Homage to Hedy

Hedy Lamarr
an online 'friend' of mine - Lorenzo at http://profile.myspace.com/lorenzowork - has just completed this:




and she's my number one female idol. Strange woman was one of her films, but my favourite would be her film Dishonoured Lady. Hedy had beauty, brains (invented a forerunner to spread spectrum comms technology), anti-fascist, didn't stand for relationships she wasn't happy with, lived life and oh was a movie star too.

cars I love

Tesla roadster:



Citroen metisse:



Venturi fetish:



and Saab aero:



And why do I love them so much? Apart from their racy looks, they're environmentally happy! More here

But I'm still going to hold onto my volvo p1800 until a solar/battery car is released. By then I hope I might just be able to add solar panels onto the p1800?

and the next step for humankind is.....

twittering directly from the brain. I was only joking when I referred to 'brain downloads' recently!

I can understand this app would benefit people who lack movement but if humans are using it simply to twitter I think we need to question the values of humanity! More here

USofA quality journalism

NBC aired this news segment of NBC 10s Jim Taricani interviewing Ann Bruno, a local costume shop owner, who has been accused of cyber harrassment towards a competitor.

Hard hitting, insightful, quality content. Oh yeah......



Not content to view it as an aberration best forgotten, NBC even followed up his hard hitting journalism: