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Prius to go (partially) solar {Engadget}
Jul 6th 2008 10:21PM "This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put."
-- Winston Churchill
VIDEO: Porsche Panamera caught testing in the Arctic Circle. {Autoblog}
Jul 5th 2008 1:13PM Kitko, you nailed it. This is a classic Porsche from the windsheild forward and the rear wheels back. Unfortunately, it's a 1994 Nissan Maxima between those two.
Laser-etched tattoos: don't try this at home, kids {Engadget}
Jul 5th 2008 12:52PM Um, if you're going to be all arrogant and stuff, at least look at Wikipedia or something to make sure you're right.
Both tattoos and brands are characterized by their effects, not their methods. Tattoos involve the deposit of ink in the dermis, they layer right under the epidermis. This is usually done with a tattoo gun, but can also be done with a handheld needle, or even by cutting the skin and rubbing ink in.
Brands, on the other hand, are a form of scarification and involve burning or cauterizing the skin to produce a scar. An hot iron is definitely the most common way, but they can also be produced electrically, by a cold iron, or, yes, by laser.
Bottom line: tattoos involve ink. Brands involve scarring.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattoo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarification#Branding
Laser-etched tattoos: don't try this at home, kids {Engadget}
Jul 5th 2008 1:45AM FYI, a burn "tattoo" is called a brand. You know, tattoo = ink, brand = heat.
iPhone 3G lines start at the Apple Cube... one week early {Engadget}
Jul 4th 2008 9:53PM Good thing you don't take vacations, or expect police protection at baseball games or walking around town, or someone who disagrees with how you spend your spare time could say the same thing to you!
Delta institutes fuel surcharges on award flights -- who is next? {Gadling}
Jun 27th 2008 8:37PM So, if I can summarize your lengthy post, it is unreasonable for consumers who have accrued miles, either through flight or partner programs like credit cards, to expect the airlines to live up to the terms that were promised when the flight/purchases were made?
And, further, that loyalty programs like those offered by hotels, rental car agencies, and my local deli... do not actually exist? Or are you saying that I'm taking advantage of those places, too, and that I am naive/greedy if I expect to benefit from the loyalty rewards that I was promised?
I'm a little skeptical.
Are iPhone app devs getting a raw deal? {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 27th 2008 1:48PM Er, more Balls than brains, I guess.
He was saying that if you can't make $250 with 10,000,000 potential customers, your app sucks. That would be a 0.0025% attachment rate. Not easily confused with 100%, and hopefully a fairly low expectation.
Don't get burned on your next trip {Gadling}
Jun 11th 2008 1:52PM What, no mention of aloe in the sunburn remedies section? Yes for drinking a lot of water, and yes for ibuprofen. But aloe makes a sunburn less painful and reduces peeling and blistering.
Just be careful to get as high aloe content as possible -- some products are as low as 40% aloe, some are as high as 98%. And alcohol-based products are less desirable than water or oil based ones, though anything is better than nothing.
Survey: 70% of all iPhone Apps May be Free {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 11th 2008 1:44PM There's a math question here: are the 71% of apps that are free factored into that $2.29 average price, or is the $2.29 the average price *for apps that are not free*.
If the latter, great. If the former, then the average price for non-free apps is $7.90, which is a different story.
For cash-strapped airlines, inflight urinals could be a money-maker {Gadling}
Jun 1st 2008 5:41PM You realize that the immediate implication is that airlines will *charge* to use the urinals; it's not until the last paragraph that the revenue side promised in the headline appears.
Of course, the way airlines are these days, maybe they're looking at revenue both from more seats and charging for the lavatories.
