Careless driving costs lives
Well, who have we here?
Photo from Mugshots.com.
Yes, it’s Bill Gates, co-founder of the Microsoft Corporation and the richest man in the world. He was pulled in by the cops in New Mexico in 1977 for reckless driving in his Porsche. Gates was 22 at the time — 20 years older than Microsoft. Nowadays, he drives a Lexus.
Another nail in the coffin of broadcast TV?
Fascinating piece by Michael Malone about how online gaming is changing adolescent males from couch potatoes into team players.
DIY Political Advertising
Steven Johnson mocked up this anti-Bush ad using just the web, and Apple KeyNote and iPhoto software. (Note: you need a QuickTime player to see it.) Startling illustration of what anyone can do with a little imagination and flair.
Surprise, surprise: 90 per cent of US kids use computers
According to an AP report, a major new survey has revealed that most American kids use computers and the Net.
Well I never… What will these youngsters get up to next? Seriously: I’m putting on a new ‘introductory’ course in my Open University Relevant Knowledge programme. It’s about helping adults to become comfortable with the Net, IM, online music, digital photography, online chat, etc. The working title for the course is “Catching Up With Your Kids”. I’m now wondering if it should be “Catching up with your Grandchildren”!
New York mobile phone user gets bogged down….
“A man riding a Metro-North train dropped his cell phone in a toilet and got his arm stuck trying to retrieve it Thursday, forcing the train to stop and delaying the evening commute for thousands of people,” reports AP. [From the Guardian‘s OnlineBlog.]