Two Intel employees have set up a wi-fi hotspot near the North Pole. It makes sense really. I mean, how else are the elves going to keep up to date on the latest tech toys. Apparently it only works when conditions are favorable, mostly April, which might make the whole thing pointless. But it just goes to show how far the vast arm of the Internet is reaching these days. Entire cities are getting wi-max, which although slow in its creation is going to provide universal Internet access in a few more years (my prediction for whatever that’s worth). Anyways. Next time you are stuck in the North Pole, fret not. Whip out your ultra rugged laptop and surf away.
Daily Archives: April 15, 2005
Yao Ming Will Help You Find Your Way
Let’s take a trip down memory lane: the scene for myself is middle school, the transition from 80’s to 90’s was going down. Basketball was booming and Michael Jordan was slam dunking his way into everyone’s heart. The shoe companies had great ideas, let’s make a shoe called the “Nike Air Jordan”. I’m not a shoe historian, but as I recall from personal middle school experience, shoes named after people were huge then. I had a pair of $130.00 Nike’s made for and named after Charles Barkely, they were earned from M&D by completing a semester with straight A’s.
Basketball players have endorsed many different products and services. Yao Ming was in an Apple commercial along with “Mini-Me” promoting the 17” Powerbook. Yao has stayed in the technological product endorsing line of work by signing a contract with Garmin International. Garmin produces navigation and communication products for just about every medium of travel: air, sea, and land. I can’t picture how they’ll make the commercials but I’m waiting for something a bit more clever than the “Yo” “Yao” commercial that they had going for the Visa check card and Yao Ming.
iPod Replacing Records
It’s such common knowledge that the iPod reigns over any other portable music player that bushmen in central Africa are spending hours online looking for the perfect iPod accessories. Numark decided to offer something for the ever expanding market (iPod, not the bushmen -that was a joke). Numark is a DJ gear manufacturer, and decided that it’s time to jump on the iPod band wagon.
The iPod mixer allows 2 iPods to be hooked up and played simultaneously. In the early days it was 2 turntables and a mixer. With the abundance of CD’s soon came 2 CD players and a mixer. Digital music and the internet showed up, and adding a laptop to the mixer now replaced the 2 turntables. The obvious trend here is to take the newest medium of music and throw it through a mixer. Numark wasn’t blind when they saw the iPod being used everywhere by everyone. If Sirius and XM radio take off, I wonder will Numark prototype a satellite radio mixer? Would you need 2 subscriptions for that?