U.S. Department of Lost and Found: Umbrellas and Sweaters

I’m wondering if this new ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) could be turned around and used against me? The new ruling states that agreements on minimum prices (price floors) are legal if they promote competition.
The original case had something to do with leather accessories, but lets turn this around. […]

The Pill We All Need Now And Then

The full complaint filed by Tanya Andersen against the RIAA is now available on-line as a PDF. [CLICK HERE] The initial response to this complaint is that this woman may have a chance at winning at least some of the specific issues listed in the complaint.
I’m very glad to see that someone has finally […]

A quick search of “iPhone” on EBay returned “1696 items found for iPhone“. And iLaunch hasn’t even arrived yet. I can’t wait til’ Saturday when I’l lbe presented with the opportunity to buy an empty iPhone box or complete iPhone manual.
 

Greatest American Movie Quotes

Toto, I’ve got a feeling we’re not in Kansas
anymore.
(The Wizard of OZ, 1939)

What we’ve got here is failure to
communicate.
(Cool Hand Luke, 1967)

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
It’s the smell of victory.
(Apocalypse Now, 1979)

lifehacker, my on line personal life coach, has compiled a list of 8 things you can do or make to keep cool as this sweltering heat settles in on much of the country.  There is even an article on how to make your own air conditioner for $30.00.
Click here .

It looks like June of 2007 will not be remembered with fondness in the slimy halls of the RIAA.
TGDaily has a great article about the Tayna, who after successfully defended herself against the RIAA and their minions and has now filed an Oh-So-Righteous counter-suit aimed not only at the RIAA, but the puppet masters behind […]

OK, this is what I’ve been afraid of. The aggregate costs have been computed and here’s the hit to the bottom line for all of those waiting in line for the iLaunch. OK, so a very quick comparison: Family plan with Verizon; 2 Razrs $49.99 + $35 activation + $79.00/m = $1,981. […]

I lived in Italy for 13 years and during that time I saw a very large number of fatality accidents. For quite a few years the Italians did not have nor enforce seatbelt laws. I was one of the few people that I knew when I moved there in 1986 that consistently wore a seatbelt.
It […]

A 72 year-old golfer in Devon, England sliced his first tee-off so badly that it soared 189 yards and landed in the cup on the 4th hole. The picture below shows the set-up that allowed this to happen.
I think I’d have been thrilled after the fact and mortified during the fact. Clive can […]

A couple of months ago I stumbled across a site that made me say, ’Huh?’. Scott Ginsberg, that guy with the nametag, was recently featured on 20/20. In the interview Scott maintains that he is the luckiest guy he knows and it’s all due to the nametag. The nametag opens doors for […]

Best Video Games (PC)

Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas
Command & Conquer III - Tiberium Wars
Hexen

Take Two Interactive, the video game publisher responsible for The Grand Theft Auto series and the more recent Bully, was slapped with an ’Adults Only’ rating for their upcoming title, Manhunt 2. This does not bode well for the future of the title. Neither Sony nor Nintendo will authorize release for titles bearing that rating […]

As we inch ever closer to iLaunch, Bloomberg.com tells investors that they may be getting set up for a fall. As with many of their products, Apple would like to capture the market share but in a business that is four times larger than the PC market, this could be harder than most people […]

In a not-so-surprising move, Ferrari has responded to the recent ’10 Commandments of Driving’ issued by the Vatican earlier this week. Ferrari, known for their super fast, super pricey sports cars implies that if you have to sin once in your life then the Ferrari is the way to go, although the general manager […]

Greatest Foreign Actor

Roberto Benigni
Jurgen Procnow
Toshiro Mifune

What do you get when you mix a sharp entrepreneur, a misguided and bitter photographer, and a inept lawyer? You get a hilarious e-mail thread which excites, mystifies and saddens us in turn. It’s well worth spending 15 or 20 minutes and reading everything including the comments. Good stuff, better than fiction.

This post is for […]

Well, I almost missed this article in Information Week. Reinforcing my claim that Not All That Glitters Is Gold.

iPhone Backlash Misses the PointPosted by Richard Martin, Jun 20, 2007 06:50 PM
Fake Steve Jobs is not someone to suffer indignity lightly. And lately he’s had plenty to wax indignant about. We refer, natch, to the […]

As Clara Peller might have asked, Where’s the Beef?
In what must be a high level decision, AT&T announced it’s own video sharing service that will not work on the iPhone. Just what is up with that? We can only imagine that there has been enough lead time to either have Apple tweak the iPhone to […]