Monthly Archives: September 2013

It's been 40 years since the Mustang II debuted and for much of that time is… 1

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It's been 40 years since the Mustang II debuted and for much of that time is has been the black sheep of the family

+Ford Motor Company timed the debut of the Mustang II perfectly with the spike in oil prices from the 1973 Middle East embargo. It was the right car for the time and kept the Mustang lineage alive.

Why The Mustang II Doesn’t Deserve All The Hate
Man, people sure do love hating on the Ford Mustang II, the malaise-era replacement for the icon that started the Pony Car genre. And you know what? This video convinced me that they’re wrong.

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As we transition into ever more of a police state, you might want to reconsider using…

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As we transition into ever more of a police state, you might want to reconsider using that fingerprint scanner

Here’s how Apple’s iPhone 5s fingerprint scanner might incriminate you
Considering the nationwide panic regarding security and privacy, both offline and online, Apple’s new Touch ID system was met with some cynicism. Where is the fingerprint data going to be stored? W…

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After 20 years it seems the mystery of Chris McCandless' death has been reso…

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After 20 years it seems the mystery of Chris McCandless' death has been resolved

‘Into the Wild’ author reveals that poisonous plant led to Chris McCandless’ death
Chris McCandless, a young man who gave up his possessions and hiked into the Alaskan wilderness to live in solitude — only to be found dead four months later — was immortalized in the 1996 book…

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If your business is on Facebook, remember you don't own or control your page 2

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If your business is on Facebook, remember you don't own or control your page

Actually this applies to any social network.  No matter how large or small, your business should have a unique web presence with a domain you own. Social networks are great for expanding your reach and engagement, but they should not be your primary point of presence online because that network can arbitrarily shut you down any time they want. ?

Beware: Your Business Is At The Mercy Of Facebook! Social Fixer Page Deleted Without Explanation…
I’ve spent 4 years and countless hours building up a community around my software: my Page had 338050 Likes, my Support Group had 13360 members, and my Interest List had 1.47 Million followers. But all of that work was wiped out in an instant when Facebook decided to shut it down without notice.

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Did you know that the first known retail customer for the  #Mustang  was a young… 1

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Did you know that the first known retail customer for the  #Mustang  was a young Chicago schoolteacher?

Gail Wise walked into a Chicago +Ford Motor Company dealership on April 15, 1964 and later that day drove off with a brand new Mustang convertible? What's so special about that you might ask? Gail got her car two days before Mustang was supposed to be on sale and hers is the first known retail sale of a production Mustang. 

The best part is that nearly 50 years later, Gail and her husband still own that car. ?

First Ford Mustang owner still has the keys 49 years after trading a Chevy
The launch of an iconic sports car in today’s world often comes with a bidding war to be first in line; witness NASCAR team owner and car dealer Rick Hendrick paying $1 million last year for the rights to own the first 2014 Chevy Corvette Stingray. But when the Ford Mustang was launched in 1964, […]

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The Road is one of the most unrelentingly depressing movies I've seen in a long…

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The Road is one of the most unrelentingly depressing movies I've seen in a long time

If you're looking for something that will prompt you to slit your wrists on a Saturday night, this movie is a great choice

The Road (2009)
Directed by John Hillcoat. With Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Robert Duvall. A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means…

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Ingenuity will always beat any effort to prevent copying content

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Ingenuity will always beat any effort to prevent copying content

Stripping Kindle DRM with Lego
Consider a book sitting on a shelf. You can lend it out to a friend, you don’t need a special device to read it, and if you are so inclined, you can photocopy it. This isn’t true with Kindle eBooks that place severe restrictions on what you can do with a book via DRM.

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We are screwed!

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Atmospheric carbon emissions may well be the least of our problems. We all of the insane overfishing and overfertilization of fields we do, jellyfish are rapidly taking over the oceans.?

They’re Taking Over! by Tim Flannery | The New York Review of Books
It’s become fashionable to keep jellyfish in aquariums. Behind glass they can be hypnotically beautiful and immensely relaxing to watch. Unless we are enjoying them in this way, we usually give little thought to the creatures until we are stung by one. Jellyfish stings are often not much more …

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