Some decent signage, finally., originally uploaded by chrisr.
It looks like with the addition of the new (and now infamous) T Line, SFMTA has actually hired a graphic designer! /boggle
In the $3.50-4.00/gallon world we live in today, one would think the last thing someone is concerned about is how much downforce they have keeping their rear wheels on the ground. Take this poor schmuck mentioned on Autoblog for instance. Never mind the fact that he definitely doesn’t have a need for this aerodynamic device, but it’s painfully obvious that he has no idea how it’s supposed to work in the first place. Or perhaps he has too much downforce, and likes it a bit loose in the rear-end? Either way, I bet he’d prefer to save the 5-10MPG he’s dragging around behind him, just for show.
Here’s a radical idea: I bet 99% of the cars currently on our public roads with spoilers don’t need ‘em. Why not save yourself some gas money and leave the stupid thing at the dealership? You’re not impressing anyone anyway, Mario.
ZOMG! The amount of commentary and pseudo punditry about the iPhone is frankly…breathtaking. Or do I mean nauseating? Either way, I wanted to address one specific issue that’s running rampant around the web currently. You see…Steve Jobs proclaimed to his flock, that the OS behind the iPhone, was in fact none other than OS X. I suppose Steve could have gone on to explain this aspect a bit better, but he had features to cover people!!
Now fanboys and haters alike ran with this golden nugget and started frothing at the mouth with the thought of running Photoshop CS3 on their sexy little iPhone. To say nothing of Quark, World of Warcraft, Final Cut Pro, etc. Apparently they have little knowledge of operating systems. To say it as simply as possible, OSes, for the most part, are very modular.
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Ever since USB 2.0 hit the market, it’s been touted as the next best thing to sliced bread. Or at least better then Firewire 400 (aka 1394a). As you may know, FW400 is 400 Mb/s and USB 2.0 is rated at 480 Mb/s, so you’d think USB 2.0 would be faster. But it’s not. In all my experience with file transfers, it always comes up short, and Firewire is by far faster and more stable. I don’t have any concrete reports in front of me backing this up – just experience and gut. Yet USB seems to be the belle of the ball for some reason. WTF??
Can we finally move to the Metric system already? I mean…WTF? I was (semi) taught as a young lad that this was something to look forward too. And here it is, eons later, and still nothing. Even the folks that gave us the archaic Imperial system are using Metric now. Can we finally move on? Please? I mean…what is it going to take?