Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Big Business... Scary Business


I just finished watching The Corporation, a documentary about... you guessed it, corporations. Pretty depressing. Especially when I realized that I have played a role in different parts of the machine throughout my life. Perhaps more so than ever right now as I am neck deep in internet advertising.

It's worth watching... but it is not short by any means. People who are not fans of documentaries to begin with will be challenged to stay attentive, but it has some fairly powerful messages. Although not a ton of great solutions.

Then I saw this graphic in a recent issue of Fast Company (Dec. 2008 / Jan. 2009) -- Really Big Business, where the graphic compares the revenue of the global corporate top 10 vs. similar sized countries' GDP.

Are corporations the new nation? The new religion? Wal-Mart has 2.1 million employees... about the size of the population of Latvia or Namibia. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Wal-Mart...

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

The Ultimate Home Library



I am a book freak. Pure and simple. Boxes and boxes of them stashed everywhere - including multiple rooms in my home and two separate storage units.

I would kill to have a permanent home library like this one. In fact, I might never leave the house.

One can dream, right?

Check out the Wired article here ... and a cool video here.

Emotiv EPOC NeuroHeadset - Hands Free Gaming?


Yowza! And just when we all thought Wii was the shizzee... bam! Here comes the Emotive EPOC neuroheadset. It does sort of look like mind-controlling device or perhaps a new version of a phrenology tool. And cost? Don't know... but I can guarantee major bank required for this puppy!

Update: Apparently, these units are going to be priced at roughly $300... so not too bad, assuming the functionality is as promised.
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