MSNBC Producer loses it on air.

Not sure how I missed it since I watch the network religiously, but a producer just absolutely loses it and you can hear him in the background.  Kudos to Contessa Brewer for not directly acknowledging it.

Missed at MacWorld

Here’s a product that didn’t get a lot of attention at Macworld last week.  The Macbook Wheel.

BTW This is fake, in case you didn’t pick up on that.

Kudos goes to The Onion for the great production on the clip.

Also, Anyone else notice that consumer products today are no longer good enough the way they were initially meant to be and now warrant the need to add on words such as…Advanced, Super, Plus, 2000, and my all-time favorite….Extreme. I was sitting around watching TV the other day, and I saw a commercial for gym in Ohio claiming to be the most “ExTrEmE” gym around and I thought to myself, what constitutes Extreme? Are there varying degrees of Extremity? Are there any pre-requisites to be considered Extreme? Is there an annual fee? What about the benefits of being Extreme as opposed to being bland, normal, banal, blah, boring, dull, flat, flavorless, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, milk-and-water, monotonous, nerdy, nothing, pablum, sapless, tame, tedious, unexciting, uninteresting, uninspiring, unstimulating, vanilla, vapid, and waterish. At first, these questions seem almost impossible answer, but after numerous long and grueling brainstorming sessions atop of the porcelain throne I’ve come to the conclusion that to be considered “Extreme,” you must either be an asshole, or wear faded jeans, which would also make you an asshole. Use this link for an explanation on why people who wear faded jeans are assholes. Right Guard Extreme sucks ass.

And to talk about bad luck: Just when I finally perfect the art of sleeping with my eyes open at work, a little snoring problem comes along and screws up everything.

Also, I found this great webcomic at XKCD, and I think it perfectly describes our society as a whole since the computer has become ever so much more prevalent in our lives and homes:  (Click it to go directly to the page for a larger version.)

Not Really shocking, but newsworthy nonetheless

Fresh off the announcement that Obama has chosen Joe Biden as his running mate, which my father had actually predicted a few days ago, this story comes out of the Columbus Dispatch.

Apparently Ohio’s Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner recieved a letter from Premier’s President David Byrd admitting that the voting machines that are used in half of Ohio’s counties are defective and stated that their own programming error is to blame for votes being dropped in some counties. Premier, formerly Diebold Election Systems, also stated that the error wont be fixed in time for the Nov. 4th elections.

Here’s a better pic of the machine in question:

Circled in red is the card slot that holds the memory card, used to tabulate and store all votes.  The only problem is, is that this is accessible by the voter, so theoretically anyone could just go in there, and either swap memory cards, or just remove it and game over.  They just rigged an election.  My town of Greenville, PA in Mercer county uses a similar setup, but I’m not sure if Diebold made the machines.

Here’s a link to the story: Ohio’s voting machine glitch exposed

Bye Bill

Well, it’s official, Bill Gates has officially retired from Microsoft and has handed the keys of the operation over to Steve Ballmer.  Whether you are a Windows user, Apple user, or Linux user, and whether you hate him or love him, Gates revolutionized this world with his visions and ideas.  Here’s a great interview with him on his last day with Tom Brokaw.

Here’s a link to the video, since I can’t embed MSN videos.

And here’s a link to a good article from Fortune about Microsoft post-Gates.

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