Hypothesis on Water Levels

In theory, it is possible the increase in ocean levels can be attributed to, at least in part, the growing number of seafaring vessels in the water today, accounting for many of the crashed planes, sunk ships, and every growing sea creatures.

If anyone is interested in funding a study, drop me a line.

Gruber on Best Buy

Hot off the twitter feed, by John Gruber:

 I’d sooner attempt to fashion my own homebrew HDMI cable out of melted pennies and hollowed-out Slim Jims than pay $60 for one at Best Buy.

I just wish Best Buy would catch on that most of their potential customers feel this way.

Fake Steve Jobs on Microsoft Office

Now think about this. These same customers asked Microsoft for the same thing — simplicity — and what did the Borg give them? A new version of Word that has more buttons than the dashboard on the space shuttle. You need a pilot’s license to use it. Have you seen it? It’s incredible. First time someone showed me the interface I thought it was a spoof, like that fake ad about what an iPod box would look like if Microsoft made it.