I live in the Bay Area and I’ve always had a commute to and from work each day. I’ve learned to make the most of the time in the car by listening to technology podcasts and my favorite is This Week in Tech (TWIT). Earlier in the week I blogged about Conan O’Brien following a random person (Sarah Killen) which suddenly made her famous (at least on the Internet) over night.
This week Kevin Rose decided to do the same thing with Leo Laporte on TWIT and I know this is geek humor but I found it very funny. The random person Kevin chose is named Lisa Etheridge who had only a handful of followers and her last tweet was “I hate technology” so they thought it was quite fitting. Leo promised to send a random follower of @LisaTickledPink an iPad. I also learned how to embed a YouTube video so it would start to play at an exact time so hope you enjoy this video right when they start talking about the prank/stunt.
“Training wheels are a thing of the past thanks to the revolutionary Gyrowheel. Gyrowheel not only keeps the bike from falling over, it also teaches correct riding technique. Gyrowheel senses unbalanced biking and re-centers the bike under the rider’s weight when the bike starts to wobble. Training wheels can’t do that!” >> See more
“We’re asking people to change the way they think about teaching kids to ride bikes.” – Daniella Reichstetter
OK everyone, it is SuperBowl time and you know what that means…awesome commercials! You can go to YouTube Ad Blitz 2010 during the game to view each commercial after it airs. After the Super Bowl you can vote for your favorite ad and the winning ad will appear on YouTube’s homepage.
Everyone these days has their own email signature. Email signatures are what the email tool of your choice leave at the bottom of every email, most of the time being your name and contact information. The folks over at Smashing Magazine have a great article about the science behind the signature which I think everyone should take a look at if you are a geek like me who likes to see and analyze those different styles.
In a Purdue University classroom, they were discussing the qualifications to be President of the United States. It was pretty simple. The candidate must be a natural born citizen of at least 35 years of age. However, one girl in the class immediately started in on how unfair the requirement is to be a natural born citizen. In short, her opinion was that this requirement prevented many capable individuals from becoming president. The class was taking it in and letting her rant, and not many jaws hit the floor when she wrapped up her argument by stating :”What makes a natural born citizen any more qualified to lead this country than one born by C-section?”
