Archive for February, 2008
Sunday, February 10th, 2008
digest: screwdrivers, vanity fair and mma
- Learn the difference between various screwdriver heads
- Making the environmental case for nuclear energy.
- Check out the cover to this year’s Vanity Fair Hollywood issue.
- Daily Mitzvah, a blog that promotes and suggests what good you can do each day.
- Controversy and criminal charges come out of New York Fashion week as Marc Jacob’s [...]
No Comments » - Posted in digest by Marty Finestone
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
polaroid film’s run is coming to an end
Polaroid camera owners, like myself, better start stocking up on Polaroid film as the company is closing out production of its film as it is closing the production plants. The only way that the film may remain on the marketplace is if Polaroid is successful in its attempts to find a partner to license the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in product, tech(ish) by Marty Finestone
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
(red) initiative’s finances are being questioned
The New York Times reports that Bono’s (red) initiative is coming under scrutiny as some are beginning to question how much the organization raises versus the marketing costs that have been spent.
They criticize a lack of transparency at the company and its partners over how much they make from Red products, and whether they [...]
No Comments » - Posted in business, thinking by Marty Finestone
Saturday, February 9th, 2008
swedes using body heat to warm buildings
The BBC reports on an innovative green heating initiative in Stockholm:
In Sweden, the Jernhusen company, which owns Stockholm’s central station, is planning to channel passenger warmth to heat a 13-storey office block being built next to the station.
Heat exchangers in the station’s ventilation system will convert the body heat into hot water, which will be [...]
No Comments » - Posted in green, tech(ish) by Marty Finestone
Thursday, February 7th, 2008
the be good tanyas - ‘three little birds’
1 Comment » - Posted in music, video by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
what kind of philosophy gets in the news?
Jason Stanley pontificates, on Leiter Reports, as to what it takes for the media to discuss/report on philosophy.
Lately, a good deal of philosophical research is reaching a larger public. It seems like every month a major newspaper or magazine publishes an article on the tremendous progress philosophers have been making on the problem of consciousness. [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in media, thinking by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
kraftwerk’s ‘neon lights’
A classic track from Kraftwerk’s album the Man-Machine. Given that this video was made around 1978 (that’s when the album was released, but I’m not sure about the video), it is quite stylishly advanced. Although, this is not surprising as Kraftwork have always been cutting edge.
No Comments » - Posted in music, video by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
jell-o wrestling lawsuit gets thrown out of court
From UPI:
A New York judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a New York University student who was injured while wrestling in Jell-O.
Justice Carol Edmead said in a decision released Monday that the suit brought by Avram Wisnia, who injured his hip while Jell-O wrestling during his dorm’s “Beach Bash Event,” was on shaky [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in bits, laugh laugh by Marty Finestone
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
flight recordings of hiroshima bomber are up for auction
As reported by Bloomberg:
A World War II file folder recording the flights of Paul Tibbets, the U.S. pilot who led the atom- bomb raid on Hiroshima, will be offered this month by Bonhams auction house in Los Angeles for as much as $150,000.
The record comprises more than 500 typed pages documenting Tibbets’s flights, including 1937 [...]
No Comments » - Posted in bits by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
ebay is banning negative feedback from sellers
EBay is revamping its feedback system, arguably the essence of the service. The most significant change to come out of this overhaul is taking away the ability for sellers to provide negative or neutral feedback about buyers.
No Comments » - Posted in tech(ish), website by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
japanese princess’s dining habits are cause for critcism
It appears that Japan’s Crown Princess Massako is being criticized in the media for eating out at some more lavish restaurants while she is on hiatus from her official duties.
Japan’s troubled Crown Princess has been eating like royalty in recent months — and getting pilloried in the tabloid press for violating the image of imperial [...]
No Comments » - Posted in news, person by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
yay for bibi’s box
A big congrats to Bibi’s box for being a finalist in the 2008 Bloggies in the category of ‘Best Latin American Weblog’. Bibi’s box is a vivacious blog that offers of a wild array of interesting finds.
Congrats also to all the finalists in all of the categories. Best of luck for March.
1 Comment » - Posted in website by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
shine-free matte paints are the latest trend for cars
It appears that the latest trend for paints for cars is shine-free matte coatings.
It’s easy to see why automakers are keen on the trend. Ed Welburn, GM’s vice president for design, said nearly all automakers are experimenting with matte because it shows off the pure design of the car.
“It reduces the design to the very [...]
No Comments » - Posted in design by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
mad magazine goes for the pulitzers
From the New York Times:
The “usual gang of idiots,” as the editorial staff of Mad magazine lovingly describes itself, produces cultural and political parody every month. For the next issue, however, the gang has recruited some very special help.
“Why George W. Bush Is in Favor of Global Warming,” a two-page spread that the magazine calls [...]
No Comments » - Posted in laugh laugh, media by Marty Finestone
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
from the walls of facebook to the streets of columbia
The Christian Science Monitor reports on a protest that started on Facebook and ended up on the streets of Colombia:
Hundreds of thousands of Colombians are expected to march throughout the country and in major cities around the world Monday to protest against this nation’s oldest and most powerful rebel group.
What began as a group of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in tech(ish), thinking by Marty Finestone
Monday, February 4th, 2008
the idea of tom petty at half-time is boring
Like me, not everyone was a fan of having Tom Petty perform at halftime at the Superbowl.
That’s right, Tom Petty - the man with a solid UK chart history of one top-30 song from 19 years ago. The man who can look himself in the eye and know that the most extreme reaction he’s [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in music, person, sport by Marty Finestone
Monday, February 4th, 2008
arrested development movie is looking more likely
According to this article on Page Six, Jefferey Tambor was on XM Radio and let it be known that the Arrested Development movie just might actually be coming.
via Pop Candy
1 Comment » - Posted in movie, tv by Marty Finestone
Friday, February 1st, 2008
anti-olympic art included in pro-olympic culture event
From the Globe and Mail:
Three people in balaclavas hold their fists in the air and stand between two flags: The flag in front boasts the symbol of the Native Warrior Society; the one behind, too big to fit in the frame, offers a partial glimpse of the Olympic rings.
This photograph, by Vancouver artist Alex Morrison, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in sport, thinking by Marty Finestone
Friday, February 1st, 2008
hummer spawns a truck
New for 2009 is the Hummer H3T - it’s a pickup truck. Necessary? That is questionable. Given that pickups appeal to a big, but select market, will a small pickup with a Hummer face appeal to truck buyers? Will the pickup capabilities appeal to Hummer fans? Probably not with these looks. Something to watch for. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in business, design, video by Marty Finestone
Friday, February 1st, 2008
how to make a chainsaw arm
Halloween has come early this year (or just in time for Purim). This how-to tip on
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