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Re: Best Room Fan

Enduratweet — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:29:03 -0000

I tested window/box fans for the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute back in the late 90's. We used an anechoic chamber. The idea was to find the most thrust with the least amount of noise. Surprisingly at the time a rather low cost model won the day.

Re: [Pics] Unbelievable Colorization Of Black And White Iconic Images

Enduratweet — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:43:59 -0000

I like both the B & W and color but the Lincoln image moves him out of the history books. Suddenly he's not an icon but an older man. An older man with the weight of the world clearly on his shoulders.

Re: The Value of Voice

Enduratweet — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:02:21 -0000

The journalists that make the most impact have distinctive/original voices. Conveying news is often like hauling freight in the new media age. News rains down upon us from RSS readers, Google News Alerts, and machine curated new aggregation services. Actually breaking news stories offers some distinction for a working journalist but the shelf life of a breaking news story is now measured in minutes. Break enough news and your fellow journalists might laud you and an audience might seek you out, but cultivate a unique and compelling point of view and whether you break the news or not, your audience will want to hear from you again and again.

When Google Wave was announced I know that I wanted to hear how the guests at my virtual thought leaders dinner party (Gina Trapani, John C. Dvrorak, Cory Doctorow, and many more) would react. I've unconsciously picked a mix of folks with strong and divergent perspectives. My internal BS detector might go off more for some than for others, but each voice makes me think enough to earn a seat at the table.

In addition to a strong point of view, a strong but real personality matters too. The personality is the wrapper of the strong idea and a distinctive personality can increase my consideration of an individual's perspective. The genuine warmth of Leo Laporte or the wry and perpetually bemused Christopher Buckley are completely different examples of the same idea. They each focus on things that matter to them, convey their unique perspective, and do so with their distinctive personalities intact.

Re: ZADI DIAZ

Enduratweet — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:59:46 -0000

That was awesome.

Re: Through today only: Pick 'n Save deal on Eight O'Clock Coffee

Enduratweet — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:06:06 -0000

We switched post Consumer Reports and much to our surprise it is good. Woodman's occasionally runs some specials on this too.

Re: The power of now: Eckhart Tolle and a Bike Ride on 35R

Enduratweet — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:03:23 -0000

Hi Mark,

Love the blog. Your last link in this post "Bike Ride on 35W" is broken. It returns a "File not found" message.

Peace.

Re: The Skypesaurus Story

Enduratweet — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:01:17 -0000

I am amazed with what can be done with relatively low cost off the shelf tech. Inspired actually! Awesome!

Re: Barack Obama: Jerk or Jedi?

Enduratweet — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:49:46 -0000

Great post! I am opting for the retro approach of assuming an elected President is not a jag until they let one of our major cities rot in flood water with minimal assistance, opt us into a war we need not fight or sign executive orders that turn the Constitution into a bunch of conditional suggestions instead of rights. Of course we've been through a lot so the jag assumption will be my fallback position.

Re: Top 10 Reasons Why There’s No TWiT Live Today

Enduratweet — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:36:56 -0000

Leo,

The whole point of your grand media experiment is to create a situation where you can work 20 hours when the spirit moves you and 0 hours when it doesn't. I will try not to be jealous and simply wish you all the best. Now if I could only come up with something that give me that same kind of freedom while keeping a roof over my families head.