The Difference between your car and…

Saturday August 12, 2006

This is a video of an everyday car (Fiat), a $200,000 Ferrari, and a $2M Formula 1 race car driven by Michael Schumacher. They are racing on a race course which you will recognize if you’ve ever played a computer racing game (besides NASCAR).

The catch is, the Fiat is given a head start on the Ferrari and both of those are given a generous head start by the F1 car.

I believe this track is somewhere between 2 and 2.5 miles long…and the Fiat gets a minute 23 second head star on the F1 car. Do the math on that and then click to watch the video.

Here’s what you get for the money.

Family Portrait

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Fun with the Phone

Thursday July 6, 2006

This website lets you enter a message and have a computer read it to anyone that you want in a variety of different voices. It spoofs caller id too.

http://www.ospenterprises.com/phone/

Darth Vader Calls The Emperor

Friday June 2, 2006

If you haven’t seen Robot Chicken on Adult Swim you are missing out. They have some funny bits. This one is Darth Vader’s call to the Emperor after the destruction of the first Death Star.

Is it 1999 already?

Wednesday May 31, 2006

If the number of friends sending me business plans for comments or help tweaking is any indication, its 1999 all over again.

Looking at the once again crowded venture capital space you have to admire Bessemer Venture Partners for publishing their pass list.

As you read through the hilarious reasons they decided against investing in companies like Apple Computer (I’d still pass on that), Fed Ex, and eBay - don’t start feeling sorry for them or get the feeling that they don’t know what they are doing until you also take a browse through the portfolio of companies that they said “Yes” to.