Paying Attention: Google Glass hit the headlines yet again this week when Google had a one day sale offering the visually polarizing product to the general public.There are those who believe that Google Glass is the forerunner of a whole new generation of “wearable” computers. Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe it’s the most intrusive product ever offered. Maybe it’s the most intriguing platform for a totally new form of media ever offered. It’ll all play out in the next 12-18 months. In the meantime…stay informed. Look for our ClickPak on Google Glass, coming this weekend.
The crucial contact between car and track
The relationship between a race team and its tire company is one of the most important of all technical partnerships. The tires are the contact point between the car and track and are crucial to set up, feel, speed and endurance. The relationship between Risi Comp and Michelin is close and long-standing, and it is for that reason that Giuseppe Risi and Jaime Melo didn’t hesitate when they were asked to take part in this short promotional film shot by the tire company for their Michelin™ Pilot™ Super Sport product. We hope you enjoy it.
Mayer Hawthorne: People Change
The Hunt For New Music:
F1 In 1 Second
Cruising through some infographics on the net, I ran across
a rather amazing project produced by QUANTUM BLACK, a London-based
design consultancy. The project involved the
graphic depiction of one second of action in a Formula 1
race; the baseline was the performance of former world GP
Champion Driver Lewis Hamilton.
It’s a rather brilliant depiction of what can happen in the blink of an eye if
you have the ability,technology, curiosity and drive to pay attention.
Very well done.
Look forward to seeing more creative work from this group.
Credit where credit is due: Geoffroy Gaborieau, Calum
Hale, and Yves Boussemart were the producers/designers
of F1 in 1 Second, which was done using Adobe
Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. (C) 2013, 2014. No changes
were made to the graphic.
Sartre on Loneliness
“If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you’re in bad company…”
Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370: ClickPak
Press Clippings: Updates from the world’s press on Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370.
Another Sound in the Ocean (Source: CBS News)
Robots Search for Missing Airliner (Source: The Guardian)
Malaysia Airlines Lost Black Box Data Once Before (Source: NBC News)
How Far Down Can It Be ? (Source: CNN)
Malaysia Airlines Zeroing In After Latest Pings (Source: The Malay Mail Online)
What’s In The Black Box? (Source: DonaldPierce.Com)
Carson
Press Clippings: David Letterman’s announcement last week that he would retire in 2015 brings an end to era of late night television. Leno went first, in the early part of 2014, and now Letterman will leave CBS–a network which had no late night presence until Dave joined it–in 2015. The old guard will be soon be gone and the new guard of Fallon, Kimmel, O’Brien and Letterman’s replacement (the player to be named later–Stephen Colbert) will take over very lucrative time slots in late night television. A large portion of the credit for turning late night television into a desirable and profitable time slot goes to one man: Johnny Carson. Carson was not the first host of The TonightShow, a show conceived by Pat Weaver (who also developed The Today Show, both for NBC) but certainly the best and the one who most adroitly developed the late night format.
For decades, Carson ruled late night with both quick wit and iron will, trading quips and quickly dispatching guests whose personality failed to engage him or his audience. Johnny Carson was always the master, the gold standard for late night and it’s not surprising that David Letterman, who had hoped to take over The Tonight Show only to see it go to Jay Leno, held Carson in such high regard (and vice versa). Interestingly, today’s top late night hosts all point to Letterman as the beacon for performance and innovation, just as the earlier group used Carson as the benchmark.
One of the very best profiles ever written on Johnny Carson was the one by the English writer Kenneth Tynan (the drama critic of The New Yorker who was himself worthy of a profile, as a click through will prove) which was published in the February 20, 1978 edition of The New Yorker. Tynan’s prose is surprising and elegant and engaging and his profile of Carson reveals a man that few people really knew, despite the fact that millions watched him on television five days a week.
It’s a long read but well worth your time as one era ends and another begins in that twilight zone between late night television and sleep.
Einstein on Human Stupidity
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not so certain about the former…”
Einstein on Science and Religion
“Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.”
Risi Ferrari 062 – retired at 2103 hrs
Quote from Dave Sims, Team Manager: “We’re having electrical problems which, at this stage of the game, mean it’s too dangerous to go on. We don’t need to crash the car at this point. We don’t know what the cause of the problems is, but it cuts the main electrical source out which means no headlights or power steering. We tried three types of repair but it’s too dangerous to continue.”
Full report to follow.