Your Name On A Honda F1 Car

This is nice. Instead of covering their car with countless sponsor logos (which you can never see anyways) Honda's looking to promote environmental responsibility by just covering their entire car with an image of the earth. You can make a pledge to help save the earth (and sponsor the car) and they'll put your name on it. It'll make up a tiny pixel on the car, which you can only see with a microscope, but still:



More info at AutoBlog Green

Mobile Phone for Old People

For old people? Heck, I'd want one myself. Just give me a simple phone with no frills.

http://adverlab.blogspot.com/2007/02/mobile-phone-for-old-people.html



I just bought a cellphone for my 50+ year old mother in law, and watched her try to use it.

Tip for phone designers: make that LCD a touchscreen. If I had a nickel every time she scrolled to a name in her address book, then pressed down (really, really hard on the delicate screen), I'd be a dollar-menu-naire. It sure made pretty colors when she jammed down on the screen, though.

Phone for really, really, really old people: Ditch the address book, and just make the inside of that flip-down piece hold a piece of paper.

Michelin Man Loses Spare Tire

Check out new Michelin Man vs. Old Michelin Man:



New Michelin man is healthier, stronger, he's quit smoking, he cares about the environment, and he "lasts 25% longer." Congrats!

Navy may deploy anti-terrorism dolphins and sea lions

Yahoo has an article about how the Navy uses dolphins and sea lions to detect underwater terrorists. I'd heard of that before, but not this:

"Sea lions can carry in their mouths special cuffs attached to long ropes. If the animal finds a rogue swimmer, it can clamp the cuff around the person's leg. The individual can then be reeled in for questioning."

Crazy stuff. Reminds me of this Onion article:

Dolphins Evolve Opposable Thumbs

I'm Linux

I just can't stop laughing at this "I'm a Mac" parody:




http://techdigest.tv/2007/02/im_a_pc_im_a_ma.html

Advice From GoDaddy Founder

Practical Commerce has an interesting interview with GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons. Some interesting thoughts about the future of ecommerce.

Here's a snippet I liked:

If you had one single piece of advice for startup ecommerce people what would it be?
They have to be relentless, they have to be willing to change and adapt and they have to do it often. That would be it. They will not get it right the first time, I assure them.