Here’s the incriminating video… I think the biker ones are the best.
And you remember Steve Martin hatching the faux ground plan to defeat El Guapo, right?
7/16/2006
Ze Germans pull a Three Amigos stunt
Time flies: Internet edition
A recent study suggests that most news articles that appear online only have a “half-life of 36 hours.”
On the surface this seems somewhat difficult to swallow — because so few people, relatively speaking, use the Internet period, let alone the Web on a daily basis. However, the last paragraph clarifies the actual thesis: an empirical observation of the Long-Tail at work.
Of additional note is the lead author behind the study, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi who also wrote “Linked” — a book which, among other things, discusses Power Laws (the Long Tail is a statistically observed power law). See my pseudo-review here.
Anyone else heard of the speedy notion that one year in meatspace is now equivalent to 2.5 months for web development?
Why are taxis yellow?
This question alone has caused me many sleepless nights, but thanks to Freakonomics, I will rest peacefully again.
Ever heard of a guy named John Hertz… as in Hertz Rent-a-Car?
Speaking of Hertz, according to Paul Kedrosky, they are going public soon.
Monkey see, monkey do
I’ve got a friendly cold and my brain is pretty much mush.
Regardless, this chimp can play Ms. Pacman than I ever could.
See also: a sundry of animals sent into space.