May 2010
31 posts
Automakers Grapple with New-Age Dilemma: Software... →
It’s a worthwhile read, despite the author barely skimming the surface of the technology and implementation involved. There’s also a faint whiff of Grandpa Simpson-style bah-humbuggery, which I guess you’d expect from AO.
Downloading the future (or something) now. And it’s taking entirely too long.
My Instapaper queue is bursting at the seams with Longform.org stories, vintage auto reviews and a random assortment of general interest content that I may never get to. I need a really long flight. Until that happens, here’s an assortment of what’s passed through my eyeholes in the last few hours.
Brain Gain: The underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs - Margaret Talbot, The New...
Wired's Brian X. Chen on Journalists Leaving... →
I am convinced that there is a larger vision for news coming out of Google; that...
– How to Save the News - James Fallows, The Atlantic
The Setup →
Convinced I’m going to geek out here for an hour or four.
A Good Problem to Have →
Forget teardrops and chrome bows. From a low side angle this thing is a torpedo,...
– Dan Neil on the 2011 Jaguar XJ
The real reason why Steve Jobs hates Flash →