Posts by Jesus Diaz
Random Stuff
Twentysomething Steve Jobs Was A Total Twunt
9:42AM Jesus Diaz | I thought I knew all the anecdotes about Steve Jobs back when he was the hottest rock star in the Valley. I was wrong. How did I miss this great scolding by former Intel chairman and CEO Andy Grove? More »
Games
The Perfect Lego NES Only Plays Bricked Tetris
8:40AM Jesus Diaz | This full scale Lego NES reproduction is exactly like the original, complete with video and audio connectors, gamepads with flexible cables made out of solid pieces, pushable buttons, and a working front-loading mechanism to insert the included Tetris cartridge. More »
Design
I’ve Always Wanted To Live In A Stealth Plane
8:20AM Jesus Diaz | The Klein Bottle House. According to the World Architecture Festival Awards, it’s the best home of 2009. F-117 pilots, dorky Tron fanboys and aliens all through the galaxy would agree. I’m in one of those categories. More »
Design
Walk Into The Light
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | You are lost, walking through a dark forest. Unknown animal sounds drill into your ears and fears. The freezing wind crackles above you. And then reality breaks, opening a gate to an unknown white. Would you enter or run away? More »
Business
Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Take Over Apple Back In 1997
7:59AM Jesus Diaz | Back in 1997, Larry Ellison was on a beach in Hawaii. After sipping his second Margarita that evening, he turned to his pal Steve Jobs who was listening to Bob Dylan in his Sony Walkman. “Steve…Steve…STEVE! Hey, let’s buy Apple.” More »
Vehicles
The World’s Most Efficient Electric Car Is Destined To Fail
6:53AM Jesus Diaz | According to Gordon Murray — the ex-McLaren’s Formula 1 designer responsible for the T.27 car — one day we all will be driving one of these vehicles. And wearing clown costumes. I don’t care that it’s the most efficient car. It won’t work. More »
Weapons
MetalStorm 3GL Can Launch 720 Grenades A Minute
4:40AM Jesus Diaz | This is the Milkor MGL/M32, a lightweight 40mm semi-automatic, 6-shot grenade launcher. It does a lot of bang-bang-my-baby-shot-me-down, but it’s no match for the deadly simple, electronically-fired MetalStorm 3GL. More »
Entertainment
These Are The Bikini Princess Leias You Are Looking For
1:16AM Jesus Diaz | Did you know Princess Leia had a twin? And that they sunbathed on Jabba barge’s deck, half-naked and oily under the torrid light of Tatooine’s twin suns? Neither did I, but I wish I knew when I was 11. More »
Design
Furniture Suitcases Are Living Rooms To Go
1:40PM Jesus Diaz | This is not a sofa. This is luggage. From Erik De Nijs—the designer who once bastardised these pants—I present you with your new airport/train station living room-to-go: The Suited Case. One by one, the suitcases are quite charming. More »
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