Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Google's 10 years

It is an iconic brand, no doubt.

Their 10 years time line is also an amazing story. Successful, and amazing.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Google's "Dream" cell phone

Google is not only fighting with Microsoft, now it is taking Apple.

Rumor has it that Google will have its GPhone or sometimes called the Dream phone later this month.

With all that fuzz with the IPhone, let's see what Google can deliver.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Roundabout: the solution to gas crisis?


According to this article on Time, driving in circles is the new way to fight traffic.

Really.

They are talking about roundabouts, a giant circular road intersection that may be an effective way to easy traffic problems in may urban areas. It's very popular in Europe, but Americans have rarely seen them here.

Unfortunately, I don't believe I will see any new roundabout soon here.
Why? Because they can't use red light cameras, which is the cash cow for all municipalities.

The world's largest roundabout.

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Sunday, September 07, 2008

The Pirates are for Real this season


This is the NCAA football news of the weekend:
The Pirates have done it again!

They beat then No. 8 West Virginia by a large margin: 24-3. If anyone (including me) says that they were just lucky last week beating (then) No. 15 ranked Virginia Tech by 27-24 thanks for a last minute block conversion, now they (or we) can all shut up. You don't beat West Virginia by chance, not by that large margin.

After these two wins against ranked teams, the Pirates landed their first top 25 spots (14th in AP and 20th in USA Today) in 9 years. Last time they did that was in 1999 when they beat Miami Hurricanes (Florida) after the devastating Hurricane Fran flooded Greenville.

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