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@PBS fall season includes big names like Kennedy, David
@Pogue & Shakespeare! Check it out:
ow.ly/kRCEw Just missed my flight because of rubbernecking (accident on I-95). Why don't police enclose accidents with tall black portable drapes?
My new Times column: Google Reader goes away. Think you’ll miss it? Then try Feedly.
j.mp/17MYWCD Quite possibly the most unfortunate yearbook photos of all time...
thechive.com/2013/05/07/yea… This is one UNBELIEVABLY persistent Russian dog!
j.mp/13mbChJ These are 90 really good “life hacks” (what we once called household hints)!
j.mp/15jey33 Saturday Night Live’s take on Google Glass. Funny and mean.
j.mp/10bwbJB Brain-stopping portraits of dozens of people, deliberately paired for contrast. Superb photo project.
j.mp/17CVIBy Found this in the NY Times--“How I Became a Hipster.” Hilarious.
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Shooting for NOVA at Festo (in Germany): this Air Jellyflsh floats in air just like a real jellyfish does in water.
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Shooting for NOVA Festo (Germany) today: this Air Jellyflsh floats in air just like a real jellyfish does in water.
pic.twitter.com/5bTgQCQ53D Toilets, doors, and WiFi: my post on how tech is different in Europe…
j.mp/18vPkdU They’re making a movie of “Into the Woods!”
j.mp/132FKzB My new Times column: The weird, wonderful Canon N.
j.mp/18doYQq Hilarious Pres speech last nite: “I had dinner with Republican senators. I proposed a toast — it died in committee.”
j.mp/18aB9L7 Here's my "CBS Sunday Morning" segment about Google Glass. (No idea why the sound drops out during the video clips!)
j.mp/18ayhxL Speilberg’s new movie “OBAMA”! Hilarious parody with a surprisingly good lead actor:
j.mp/YdEt9a Set the TiVo! My review of the prospects of Google Glass will air tomorrow on “CBS Sunday Morning”...
Have 5 minutes? Here’s my 2013 TED talk. You’ll learn something (guaranteed) and chuckle (probably)!
j.mp/11ZM9aQ I'm speaking at 7 pm at Illinois State. Free to all! Braden auditorium. Come on by!
illinoisstate.edu/president/spea… Fascinating! In Microsoft’s “Bing It On” blind Google/Bing comparison, I chose Google in 3 out of 5 searches. You?
bingiton.com Atheist Shoe Co. runs a test--finds that U.S. Postal workers delay or “lose” packages bearing the word “Atheist.”
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At Harvard, filming robo-bees for NOVA's "Making Stuff." Welcome to the future, earthlings.
pic.twitter.com/jiGV5JBiK3 My new NY Times column: A review of the lovely, overstuffed, sometimes half-baked Samsung Galaxy S4.
j.mp/17SOx6C In Redmond Magazine: my top 7 recommended Start-menu replacements for Windows 8...
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Shooting for NOVA: we’re examining the UPS computer model that tries to calculate maximum speed, maximum addresses…
pic.twitter.com/a9MDq12XLU OMG, really? Microsoft is planning to bring back the Start BUTTON, but not the Start MENU? *slapping forehead*
j.mp/XRJkus Terrified news anchor’s first 2 words on the air are obscenities--he’s fired instantly. (Caution: obscenities.)
j.mp/15BWPDp In case you missed this: What happens when you wring out a wet washcloth in space? Not what you expect!
j.mp/11df0t8 My NY Times column: Samsung’s detachable-screen laptop.
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Shooting for Nova "Making Stuff: Colder"--this frog freezes solid in winter. We watched it thaw and hop away!
pic.twitter.com/e2530fhF7p Cincinnati->Philly. Left 1 hr late. Circled in turbulence 1 hr, ran low on fuel, diverted to Dulles. 1hr grounded, flew to Philly at 3 am!
My review of the HTC One. Wow, what a phone!!
j.mp/XtaYh9 Yikes. Windows 8 has caused PC sales to plummet 14% over last year, analysis concludes. Come on, Microsoft--fix it!
j.mp/Z9GjG3 My new Times column: the “Facebook phone.” Well done--but baffling.
j.mp/10QSDK2 Oops, that was the online bonus column. Here’s my real Scientific American column about the silliness of Retina/4K:
j.mp/10K67ad My new Scientific American column: why the Retina/high-resolution revolution is ridiculous.
j.mp/17p9Pv8 In case you missed it on TV--here’s my “CBS Sunday Morning” story about robot patients for doctors in training!
j.mp/16KyBme Tomorrow I get to have a running race against the fourth fastest man alive. On national tv. Greeeeeat.
#humiliationonNOVA
Shooting for NOVA at Alcor, the company that freezes dead bodies and heads for future revival and curing...
pic.twitter.com/7ERkfCUsoe What happens if you retouch celebrities so that they have LESS glamor instead of more? Amazing Photoshop jobs:
j.mp/14VUdzK Huh! Thoughts on the dark side of using verbs as nouns (“What is the ask?” “That’s a big spend”).
j.mp/10DQ8uo This Sun, on “CBS Sunday Morning”: My story on robotic fake patients for doctor training. They bleed, breathe, dilate, even have babies!
Join me Sun at Phoenix airport for a TV shoot--I need 50 costars for a NOVA plane-boarding test! Email karinna.sjogaber@gmail.com for info!
“To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.” --Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert has died. So so saddening. Some comfort: his 2011 essay "I Do Not Fear Death" :
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When buzzwords go too far: now WIFI is "cloud- based?"!
pic.twitter.com/8qQUle9BDL New "60 Seconds with Pogue" tech video, just posted! T-Mobile quits playing the shameful Cellular Swindle game.
j.mp/XOCl6H My new Times column: T-Mobile boldly exposes the cell-industry conspiracy.
j.mp/10waEgz Great Kickstarter idea: Bluetooth earbuds that answer the call when you put one in your ear!
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