Seriously, TiVo?

TiVo included these questions on its latest consumer survey:
Which of the following things would you give up before you would give up TiVo?
My spouse/partner

N/A – I don’t have a spouse/partner

I would give up my spouse/partner and keep TiVo

I would give up TiVo and keep my spouse/partner

Beer [...]

Once Again, Japan Far Ahead of U.S. in Giant Robot Technology

They built a giant robot in Japan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of a TV show about a giant robot. Now that is what I call dedication.

Found via Topless Robot and ToysREvil.

Understanding Chrome by McCloud

Proving once again it loves the hipster doofus demo*, Google hired Scott McCloud, author of Zot! and the much more scholarly and famous Understanding Comics, to create a comic introducing its new Web browser, Chrome. The comic got out a bit early, so anyone who wants a sneak preview of Chrome can read all about [...]

The K-Tel Knitter!

This is really just for Jean and Leslie, and maybe Brill. But I bet they will love it.

The Farnsworth Invention

I have a piece in this Sunday’s New York Post about my great-uncle, Philo T. Farnsworth, the real inventor of television, who’s getting a lot more attention now, thanks to Aaron Sorkin’s play about Philo, “The Farnsworth Invention.”