Category: Design

  • Thursday Sept 6 2012 I recall seeing just this set up in the Sci Fi movie Outland in about 1981. One could play golf on a simulated course on a giant tv screen. Well sci fiction once again become science fact. These set ups are available for home, gym or apparnetly indoor gold centers-finally no…

  • Friday August 17, 2012 The GM CEO is following Alan Mullaly's lead at Ford trying to establish a Global Organization.  Now from The Market Perspective.com THis article on GM this afternoon  cannot figure out why the volume jumped to 12 million from a normal 7 million, no particular news. Well duh guys, GM has $20 bucks a…

  • Tuesday July  17, 2012 LeRoy Neiman was the official artist for five Olympiads. His work was prominently featured in Playboy in the heyday of his work during the 1950s –  1970s.  today's WSJ featured a piece on the American Sport Art Museum and Archives in of all places, Daphne, AL. Click to take a walking tour of…

  • Wednesday July 11, 2012 Touchfire   is the latest gizmo for the iPad. It invisibly fits on top of the keyboard display. But ti gives the tactile feel of a keyboard. click to see a video demonstration.  This would solve one of my objections to the iPad, I can touch type and it is frustrating…

  • Tuesday June 19, 2012 Two years after the iPad MSFT debuts the Surface, its own tablet running MSFT 8.   It has a clever cover that doubles as a keyboard but… Why announce it without a price? What will HPQ and Dell do about tablet offerings now that MSFT is running their own? This may appeal to…

  • Sat March 24, 2012 Here is a really interesting look at the replication of the Hillary expedition at Mt. Everest. Then Edmund and a Sherpa made it. They used pencil and paper and a Kodak retina rangefinder to record the event.  Take a look at how things have chamged, a Canon digital camera and an iPad will…

  • Friday March 23, 2012 This article details that Japan has stayed a supplier to firms like Apple rather than becoming a leader like Apple or Samsung.  This is an exc ellent example of how Sony lost the race. Decades ago, Sony was the Apple of its day. Its Trinitron tv was the best. It invented the Walkman,…

  • Sunday Feb 19, 2012 Once again, Kirk Tuck with the answer.

  • Sat Feb 18, 2012 Arthur Miller's classic (now who was he married to…..) Death of a Salesman is playing at  the Rose Theater. Yep right here in River City San Antonio for a mere $10-12. This is a deal on one of the all time classics of American Theater.    College should include a reflection on who…