Monthly Archives: November 2013


+Ford Motor Company designers tried a lot of different concepts for the 5th generation…

+Ford Motor Company designers tried a lot of different concepts for the 5th generation #Mustang  before settling on the retrofuturistic look  that debuted in the fall of 2004?

Sketches of what the current Mustang could have looked like
Faux gas caps, and the rise of photoshop. This is the true story of how the design of the 2005 Mustang came to be.


Today's Republicans hate public education so they gut funding and then demand…

Today's Republicans hate public education so they gut funding and then demand schools put up a stupid plaque instead

Reshared post from +Atheist ®

#Atheist ~John?

GOP finds cure for bad public schools in Pennsylvania: God!
In Pennsylvania, the right slashed public education funds. Their solution for schools? “In God We Trust” plaques


Apple is generally considered to have better lawyers than any other tech company… 1

Apple is generally considered to have better lawyers than any other tech company given there success in patent cases

However, this is an absolutely ridiculous statement in court today:

“when I was young, I used to watch television on televisions that were made in the United States.”

He then named several brands, such as Magnavox, that manufactured their TV sets in the U.S. and had enjoyed a large share of the U.S. TV market.

“But they didn’t protect their intellectual property,” he said. “There are no American TV manufacturers today.”

Apple has been fighting tooth and nail to protect its highly dubious software patents and does it make any of these items in the United States? Not a chance!?

Samsung denied mistrial on racial bias claim in Apple case
Samsung requested a mistrial be declared in its trial with Apple over remarks made by an attorney working for Apple in the final moments of closing arguments in the case on Tuesday. As he was wrapping up his closing arguments, Harold McElhinny of the law firm Morrison Foerster, told the jury that, “when I was young, I used to watch television on televisions that were made in the United States.” He then named several brands, such as Magnavox, …


If you need old Mustang technical specs dating back to 1964

You can now grab them off the +Ford Motor Company media site?

Mustang Technical Specifications | Ford Media Center
Over the nearly 50 year history of Ford Mustang, while the basic front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, four-seat configuration has remained a constant, almost everything else has changed from generation to generation.


Matt DeLorenzo provides a fascinating take on J Mays approach to design as a form…

Matt DeLorenzo provides a fascinating take on J Mays approach to design as a form of storytelling

The way Matt tells it, Mays' approach to design goes beyond mere aesthetics and functionality to conveying a story about the user/driver. Each of the hallmark designs from Mays career have unique personalities from the Avus that influenced +Audi USA design for two decades to the +Volkswagen USA Beetle to 2005 +Ford Motor Company  Mustang.  ?

J Mays’ legacy