"Steve Jobs' go-to design man Jonathan Ive, the creator of modern computer design classics such as the iMac, MacBook Pro and iPod/iPhone/iPad, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year's Honours list, taking him from plain old 'Mr' straight to 'Sir' in one fell swoop. This now puts him in the same league as Paul McCartney, Michael Caine, Bob Geldof and Bill Gates. Ive said 'I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design' and even for Apple haters his designs have done more for personal computer design than the mainstream PC manufacturers could imagine, taking the PC from the geek den into the living room of even the most painfully trendy fashionista."
Several readers pointed out the story of the Apple phone that never was, from 1983. Pictures of the concept phone are impressive, as you'd expect from Hartmut Esslinger, later founder of Frog Design. Even more interesting is that this phone is part of a much larger collection of Apple artifacts curated by Stanford.

Apple not so shiny sometimes...

iOS developer exposes security flaw, gets blacklisted

The Pentagon has "systematically & wrongfully discharged" over 22,000 veterans since 2001 "on the basis of so-called 'personality disorder'" - rather than post-traumatic stress disorder - to deny them medical care & save the Pentagon $12.5 billion in payments, says 'Vietnam Veterans of America' 

Kim Jong-Un Just Issued His First Threat Of War Against South Korea

The Modern American...

UAE to buy U.S. missile-defense system for $3.48B 


Dancing eyebrow girl two years younger 


John's Take On Life

I put this on to make him feel better

God Forbid!

Watch this site grow! It just started Sept 3 and is gaining momentum...
We Video Online Cloud Video That You Make In Your Browser

TIL that over 100 episodes of Doctor Who are missing or destroyed because the BBC would wipe and reuse tapes to make new programs. 


Ralph Nader, Ron Paul, Kucinich & Chomsky: "End The Left-Right Delusion, Corporatism Is The TRUE Enemy"

A diet rich in vitamins and fish may protect the brain from aging while junk food has the opposite effect; elderly people with high blood levels of vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids had less brain shrinkage and better mental performance; trans fats were linked to more shrinkage typical of Alzheimer's

Another Shady Land Deal in Africa, This One Assisted by the U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania - It'll displace over 160,000 people & commercially develop the site—which includes lands serving as refugee resettlement areas since 1972—for large-scale crop cultivation, beef, & poultry, & biofuel production

Optical illusion for the ears

Google, Amazon, Facebook considering self-imposed blackout in protest of SOPA

Meanwhile in México City

Hours after we first met at the rescue shelter, he's HOME!

Ron Paul Had Accurate Conspiracy Theory: CIA Was Tied To Drug Traffickers

Zoom in close at a moon crater and be bored in seconds

Another growth spurt for big screens. Yours is now obsolete...LOL

2011: The Year Intellectual Property Trumped Civil Liberties 

wired.com — 2011 was a year in which lawmakers turned a blind eye to important civil liberties issues and instead paid heed to the content industry's desi... 

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups in Israel would like to see gender separation in public, and some have stooped to harassing women to get their way. With thousands of Israelis protesting against the growing influence of the super-religious, the rift in Israeli society is getting deeper.