Too much happening in the last month to blog, and none of it interesting enough to blog about. Mental note: taking two marketing courses at the same time that have similar structures? Recipe for disaster. And one of my instructors wickedly going through the motions — making individualized comments on assignments is apparently tiresome. I… Continue reading Brain drain
Bombay Peggy’s and the Sourtoe Cocktail
Idle conversation at the office turned to an article that my coworker Cory had read earlier, about “some drink that had a pickled severed toe in it.” Off to Google, and we found the story as told by Don Reddick, as well as one guy’s experience drinking the toe. Do it fast or do it… Continue reading Bombay Peggy’s and the Sourtoe Cocktail
Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorism…
I was more than a little amused by this video edit of seven speakers at the Republican convention last month, courtesy of Joi Ito. You’ll know all of them. If you didn’t think that the party platform was based on fearmongering before, take a look at the sampling of speeches throughout the convention. I know… Continue reading Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorism…
The Invisible Train
Via the Scobleizer, we find the Invisible Train, a train that runs on wooden tracks (a la Thomas the Tank Engine, a known favourite in our household), but really doesn’t. Those crazy college kids: The Invisible Train is a mobile, collaborative multi-user AugmentedReality (AR) game, in which players control virtual trains on a real woodenminiature… Continue reading The Invisible Train
343,000 Feet, and one of Two
I need a category for “so cool I can’t stand it.” Mike Melville did it again this morning, and took SpaceShipOne past the 65.3 mile mark, and completed part one of the two parts to win the Ansari X prize. Note the Virgin logo that is now on the tail of SpaceShipOne. Who cares? This… Continue reading 343,000 Feet, and one of Two