Archive for the ‘gadgets’ tag
Alton Brown’s Gadgets #
There’s nothing too remarkable in Gizmodo’s interview with Alton Brown. They breifly discuss his new show — Feasting on Waves — and talk at length about the technology he used while filming it. So, I guess the point is that I’m mostly just linking to this because Alton Brown is cool.
Better With Age #
Farhed Manjoo says that the future of gadgets is constant improvement. There’s certainly good basis for the argument.
But because music players, cell phones, cameras, GPS navigators, video game consoles, and nearly everything else now runs on Internet-updatable software, our gadgets’ functions are no longer static. It’s still true that a gizmo you buy today will eventually be superseded by something that comes along later. But just like Meryl Streep, your devices will now dazzle you as they age. They’ll gain new functions and become easier to use, giving you fewer reasons to jump to whatever hot new thing is just hitting the market.
Joel Johnson Hates The Sharper Image #
The Sharper Image filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today, and the inimitable Mr. Johnson took the opportunity to praise its death (which I think is premature, but then I don’t know that much about business):
The company has long hawked substandard, unimaginative products, like a cut-rate Sky Mall without all the whimsy (nor the captive audience).
And let’s not even mention the retail stores, staffed by inept floor walkers and clogged with fake leather cases, ionic air lung scorchers and fake chromed plastic as far as the eye could see. Despite fond memories of fireside flips through its exotic pages, I am not upset to see the company go. It had long outlived its usefulness.
The Problem with the MacBook Air #
Joel Johnson, who became one of my favorite gadget prognosticators with this, explains the problem with Apple’s new MacBook Air:
It’s too big.