Google has rolled out Google Transit out of the Labs and into Google Maps as an fully integrated feature. What’s the big deal? Not much unless you live in one of these cities: Not a very complete list but more will follow one would think. Using Google Transit means that when you look up […]

Well, a couple of issues of Fortune magazine anyway. Here is a scan of what the cover wrap on the last issue of Business 2.0 said – October 2007, Vol. 8, Number 9: Not that bad a deal really considering what they could have done like give B2 subscribers extended issues for Time For Kids, […]

Wired magazine is launching their own science series on PBS.  Their first show airs tonight, Wednesday, October 3rd at 8/7C.  I just found out about it today via an email notice from them. At some point you will be able to find out more on this link, pbs.org/wiredscience, but right now a lot of the […]

Once upon a time in a land before time, the music industry was living on Cloud 9. Kids and teens saw the record labels as “their” entertainment and spent accordingly. Other than some summer movies geared towards them, only the music industry understood them – every week, there were new singles at $.39 to $.59 […]

BLADE RUNNER is one of the greatest films ever made. It’s not to everyone’s taste but it’s what films should be – idiosyncratic and a personal vision from a director. Of course, it involves a great screenplay, great acting and engaging cinematography but ultimately, it’s the director’s imprint that makes it a classic. While nearly […]

If you are like me and are curious about knowing more about where you live, then you should bookmark this site. For example, if you ship a lot of packages or have a lot shipped to you (hello, ebay!), then it pays to know your zip+4 address (here in the U.S. gentle overseas readers). Additionally, […]

Die Wii scum!  Eat Plasma PS3ers! Microsofties are twirling their mustaches with their first day of sales for Halo 3 exceeding $170 Million.  In one day.  Industry analysts project hardware sales to spike accordingly over the next month for those that see the game as a ‘must have’ since it only can be played on […]

But will it actually take much of a bite out of the Apple? More than 2 million songs – including those by Amy Winehouse, U2 and 50 Cent – will be made available for download from Amazon’s US site, with tracks costing either .89 cents or .99 cents, and albums between $5.99 and $9.99. The […]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIFCV2spKtg] This video blew me away. Can you imagine Mac users getting this resident on their Powerbooks? All I can say is, “Gimme!”  Seamless reality distortion is now a reality! “Seam Carving For Content Aware Image Resizing”…It may be so cool from a personal usage standpoint but it is downright disturbing to know that some […]

One reason we might be seeing the Mia & Tia Movie Moments 2-Fer for a while, Mattel can keep re-painting it and they know we’ll keep buying it. (okay, the real truth is they could sell a lumpy piece of black plastic if they called it LIGHTNING MCQUEEN FIRST ROAD REPAIR – we’d buy it […]