On Google Glass, The Nubrella, and Other Stuff We Don't Need
Google Glass.
I get it, I'm hip. Believe me, I think Masamune Shirow and William Gibson are the
cat's meow. I'm getting older, and if science devises a way to put a computer
chip in my brain, I'm all for it. It would be helpful in remembering useful
things... like my daughter's names.
But Google Glass isn't an computer chip. It is an
obnoxious gadget that is as distracting as it is helpful. I don't need
someone reading the New York Times to me as I walk to the coffee shop, nor do I
want Twitter updates on the toilet. It's okay. I can be alone, without
distractions, for five minutes. As Colonel Potter said, "If you ain't
where you are, you aren't anywhere.
Oh my God. Can you believe this? I love entrepreneurs, those folks who are always searching for the next big thing, but I can promise that thing won't be a no-hand umbrella. Here's how it works. You wear this backpack, and then when it rains, snows, whatever, you unfold this hood over your noggin. Haven’t these folks ever heard of a hoodie?
Syrian Intervention
Bringing this one in from the bullpen. We currently have
Special Forces there, training the rebels; now our
government has decided to
supply semi-heavy weapons (14.7mm machine guns are really not that heavy when
compared to Syrian T-72 tanks), and get this…many of them are Russian weapons. Well, I
guess that makes a small amount of sense. After all, a significant portion of
these rebels are Al-Qaeda or Al-Qaeda affiliates. Wouldn't make sense to arm the same folks who are our
sworn enemies, with our latest technology. How about this sense? Let’s stay the hell out of Syria , and let them figure it out themselves.
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