Cory dishes bad Whuffie to Fox Rent a Car

It sounds like Fox needs to adjust it's business practices and train and update it's customer service. I find it interesting that an 'A list' blogger like Mr.Doctorow uses the social network to retaliate for poor service. Pretty darn effective. On his merit alone I would avoid Fox. How will this change the face of future business modeling? Negative trackable whuffie. Learn more on the clue train here.

update: some don't find it interesting at all, like 'advocate' at the newly published and blogrolled BoredOfBoingBoing.

update: Apollo Lee says Fox has never done him wrong but had a very similar experience at Alamo right here in Boise, Idaho no less.

Verdict rental car and hosptitality operations need clearly understood policy on debit cards. Banks could do better at explaining the difference between the two, also.

Smoking Jacket with See through Lungs

Fiona Carswell an Apple User Interface Engineer creates a jacket that has lungs on it that gradually turn brown over time. She is into using humor to encourage risk taking and truths about society.

Her other works (worth checking) are a bikini that develops moles when exposed to direct sunlight, and "Codependnet Gloves" that heat your hands only when holding someone else's hand.

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Nanobots Replacing Neurons

mindblowing creepy 30 clip

Claytronics

Synthetic Reality project at Carnegie Mellon.

Neuro Chips

Ker Than at Live Science said living brain cells and silicon circuits are bieng coupled together to create "neuro-chips".

"..The proteins allowed the neuro-chip's electronic components and its living cells to communicate with each other."

Important Futuristic Things

Things that the internet can bring you that you could not or would not normally see or do. This is AWSOME!

Nano Video

We are learning crazy-licious stuff via nanotechnology. See this easy to follow video. (10:30 minutes long.)

Dune+Lolcats=2 points

A quick look at Sony Sony OLED

quote:

"There's a very long, interesting story about how Walt came to Orlando and bought land under the radar, as he planned his new theme park - the Magic Kingdom. He decided he wanted people to be able to escape reality and needed a way to keep cast members in their designated areas. The tunnels were born - and if you really want to sound like you know what you're talking about, they're called the "Utilidor," short for utilities corridor." Ekday | Orlando Realestate Blog
reblogged via JakeJArvis Tumblr

"Disneyland is operated by child slaves on treadmills living in underground tunnels" Dale Gribble/King Of the Hill

Lumalite Textiles

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Buy Stock in E-Ink Corp

I still want me some E-paper as seen on video in fantasies like Minority Report, Red Planet, and blogged about by me sometime ago as the future of newsprint. It might be available by 2008 according to this at DailyTech. Refresh rate at 1 frame per second and res of 200 dpi. Not clear if it is wirelessly fed via bluetooth or not.

via sassy minded maven's flowing scrapbook at nu ear to the ground that woman

Sci Fi book: Manna

I have been reading an online book called "Manna" by educator, author, and founder of HowStuffWorks Marshall Brain. (What a cool name for his line of work!) Very distopian. Also check out his phat robot blog which I just 'rolled.

Disney Ride Simulators

Sims for Disneyland rides Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Phantom Manor, and The Tower of Terror. here

This means little to me as I have never been. However, DOIMK had a bit about Disney imagineers. I am a creative. I like to think on me as an imagineer. Although I do not design ride and entertainment stuff. I develop, imagine, engineer stuff. Sometimes related to entertainment.

link via fanboy

Comfortable Housing Program

China is relocating 250,000 Tibetans to "socialist villages".

Presenting the ReacTable.

I want a "Reactable".

"A multi-user electro-acoustic music instrument with a tabletop tangible user interface."

Go direct to must see vid' here

iPhone will be big: Invest in Cingular

Thank you Apple for saving us from the domestic tech violence that cell phones are. I laud the coming of an era.

Now who will add a whuffie reader widget?

• Read other blog with cool notion of nano iPhone and Shuffle iPhone here.
• View "FuturePerfect" turkish culture mashed with cell phone study by nokia developer (must see cell phone mods) here

Retro Matt

Gotta get me one.

Social Tech Art

"An interactive system designed to sample and display audience's collective voice during an event." This vid shows the concept in action at a club/party for BMW in Italy a new branch grows on the tree with every sms message. How do you say 'poop' in Italiano? (Gratuitous Display of Sophmoric American Humor.)






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Radio From Space

Ocassionally on Whuffie I like to blog on technology while popgadget or gizmodo and such have evolved into sales promos, I like to talk about how technology effects my life. I recieved a Sirius radio for Christmas (SP4-TK1 Sportster). The set up and install was not quite as easy as you would think. (I still have not ran the antanae-it is stuffed into a knot in my ashtray.) So you might consider paying for the pro install if your looking to hook-up. At first the removable face plate removed at every stop since I did not want it to get lifted. But then I lost it. Tech support was willing to suspend service and ship me a new one for 60$. However, the indian sounding helpdesk could not explain why I would want to suspend service if the replacement was coming overnight. (chuckle) But alas I found my faceplate. I picked up a stand/antanae that allows me to listen in my house which I really enjoy. However, bringing the face plate and remote back and forth from house to car is a little bit laborious. (I make music from a hollowed out guord with strings from my goat you imperialist American!) How has it changed my life? I am on the road a lot right now so instead of fuzzy stations that lose signal as I travel I can get a steady stream, except when in a tunnel or under an overpass. I still like local radio though. 200 stations is like drinking from a fire hose at first but now I end up on Coffeehouse, NPR, and 70-80's when I want to rock. Occassionally the comedy channel is worth some laughs but be wary of uncensored language. Especially when kids are in th car. I guess being uncensored is a big selling point for some. It is a luxury for me not a need. But if I was on the road more I could see it becoming a must. Cool new tech worth the price. Moderate change in my world.