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CNN’s Holograms Not Really Holograms
It looks like CNN’s holograms really aren’t holograms at all, but television trickery:
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the images are actually “projected” onto the floor of the CNN studio so that Wolf can actually talk to the person, you know, in a face to face. So it’s not quite Star Wars just yet. Only after computers merge the video feeds together do you get a coherent hologram + person scenario
Marc Andreessen Meets Barack Obama
We asked him directly, how concerned should we be that you haven’t had meaningful experience as an executive — as a manager and leader of people?
He said, watch how I run my campaign — you’ll see my leadership skills in action.
Some political snippets from around the webosphere
According to Nicole Wallace of the McCain campaign, the American people don’t care whether Sarah Palin can answer specific questions about foreign and domestic policy. According to Wallace — in an appearance I did with her this morning on Joe Scarborough’s show — the American people will learn all they need to know (and all they deserve to know) from Palin’s scripted speeches and choreographed appearances on the campaign trail and in campaign ads.
And also, on Palin’s attack on Obama’s community service:
Remember, Jesus Christ was a community organizer. Pontious Pilate was a governer.
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I love good p0wnage.
More on the Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism is quite possibly the first analog computer ever implemented. The New York Times reports that:
[…] scientists have found that the device not only predicted solar eclipses but also organized the calendar in the four-year cycles of the Olympiad, forerunner of the modern Olympic Games.
Why do I care? Because it has such a cool name, that’s why.
Pure gold
Mr. Gates wanted Mr. Buffett’s input on whether to drop options in favor of restricted stock at Microsoft. [Gates] recalls asking: “How will employees respond to getting a lottery ticket that gives them a definite amount instead of one that could amount to nothing or a ridiculous sum?”
Mr. Buffett’s reply, according to Mr. Gates, was: “My wife would rather have a ticket for one fur coat, than a ticket that gave her two or nothing.”
I think I’m going to spend quite a bit of time reading this blog. I figure if you want to know what goes on in the mind of a guy who’s seen the big time, Marc Andreessen’s blog is as good as any.
Killing me softly with his words
Humans suffer from bright’n’shiny complex, where we’re titillated by the new. Think of it like this: have you actually done anything with that last domain you bought? No. You had the idea for it on Tuesday morning and you got all fired up, so you bought the domain the moment you got in to work. At lunch you furiously doodled your design in your notebook, fully intending to get home and get started on the HTML/CSS, and then you got home… and watched Lost.
Get… out… of… my… mind!
Electric Outlet 2.0
Ironic Sans proposes a design for a new type of electric outlet that delivers DC power directly. Such a plug would get rid of all those power bricks that devices require to convert AC to DC. What a great idea. I wonder what it would take for it to gain traction.
Worst… music… ever…
http://blindimagephotography.com/main.php
It’s like angry porn music.