Really?? I’m still trying to get my head around this. Prince Fielder, the new first baseman for the Detroit Tigers, is appearing in a “Runs Deep” ad for Chevy. http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/5915/prince-fielder I saw it several times with the volume down. Couldn’t figure out what he was doing. Really? The whole baseball,… more »
Asking for a Little Respect…
April 2, 2012 by 1 Comment
Last Sunday I opened up the Target ad for the San Francisco Bay Area (it was in the San Francisco Chronicle) and saw this. And I said to myself, “What’s wrong with this picture?” Our other Bay Area team, the one of “MoneyBall fame,” was left out of the picture…. more »
Hike on Up, Glide on Down with Foldable Mountain Bike
April 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This is pretty cool. The “Bergmönch” is a mountain bike that can be worn as a backpack for the uphill climb, but can be unfolded for a two-wheeled ride back down. The thought behind it is that downhill can be hard on the joints of a hiker. So this gives… more »
NessNotes Addendum: New Tenacious D Album…
March 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
According to Creativity Online, “The D is back.” Tenacious D, the comedy rock duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass have returned with this new video (see below) for their upcoming album: Rize of the Fenix. It’s six minutes of… well, see for yourself.
Nice. But How Does It Fit Into My Life?
March 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
James Temple, in his Dot.Commentary column for the San Francisco Chronicle, wrote an interesting piece about Daniel Russell Google’s search scientist, who spends a lot of time observing how people interact with pages on the web. His job, as search anthropologist, includes observing and talking to users to garner human… more »
