I agree 100%. However I propose to take it one step further and introduce the jumping ovation. As the standing ovation has become so commonplace as to devalue its original meaning, we should introduce a new form of ovation that not only goes above and beyond the s.o. but also forces the audience member to evaluate the personal cost of said ovation by asking himself, “do I really want to put the effort into jumping for this performance? Was it that good?”

Theater Talkback: Against Ovation Inflation - NYTimes.com.

Here’s the answer for long trips or continuous driving: even faster than filling up a gas tank!

via Better Place demonstrates battery swapping in Yokohama - YouTube.

Hermes reached 200,000 miles this morning!

It changed over literally as I turned into my work’s parking lot this morning.

Um, I’m sorry… what?

I looked at the maintenance schedule for the 2012 Mitsubushi i. I will summarize the entire thing right here:

1. Replace cabin air purifier filter every year.

2. Replace the brake fluid every three years.

3. Replace the motor coolant and heater fluid every 20 years.

The end.

What are you thinking, Toyota? $50K for your new RAV4 EV? This sounds like the last time California forced you into making electric vehicles. Forbes is right, you don’t care. (I imagine your partnership with Tesla has something to do with the price point.) It’s been ten years since the first-generation RAV4 EV. It sounds like once you discontinued that model, you sat around and didn’t actually develop the technology. 100-mile range? Again? And tell me again, please, what’s up with the price tag?

Nissan has you beat and they’re way ahead of you in the game. I admire them for taking a big risk on electric cars. Heck, even Mitsubishi looks better; even if their car is a bit funnier-looking, it still doesn’t cost 50,000 smackeroos*. The i also happens to be the most affordable new EV so far. Hats off to them. (Personally I’m looking forward to seeing the Golf EV in action in a couple years.)

Look! I built a step! It’s even level and everything.

Oh yeah, I also put that door in, too. But I built the step last night.

1. Standing is better than sitting.

2. Walking is better than standing.

3. Sleeping is better than both.

4. Where’s the balance between living for today and preparing for tomorrow?

5. Back your highest-held convictions with action; that’s the only way you’ll ever change the world for the better.

6. Use proper punctuation and grammar. It’s easier to get it right the first time than to repeat yourself.

7. Where is my ship and when will it come in?

8. Life is too short to have regrets.

9. Can you teach somebody to think?

10. Why is the world oriented to the lowest common denominator? Who came up with that math?