If Apple is the new IBM does that make Motorola the new Apple?

Motorola released a teaser for their Superbowl ad obviously playing off the Apple's 1984 Superbowl spot.  Motorola is trying to make the argument that people want freedom and are unhappy with current mobile technologies.  This just isn't the case.  People are buying Apple's mobile devices (everything from iPods to iPads) because they just work.  

Then again maybe Motorola will take over the mobile space with your Android tablet and 27 years from now some new entrant will be ribbing off this year's Superbowl ad.

Crime Cops, enhance...

Best part has to be the guys keyboard shortcuts.  

Reminds me that I should go watch Super Troopers again.  Enhance, enhance...

[Via Gizmodo]

Awesome LAX Landing

Really cool to see it from this viewpoint, most never get to.

[via Laughing Squid]

Watch what you say, you never know who's listening

I've heard them all, and aside from occasionally entertaining my wife with a reading from my Greatest Hits Packet ("I call it my 'Go back to Africa' folder," says Howard Bryant, an African-American ESPN.com senior writer), I turn the other cheek and move on.

But not this time.

This time, I aspired to know why Matt, cloaked in the anonymity provided by the internet, felt the need to respond in such a way to, of all things, a Jeff Bagwell post.

So, going deep, deep, deep undercover, I tracked him down and, shortly after our exchange, gave him a call.

Reminds me of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.  

It is still hilarious that once the anonymity is removed how apologetic people become.

[CNN.com]

Dude, where's your internet?

This is something Americans should be paying very close attention to. Think about your daily life and how big a role the internet plays in it. Now think about what it would be like if one person had the authority to turn that off completely. If you can't imagine what that would be like you aren't alone. A week ago this was a hypothetical scenario. Now, you can just ask an Egyptian citizen what that feels like. Pay close attention to what happens with this bill.

I know I don't want Lieberman with his hand on the internet off switch. How about you?

 

[BoingBoing]

How to dress like a man, with a butler.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret, all those fly ass bankers wearing their fancy, pressed suits, and colorful ties and shit? They all have one thing in common. Brooks Brothers Non-Iron fitted shirts. No lie, these are the most fucking amazing shirts on the motherfucking planet. You can get 3 for 200 bucks, and often Brooks brothers has like 30% off sales. THIS is the shirt you need. You can literally crumple these bitches up, throw them in your backpack, take them out, put them on, and within like 10 minutes, they will look like you got them pressed by a butler wearing a monocle. Once you start buying their non-iron shirts, you won't ever buy any other kind. EVER. Fuck ironing, you know what I do? I go take the time and money that I would have spent on buying and ironing expensive ass shirts, and I go blow it on video games. Wisdom.

 

How to dress like a man, with a butler.

I'm going to let you in on a little secret, all those fly ass bankers wearing their fancy, pressed suits, and colorful ties and shit? They all have one thing in common. Brooks Brothers Non-Iron fitted shirts. No lie, these are the most fucking amazing shirts on the motherfucking planet. You can get 3 for 200 bucks, and often Brooks brothers has like 30% off sales. THIS is the shirt you need. You can literally crumple these bitches up, throw them in your backpack, take them out, put them on, and within like 10 minutes, they will look like you got them pressed by a butler wearing a monocle. Once you start buying their non-iron shirts, you won't ever buy any other kind. EVER. Fuck ironing, you know what I do? I go take the time and money that I would have spent on buying and ironing expensive ass shirts, and I go blow it on video games. Wisdom.

Amazing advice.

[Reddit]

Free Eric Chavez

Susan Slusser, SFGate

I heard from a scout who works for another NL team that the Dodgers were raving about Eric Chavez's tryout today; he swung the bat well and apparently looked healthy after being put through his paces. Also from the scouting grapevine, it sounds as if there is some pretty strong interest in Chavez elsewhere, but I know that Chavez is really excited about the Dodgers, so I hope that's where he lands.

There are a lot of ifs involved (if the Dodgers sign him, if he can stay healthy, if Mattingly plays him correctly...) but this is really good news.  I have always been a fan of Chavez and would love to see him manning the hot corner in L.A.  MSTI said it best "Good News For People Who Like Eric Chavez..."

Facebook Worth $50 Billion

Facebook has officially announced that it has just raised $1.5 billion in funding at a $50 billion valuation, according to a release issued today...

I have to admit I am no business expert but what exactly does Facebook do with $1 billion?  The current revenue has to be keeping up with the day to day expenses (servers, bandwidth, employees, etc.).  They don't sell actually products so there is no need to keep inventory on hand.  I could be way off and the revenue is not covering monthly costs or maybe Facebook is working on that phone.  If they are not profitable yet then what would need to happen to make the site profitable?

[TechCrunch]

Staring Out The Window, Waiting For Spring

I can't believe how long it's been since my last Dodger post.  Let the streak end, and pray for our coming season.  You have to believe the outfield is set at this point.  Either and Kemp both coming back, resigning Gibbons as well as signing Tony Gwynn Jr., Gabe Kapler and then finally Marcus Thames.  If Donnie Baseball can manage this team correctly, if Kemp can turn around his trend from last year and if Ethier can show before the pinky and not after is the real Ethier this outfield just might have a shot.  With Rod Barajas/Dioner Navarro behind the plate and Casey "The Beard" Blake manning the hot corner this outfield is going to have to carry the team.  

The 2011 Dodger team will most likely be the classic Dodger style, Kershaw mowing them down and losing games one to nothing.  Sorry kid, Koufax had to deal with it, guess you'll just have to be perfect.

LBJ buying pants

Another thing, the crotch, down where your nuts hang, it is always a little to tight. -Lyndon Johnson

Amazing.

 

In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House calls at the time), and has since become the stuff of legend. Johnson’s anatomically specific directions to Mr. Haggar are some of the most intimate words we’ve ever heard from the mouth of a President.

[Put This On]

Verizon's First iPhone Commercial

A little kiss ass 6 seconds in.

[Youtube]

Diabolical!

And for those who could attempt repairs properly, anyone with the ability, budget, and patience to actually get and install working replacement parts for these products won’t have any trouble spending the extra $10 for the special screwdriver from the same vendor.

Thats a good point.

[Marco.org]

I'm embarrassed, give me money

Now she is coming forward to talk about her lawsuit and to raise awareness about the privacy and security concerns stemming from the video's release, and to warn others about the dangers of texting.

Raise awareness... seriously?

[Consumerist]

fragmentation

So, iOS 4 has 90 percent share amongst iOS device owners. What about Android 2.3? 0.4 percent, as of a couple weeks ago. Yes, that’s zero point four percent.

[Techcrunch]

Bazinga!

Poynter's Damon Kiesow offers an early first look at The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's failed iPad newspaper.

Crystal ball or common sense?

[BoingBoing]

As far as minimalist can go

We just got some pretty wild information from one of our Apple sources and while it’s hard to believe at first, it does make sense. We have exclusively been told that the reason Apple just added multitouch gestures for the iPad in the latest iOS 4.3 beta is because the iPad will be losing the home button. Yes, we are told that Apple, at some point in time, will remove the home button from the iPad’s design. Instead of button taps, you will use new multitouch gestures to navigate to the home screen and also to launch the app switcher.

I don't see this happening.  How are you going to do a 5 finger multitouch to close with one hand?

[BGR]

Dodgertown Mourns

Dodgers owner Frank McCourt issued the following statement on Saturday night:

"We lost a member of the Dodgers family today. The entire Dodgers organization is mourning the death of John's daughter Christina and will do everything we can to support John, his wife Roxana and their son Dallas in the aftermath of this senseless tragedy. I spoke with John earlier today and expressed condolences on behalf of the entire Dodgers organization."

[L.A. Times]

Study Linking Vaccine to Autism Was Fraud, Journal Reports

A new examination found, by comparing the reported diagnoses in the paper to hospital records, that Wakefield and colleagues altered facts about patients in their study.

Whoops.

Jenny McCarthy Body Count

Can this stop now?

A Holiday Message From Ricky Gervais: Why I’m an Atheist

Forgiveness is probably the greatest virtue there is. But that’s exactly what it is -­‐ a virtue. Not just a Christian virtue. No one owns being good. I’m good. I just don’t believe I’ll be rewarded for it in heaven. My reward is here and now. It’s knowing that I try to do the right thing. That I lived a good life. And that’s where spirituality really lost its way. When it became a stick to beat people with. “Do this or you’ll burn in hell.”

You won’t burn in hell. But be nice anyway.

I like the last line.