While perusing The Wall Street Journal I came upon a full page ad that posed an interesting question: Does the world need another luxury car? 2.5 inches below it, in a smaller font, appear the words “Not really.” They got me. I had to stop and read. The first thing… more »
Archives for December 2012
Boomerang: iPad Mount & Stand Charms Kickstart Donors
December 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is pretty darn cool. A company called XVIDIA has come up with a really fantastic product. If it works as conceptualized, these things will be selling like hotcakes. It’s called Boomerang and it is being touted as “the first ever all-in-one iPad mount and stand.” I learned about it… more »
What’s for Dessert? Mousse Re-imagined in 2-minute
December 7, 2012 by 1 Comment
Usually when you hear the word ‘mousse,’ it is from a waiter handing you a dessert menu after an especially filling meal in a fine restaurant. Maybe you think to yourself, “One day, I will leave some room so I can try that.” Well, you don’t have to eat out… more »
Restoring 2CVs & Bliss…
December 5, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In the Sunday New York Times (NYT) , I read an interesting story about the Citroën 2CV. Definitely unusual looking, it has been called the Volkswagen Beetle for France in the sense that it provided inexpensive transportation for tough economic times. It’s name, deux chevaux, loosely translated means “two tax… more »
De Niro: An Amazing Talent that Never Goes to Waste…
December 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Playing catch-up ball with some old New York Times Sunday Magazines that I had stacked up, I came upon an article by their film critic, A.O. Scott on Robert De Niro. It seemed to be timed with the release of “Silver Linings Playbook ,” his latest movie directed by David… more »
