Talk about smashing through the glass ceiling: Marissa Mayer, the newly minted CEO of Yahoo!, managed to score the job despite having several strikes against her—or so the media coverage goes. In fact, given the high turnover of CEOs in the recent past, Yahoo! was as much in need of an image makeover as the GOP was when it brought [...]
Regresamos a nuestros raices y hablamos un poco en español. Hace un rato, ¿no? Pero esta mañana parece buen tiempo para hacerlo porque estamos crusheando en el arte de Femka Hiemstra, una artista de Amsterdam. Tal vez su nacionalidad explica su punto de vista extraño y singular, una mezcla de fantasia, sueños de juventud, realismo mágico y el secreto mundo [...]
This headline from cnet gave me the shivers: Comcast installs roach-infested cable box, customer claims Apparently, Antonio Munoz of Aurora, Illinois, recently installed cable service from Comcast. After the cable guy left, roaches crawled out of the box. Here’s more: Munoz made several calls to the customer service line, and stopped in the Lake Street location, and no one was [...]
LEGO fans who love the Lord of the Ring movies (you can bet there’s plenty of crossover) are pretty excited about a recent press release from Warner Bros. Consumer Products and The LEGO Group announcing official LEGO Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit sets. Here’s a little taste of what’s to come: The LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS [...]
If you don’t associate robots with cuteness, you’re missing out. This is perhaps the kawaii-est utilization of robotics technology we’ve ever seen. It’s also like a feline version of The Matrix. It’s completely incredible. I like the bonking in the head part. Here’s what the genius who made this, Taylor Veltrop, says: This is the culmination of my last year’s [...]
Christ, I’m getting old. Here’s an product posted under “Vintage” on Etsy. Seller Amy (who adores question marks) says: This is a blast from the past! Created in 1987 this toy computer has the appearance of the first computers I learned on! This working toy features a number of math games, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division as well as a [...]
Wow. Check this guy out. He is really enjoying his headphones. Is it because he knows that they are also speakers? Is he enjoying the music and also thinking, “When this song is over, I can take these off of my ears and listen to the song out loud”? They come in red and black and cost $120. If you [...]
At Tek Lado Central, we had a whiteboard since day one, and we pretty much used it for that many days. I think the first words we wrote up there were “EARN $$ TO EAT” because, you know, if you put it on a whiteboard, it’s definitely going to happen. (Thank you, Magic Whiteboard.) We also put up our tax [...]
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