Saturn Is Gone

The Penske Group decided not to purchase Saturn after all. It appears as if the $81 billion of our tax dollars that went to bailout the automobile industry didn't work.

Saturn dealers have been given one year to close up shop.

Time To Spare

This is amazing. It is the 100 best videos on YouTube in less than four minutes.

Enjoy.

Microsoft Doesn't Get It

This is a video that Microsoft distributed to people that are having Windows 7 parties. Honestly, this could not be any more boring. Cnet goes so far as to call it 'The Worst Microsoft promo video ever.' How can a company like Microsoft make so many mistakes?

Snow White Loves Apple

Even Snow White loves Apple!

Big Brother Is Watching You!

In what appears to be the largest FBI data-mining project in history, the FBI’s National Security Branch Analysis Center (NSAC) maintains a hodgepodge of data sets packed with more than 1.5 billion government and private-sector records about citizens and foreigners.

The data for this project comes from car-rental companies, large hotel chains and at least one national department store.

The details for this massive project can be found at Wired magazine.

Rooster Limit

Bad news for those L.A. residents that have roosters running around the house. The Los Angeles City Council now limits roosters to one per household.

You just can't make stuff like this up :-)

Boo Boo In The Sun

I took this very cool photo of Boo Boo yesterday evening at sunset. It is hard to believe that he has not even lived with us for a year yet. (Click on the photo for a larger version).

Boo Boo is awesome!

Chevy vs. Chevy

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety celebrates their 50th anniversary this year. To demonstrate how far automobile safety has come, they crashed a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air into a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu.

While it was a shame to see an old Bel Air destroyed, it is amazing how far automobile safety has come.

Nikon Sells 50 Million Lenses

Nikon has officially sold 50 million lenses in the last 50 years. The above is the first Nikkor lens. It is the 50mm f/2.0 and was sold in September of 1959.

That is a lot of lenses!

Snow Leopard Outselling Leopard

It seems that Snow Leopard is outselling Leopard 2 to 1. Reports are that Snow Leopard is twice as fast as Leopard.

I would not look for this to happen with Windows 7!

Laws of Physics Defied

This photo demonstrates that the laws of physics can be defied. A nine pound cat in a four pound box :-)

On the positive side, Boo Boo has finally found a flavor of Fancy Feast that he likes. Winnie likes the box.

Bose Releases New SoundDock

Bose announced a new SoundDock to be available next week. This monster weighs in at 19 lbs and costs $600. For $600 I hope that the sound is amazing.

Kitties On The Roof

This is instant entertainment. It seems that feral cats were playing on this guys roof. He found a way to entertain not only the kitties but himself :-)

Windows 7 Upgrade - Take The Day Off

You have to love Microsoft. While Snow Leopard is about a 40 minute upgrade process, Windows 7, depending on hardware, can take up to 21 hours.

This sounds like it would make a good commercial.

New OWC SSD Drives

OWC makes some of the coolest products available today. They just released a new On-The-Go drive that is solid state and blazing fast. They are expensive at this time but expect the prices to come down like every other flash based device.

Monkey Boy Strikes Again!

You have to love Steve Ballmer. He is always good for a laugh.

At Microsoft's annual company meeting yesterday, an employees from the Windows group tried to take Bllemer's photo with an iPhone (See above photo from Engadget). Apparently, Mr. Ballmer grabbed the iPhone, set it on the ground, and stomped on it. It seems that this action created loud boos from the audience.

Hey Steve, how is that Zune phone coming along?

Nano 5G Released

The new Apple Nano 5G was released today. This 16gb model is only $179.00 and records video. How amazing!

While I think that the new Nano was the coolest release, there is also a new Touch, shuffle, classic, and a new version of iTunes.

Gmail Outage

As many Gmail and Google Apps users know, Gmail was down much of yesterday. Google kept everyone in the loop as to what was going on with hourly updates. Today Google explained the situation and how it would be addressed.

This dedication to customer service is awesome. Gmail remains the most reliable email service on the planet with 99.9% availability.

If this situation had happened over at Hotmail no one would ever know what really happened and it would still be down!

Best Movie Of All Time

Wired magazine chronicled the best movies of all time. Much like how we chronicle time in B.C. and A.D., Wired used the time anchor of Star Wars as the best movie of all time. Many argue about the best Pre Star Wars (P.S.W.). My personal favorite is Logan's Run. In all honesty though, the best P.S.W. movie would have to be 2001: A Space Odyssey.