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“I don’t think the success of the iPod can continue in the long term.” Bill Gates, Microsoft (2005)
“I predict the Internet will soon go spectacularly supernova and in 1996 catastrophically collapse.” Robert Metcalfe, 3Com Founder and inventor of Ethernet (1995)
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” Ken Olson, Digital Equipment Corporation CEO (1977)
“Television won’t be able to hold on to any market it captures after the first six months. People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.” Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox
“These Google guys, they want to be billionaires and rock stars and go to conferences and all that. Let us see if they still want to run the business in two to three years.” Bill Gates, Microsoft (2003)
“There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance.” Steve Ballmer, Microsoft (2007)

Jeff :: May.04.2011 :: Interesting Stuff :: No Comments »

It’s impressive to see somebody has the same viewpoint on the Japanese nuclear reactor disaster than I do. And he’s a self-proclaimed “green.”

You will not be surprised to hear that the events in Japan have changed my view of nuclear power. You will be surprised to hear how they have changed it. As a result of the disaster at Fukushima, I am no longer nuclear-neutral. I now support the technology.

One of the counter-intuitive conclusions that you should make from the Fukushima incident is that it was indirectly caused by the resistance to nuclear energy, not its adoption. The resistance to nuclear energy allowed an outdated reactor design to stay in operation without major overhaul or update, as well as the on-site storage of spent fuel rods (instead of safer off-site storage or –gasp!– reprocessing in a breeder reactor for more fuel and less waste). The resistance to nuclear energy led to the disaster’s scale. Also, they could have saved a lot of trouble by entombing the reactor as soon as they realized it wasn’t salvageable.

Jeff :: Mar.21.2011 :: News 'n' Commentary :: No Comments »

Jeff :: Dec.08.2010 :: Livin' in Costa Rica :: No Comments »

I was at an event where about a dozen harbor seals were released into the wild — seals that were rescued and rehabilitated at Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Here’s some videos:

And here’s a more professionally made video from a local TV station.

Jeff :: Oct.11.2010 :: Interesting Stuff :: No Comments »

For my birthday I decided to jump off a perfectly good bridge about an hour away from home:

Jeff :: Sep.08.2010 :: Livin' in Costa Rica :: No Comments »

Ever noticed how every Hollywood trailer is the same? Here’s the formula for an award-winning movie’s trailer:

Jeff :: Aug.23.2010 :: Interesting Stuff :: No Comments »

Have a look at this video of Isla del Coco, to be aired on a National Geographic special later this year:

Viaje al fondo del Mar…Journey to the bottom of the Sea Isla del Coco from Marco Garrido on Vimeo.

Courtesy Isla del Coco.

Jeff :: Aug.12.2010 :: Livin' in Costa Rica :: No Comments »