Monthly Archives: July 2014


By no means is 

By no means is +Hyundai USA the first automaker to offer these kinds of advanced driver assist features, but this is far and away the coolest demonstration I've ever seen

I've experienced adaptive cruise control, lane keeping systems and emergency braking for years from a wide variety of manufacturers it's clear that from a hardware perspective, the capability to do self-driving cars is pretty much here. We still have software and legal issues to deal with, but that will come in time. Even the +***** Fusion offers the cruise control and lane keeping capability, just not the emergency braking yet. ?

Hyundai wanted to demonstrate its driver assist features like its Smart Cruise Control, Lane Keeping


There have been a lot of classic fun

There have been a lot of classic fun +Ford Motor Company cars over the years

With a solid mainstream global lineup, it may be time for Ford to revive some more specials that go beyond the Fiesta ST and Focus ST. While the Cortina is long gone a Lotus Fusion/Mondeo would be a good start. Let Lotus work their magic on the 2.0-liter or new 2.3-liter EcoBoost, pair it with all-wheel-drive and shed some unneeded mass. 

Another option would be to take the new Mustang platform, shorten the wheelbase and shrink the track a bit and use the 2.3-liter EcoBoost exclusively to create a new Capri. 

What would you want to see from Ford??


In the past,

In the past, +Android phones have often been rightly criticized for mediocre battery life, but this is fitting and funny

One of the things I like about Android is the fact that manufacturers aren't locked into a single arbitrarily small size. I prefer a larger screen where my thick fingers can manipulate the keyboard more easily and there is more room for a big honking battery like the one in my +Motorola Mobility Droid Razr Maxx HD?

That moment when your phone conveniently chooses the most inconvenient time to run low on juice. Swi


This is a perfect example of what is wrong with the whole premise of

This is a perfect example of what is wrong with the whole premise of "the right to be forgotten"

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28130581

Because of this ridiculous ruling by European courts, real legitimate journalism is already being suppressed. We all need to fight back against this wrong headed rule by linking to the original sources ourselves. ?

All weekend, wave after wave of schadenfreude has been crashing on the head of Stan O’Neal, the chairman of Merrill Lynch. After Merrill announced those colossal losses on inventories of…


As if the amount of money that politicos take from corporate donors wasn't bad enough, now they don't have to report paid junkets anymore either

As if the amount of money that politicos take from corporate donors wasn't bad enough, now they don't have to report paid junkets anymore either?

Congress has been criticized for many things in recent months — fumbling on immigration reform, failing to pass basic bills for state services, leaving the long-term unemployed without help — you…


My former colleague and all-around amazing photographer Drew Phillips was at Pikes Peak last weekend

My former colleague and all-around amazing photographer Drew Phillips was at Pikes Peak last weekend?

A photo gallery of the Ford Mustangs competing at the 2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb


A Corporation Has No Inherent Right to Exist

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A corporation is a legal entity organized through a set of arbitrary rules defined by people for the purpose of meeting some business aim. The concept of a corporation is a relatively recent one in human history and there is nothing about one of these organizations that should make it eligible for the protections that we ascribe to humans through laws like the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

The people that comprise the organization that we call a company or corporation have those rights as individuals. Those people also have responsibilities that are part of the social contract that makes it possible for us all to coexist as a group.

The individuals that own, run or are employed by a corporation have the right to believe in whatever faith they want. Like an increasing percentage of the population, individuals are free to not believe. Those are personal choices that cannot and should not ever been imposed on anyone else.

The corporation on the other hand is nothing more than arbitrary legal and the people that run the company must follow the rules that apply to all companies. The organization has no right to impose the beliefs of its owners or managers on others.

This is not a question of freedom of (or from) religion. Every American has the right. If a business is going to take advantage of the privileges granted to it under the law, it must also respect the rights of employees and customers. If the business owner or manager cannot deal with this concept, the corporation should lose those privileges.

The US Supreme Court has been wrong about corporate personhood for nearly two centuries. We must not grant human rights to an arbitrary organization that can spring up or be dissolved on a whim. The corporatocracy is winning and rapidly consuming what is left of American democracy. It’s time to reverse course before it’s too late, although I’m afraid that time may have already passed us by.