Archive for October, 2007

Above is a picture of an “invisible bike” “invisible tank”.  You can read more details about it in this article, but the highlight is:

In secret trials last week, the Army said it had made a vehicle completely disappear and predicted that an invisible tank would be ready for service by 2012.

Now I’m not an expert in warfare, despite countless hours of COD2 with Team Bug, but the more I’ve read about the past few wars that America’s participated in, the fewer tanks we seem to use.  In fact, the last time tanks were really all that effective in a war was World War 2.  I’m sure a few of them see action in Afghanistan and Iraq, but I think it’s pretty safe to say that the era of the tank as dominant battleground player is over.

In a somewhat cynical closing thought:  I wonder how many American soldiers’ lives Army could have saved by spending the Invisitank research budget on equipping the troops with armor…

My friend Veronica Belmont, who recently left CNET to go to Mahalo, is off to a fun start. I’m not 100% sure what the rest of the show will be like, but this is definitely a good beginning! Congrats Veronica, I hope they stay as fun as this one…

I started blogging in late ’04 at LIVEdigitally, and for the most part have enjoyed it quite a bit.  Sometimes I get tired of the tech lifestyle bit, so take breaks (I’m in a “post every few days” mode right now).  I also have an Engadget column that needs more of my attention and due to the quality of the publication I take extremely seriously when I write.  As I get my consulting site launched it too will have a blog, which will focus on openness in marketing.  But there’s still more I’d like to write about from time to time.

This is the home for said content.  Some posts will be techie.  Most won’t.  I have a feeling I’ll focus a lot of my energy here on the things that really frustrate me in life, such as this country’s terrible health insurance situation.  It’ll definitely range, and I’ll try to always bring the funny, at least a little bit.  Which is about all I have for it anyway.

At the end of the day, I look at this as a personal blog, a place for my praises and rants, my “did ya ever wonder”s and “whats the deal with”s.  It’s probably more for me than it is for anyone else, and this time around, I’m extremely okay with that.  I hope you enjoy, and if you don’t – it’s fine, there’s plenty else to read on this here Internets.