You know, I never really gave much thought into radio towers and how they work. I mean, I know the basic principles of it all. But the actually nitty gritty details such as “How do you replace the light at the top?” never really sunk very deep into my brain. I can now consider that ship sunk after watching a video of a radio tower repairman scaling to the top to replace nothing more than a simple light bulb. If you think it’s a simple task, punch yourself in the face, turn around, and then punch your mother in the face. It’s not an easy job. If you’re afraid of heights you wouldn’t make it. Period.
In the movie (inside), we hear the guy mentioning that you take an elevator to around 1,600ft. before climbing out and spidermanning your way to the top — another 170ft. or so. At that height, you can easily see a solid 55 miles in any direction. Pretty awesome, right? 1,700 ft. may not sound like much, but it is. Further adding to the jaw dropping moment is the astonishing admission by the worker himself that most repairmen don’t take the time to harness up or tie themselves down simply because it “takes too much time” and is “too tiring”. Both of those little gripes are easily solved when falling 1,700+ft. back to earth because you didn’t use a simple piece of safety gear — you’ll sleep great and have all the time in the world…
Morbid jokes aside, I have a new found respect for these guys and gals because my ass is not going up there. The part that got me the most was the last 30ft. or so of climbing in which the dude is dangling on a piece of red metal tubing that’s at most 4″ thick. Yikes! Step inside to see the full show…
Take the world’s most expensive super car — the Bugatti Veyron valued at $1million+ — and then toss in a genuinely good attempt at a LEGO re-creation. Now, take that LEGO-fied Bugatti Veyron and slap an RC motor into and a 7-speed sequential gearbox. That my friends is the recipe for the most badass geek toy eva! The only thing that’s left to “want” in such a unicorn of a creation is one that is actually big enough to drive around. Just think — a $1million+ car costing fractions of the norm thanks to the in-house construction brought to the masses by LEGO’s.
Anyone feeling like their ultimate LEGO creation from years past somehow now sucks in comparison…?
Using something as simple as blinking LED lights has incredible possibilities for fast and easy transmission of information and data. Now if someone in the gadget world such as manufacturers and 3rd parties can create apps and services to allow end users to interact with one another, this technology could really take off. Geeky dreams and hopes aside, one industry that is looking to employ such technologies is one that we could stand to lose a bit of interaction with — advertisers.
Advertisers in Japan have figured out a way to tweak the technology so that LED’s attached to ads can beam information to your phone. In their defense, the ads aren’t intrusive in the sense that you’re going to get beamed repeatedly as you walk down the street. Instead, users who see a billboard or ad and are seeking more info can point their phone at the sign and receive more info. While on one hand another way for ads and advertisers to invade our lives sucks, but at the same time, the technology in itself is really cool. It saddens me to even lust after such things as the US is years away from actually embracing and using any such technology for our mobile devices. What do you think: Is the technology so cool that even the ads won’t push you away? Or is it business as usual with these advertisers…?
While the App Store has the potential to become phenomenal and completely obliterate everything else, the approval process hasn’t been exactly the smoothest. In fact, it is by far one of the worst examples of a “team” or group I have ever seen. With double standards and wish wash guidelines, the App Store is to me dead. Not I don’t expect it do whither away anytime soon. It will continue to grow as people sadly turn their cheek to Apple’s gross irresponsibility. The latest and greatest in the App Store sadness is an app that goes by the name of “Drivetrain”, a remote bittorrent Control app. Said app would have made it extremely easy and aesthetically pleasing to control Transmission, a bittorrent desktop application, remotely. Such remote efficiency would have made it a very nice app that I’m sure many would have loved to own. However, sadly that won’t happen. So what is Apple’s deal?
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You know, I never really gave much thought into radio towers and how they work. I mean, I know the basic principles of it all. But the actually nitty gritty details such as “How do you replace the light at the top?” never really sunk very deep into my brain. I can now consider that ship sunk after watching a video of a radio tower repairman scaling to the top to replace nothing more than a simple light bulb. If you think it’s a simple task, punch yourself in the face, turn around, and then punch your mother in the face. It’s not an easy job. If you’re afraid of heights you wouldn’t make it. Period. 
