Arizona couple Gus and Jennifer Luna were finishing their nuptials with a sand ceremony when a sudden sand storm (haboob) crashed, helping sands mixed forever.
STEVE JOBS TAPES: I was, I remember right here on my lawn, telling Lisa McMoylar from across the street that I was adopted. And she said, “So does that mean your real parents didn't want you?” Ooooh, lightning bolts went off in my head. I remember running into the house, I think I was like crying, asking my parents. And they sat me down and they said, “No, you don't understand. We specifically picked you out.” - CBS '60 Minutes' via LA Times
Tech titans gathered at Stanford University last night to memorialize Steve Jobs. In the tightly guarded event, Google chief, Larry Page, and his wife were initially refused entry and "spent several uncomfortable minutes being politely questioned by a Santa Clara County sheriff's deputy after having apparently failed to bring their invitations to the event." (San Jose Mercury News)
The Occupy movement expanded to Europe, causing some violence in Rome and London. In NY, about 6,000 protesters gathered at Times Square, NY (organizers estimates).
"He would tell me we were part of an affiliation of poets and visionaries he called 'the wheat field group' and say we were looking out a window together, with the others, watching the whole world," she writes. "I did not know what he was talking about, but with all my heart I wanted to see such views."
AP via SJMercury
No videotaping! You're arrested! (1:05-)
デモ撮るだけで逮捕。地面に顔をグリグリされるカメラマン(1:05-)。
女性に催涙スプレー浴びせて逃げる警官、白い制服は上の人(3:48-)。
No mask! You're arrested! (166-year-old NY Law bans masks at gatherings. More on WSJ)
マスクで逮捕。なんとNYには小作人がお面かぶって警察襲撃した当時にできた「遊び以外、集会でマスクを被ってはならない」という誰も知らない166年前の州法があった!
Paul McCartney's neighbors complained about the loud music coming from his wedding reception. Police sent noise enforcement officers, and McCartney agreed to turn down the volume.
According to the death certificate released today, the immediate cause of death was respiratory arrest due to the “metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumor.” He died at his home in Palo Alto at 3 p.m. on Oct. 5. No autopsy was performed. His body was buried on October 7 at the Alta Mesa Memorial Park.
"Just because he’s dressed up in costume, it doesn’t mean he’s in special consideration or above the law. You can’t go around pepper spraying people because you think they are fighting."- Seattle police spokesman Det. Mark Jamieson
-The Washington Post
Seattle's super hero, Phoenix Jones (a.k.a. Benjamin Fodor), was arrested on Sunday for pepper spray assaults. Phoenix Jones insists he was just trying to stop the street fight, while 'victims' say they were just having fun. LA Times updated the news with this raw video footage. You be the judge.
7. Changing your mind is a sign of intelligence. 心変わりは頭がいい証拠
アップルがiPhoneを初めて出した時にはアプリは入っていなかった。アプリなんて入れたら最悪だぜ、ありゃ自分の携帯に何するかわかったもんじゃないからな、とスティーブはバッサリ斬った。だからSafariのウェブアプリでってことになったのだが、半年経ったらスティーブはコロッと気が変わって(それか誰かが説得したのかもしれない)、やっぱりアプリで行こうぜーってことになった。ダ~! かくしてあんなにSafariのウェブアプリ、ウェブアプリと粘ってたアップルは突然手のひら返したように態度を変え、今では「there’s an app for that(それアプリありますよ、CMで多用)」の会社なのである。
8. “Value” is different from “price.” 「バリュー」と「値段」を混同するな
12. Marketing boils down to providing unique value. マーケティングは他にないバリューを見せられるかどうかが勝負
ここに2列 x 2行の表があるとしよう。縦(列)は「自社製品が競合とどう違うか」、横(行)は「自社製品のバリュー」だ。右下はバリューはあるけどユニークじゃない製品―価格が勝負だ。左上はユニークだけどバリューがない製品―今存在しない市場を自分のものにできる。左下はユニークでもないしバリューもない製品—それ売るあんたはパー。 右上はユニークでバリューのある製品―ここならマージンも金も歴史も作れる。例えばiPodはユニークでバリューのある製品だった。なぜなら音楽レーベル大手6社から合法に安く簡単に楽曲ダウンロードできる方法は当時あれしかなかったからね。
Bonus: Some things need to be believed to be seen. (おまけ)世の中にはまず信じてもらって初めて実現できることもある*
*「Seeing is Believing(人は目で見たものしか信じない)」の敢えて逆を言っている(thanks, max)。ディズニー作品で「大人は目で見るまで信じない(Seeing is believing)、だけど子どもは信じるから見える(Believing is seeing)」てな感じでよく使われる。
If you're mourning the death of Steve Jobs, this song might help you overcome the sorrow. It may sound a bit harsh on Apple guys, though. DJデヴィット・ゲッタfeat.アッシャー「ウィズアウト・ユー」でも歌って元気だそう。アップル社員には歌詞アレかもだけど…。
In the previous post, I asked "who should play the role of Steve Jobs in the film about his life?," and challenge-1 suggested "Tom CG Cruise"...Oh, yeah, Tom Cruise!
When Steve Jobs died, Tom Cruise's dance-off video was all over the net. It was captured at the wedding of "Mission Impossible'' producer and the son of Larry Ellison, Steve's best friend.
Steve Jobs himself loved Noah Wyle playing his role in TNT's "Pirates of Silicon Valley" (below) so much as to invite him over MacWorld 1999 to imitate him onstage.
I’m hearing the deal is $1 million against $3 million and that Mark Gordon will be the biopic’s producer. Deadline
Well, question is; who's going to play Steve Jobs? Who?
When Bill Gates resigned, he made a funny video "Bill Gates' Last Day at Microsoft," in which Spielberg calls George Clooney about a Bill Gates movie and Clooney politely rejects the idea saying, "Ask Russell Crowe." Hmnn.
When engineers working on the very first iPod completed the prototype, they presented their work to Steve Jobs for his approval. Jobs played with the device, scrutinized it, weighed it in his hands, and promptly rejected it. It was too big.
The engineers explained that they had to reinvent inventing to create the iPod, and that it was simply impossible to make it any smaller. Jobs was quiet for a moment. Finally he stood, walked over to an aquarium, and dropped the iPod in the tank. After it touched bottom, bubbles floated to the top.
"Those are air bubbles," he snapped. "That means there's space in there. Make it smaller."
Steve died peacefully today surrounded by his family.
In his public life, Steve was known as a visionary; in his private life, he cherished his family. We are thankful to the many people who have shared their wishes and prayers during the last year of Steve’s illness; a website will be provided for those who wish to offer tributes and memories.
We are grateful for the support and kindness of those who share our feelings for Steve.
In the dentist's waiting room, I read National Geographic's "Yosemite Climbing." Now rock climbing is more about speed and/or free solo.
When Half Dome was first climbed in 1957, it took the team ton of gears and 5 days. In 2008, Alex Honnold, free soloed the 2000 ft NW face of Half Dome within 2hrs 50min.
How about the Nose, the 2916 feet route of El Capitan? Lynn Hill first free solo-ed the Nose in 23hrs.
The record for the Nose is an unimaginable two hours, 36 minutes, and 45 seconds, set last November by Potter and Sean "Stanley" Leary.