We see that a lot in our industry: You don’t know exactly what’s going to result, but you know it’s something very big and very good.