Looks too European, makes my gaydar go off. I just want that technology in my big honkin’ American fat-ass-mobile. No, fuck that… I demand it.
I signed up to be notified when they’re available. You know there’s no way I can squeeze my fat ass into one of these things, BUT I’m all for the concept and want to see it flourish.
You’ve gotta put some time aside to check this out. IdeaChannel.tv is offering the 1980 Series, and the 1990 followup, of “Free To Choose.” Watch the 1980 Series first, then watch the 1990 Series. Simply put, Milton Friedman shows you the way to economic prosperity on a national and global scale.
Fifteen episodes, each is about an hour long, but every minute is well worth the time. The DVD is available, too, but it’s expensive (*cough TORRENT cough*). If you’ve ever wondered why our system is the way it is today, and why it’s so inefficient, then watching Uncle Milty will help you understand.
Go watch “Free To Choose” right now!
Yup, they’re annoying, they’re long, they run up your bill… they’re cell phone voicemail messages. David Pogue of the New York Times found out how to get around the messages and get right to the *beep*:
Verizon: press *
Sprint: press 1
T-Mobile or Cingular: press #
But you have to know which carrier the person you’re calling is using. Well, he has a solution for that, too:
Just add the instruction in your greeting! That’s the best of all worlds: your callers hear your voice but not the recorded lady’s, and they don’t have to remember what the keystroke is.
So in your cell phone greeting, tell people they can press “X” to go right to the beep. Simple.
Just so you know, I’m on T-Mobile.
David Pogue, rock on!
The VideoDownloader plugin for Firefox doesn’t seem to work well anymore, but I found this site:
Most Excellent. Paste the URL where the video is into the text box at the top of the page. Choose the site you’re downloading from, click “DOWNLOAD” and a box will appear below with a link to download the video.
Sweeeeet.
