Brilliant video by Jesse Rosten. All sorts of other good stuff at his blog too, check it out.
[via @ludditedba]
Companies who Spam Their Best Customers
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Shawn Blanc: Companies who Spam Their Best Customers.
Worth a quick read, I agree 100%. And god forbid you ever have a service like DirecTV and then cancel it. I bet I get two letters a week from them.
Horseshit, Bullshit, and Android
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A most excellent rant by MG Siegler, Why I Hate Android.
When you think about it in the context of this election season we’re entering, it’s a brilliant political maneuver that Google has pulled off with Android. They’ve taken something they’ve done that’s actually bad for us and spun it in such a way that most people actually buy into it being good for us.
Go Toward the Light
Loved this display I saw at Fry’s tonight in Irving, TX. Go toward the light netbooks!
2013 Toyota Land Cruiser
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2013 Toyota Land Cruiser
The Wirecutter
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The best technology review site you’ve never heard of, The Wirecutter. I’ve had it bookmarked for a while and find it very handy. I’ve always wanted to do a site like this, but never wanted to enough to actually do it. Gruber mentioned it today so it’s big now.
Acura NSX Concept
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Acura NSX Concept
Amazon’s Kindle Store Optimized for iPad use
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The Verge: Amazon’s Kindle Store and Cloud Reader optimized for iPad use.
This is very nice, great way to shop for Kindle books from iPad.
Somewhere Else You’d Rather Be?
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Sadly, somehow I’d never seen this before now.
Why Tornadoes Take the Weekends Off in Summer
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National Geographic: Why Tornadoes Take the Weekends Off in Summer.
[via Freakonomics]