Blog of Josh Hall

So I’m supposed to be writing a research paper right now about the internet as a new media, and how we’re utilizing it as a learning device.  That’s all topical and that, but the underlying reality here is that we’re repeating history, and I’m not too sure how many people realize that.  Kids are staying […]

some throw shoes around power lines, why not have them dangle from your ceiling?  Sitting in the living room talking to alex and deirdre about where people could put there shoes for a party i’m having this friday, and alex suggested getting a metal plate on the ceiling and having big magnets with hooks so […]

I’d be a great eccentric millionaire. I was just thinking today about how much we rely on people’s names as sufficient identification. I would build the biggest house and make it so awesome, then invite tons of people that have the same name as me to live there so we’d have the same address. We’d […]

COLIN AND I WENT OUT TO CLEVELAND THIS WEEKEND TO HANG OUT WITH RACHEL AND SEE A CONCERT ON SUNDAY.  OVER THE WEEKEND WE HAD A FEW COOL IDEAS. ONE WOULD BE FOR A CAR COMMERCIAL.  INSPIRED BY THE RUMBLE STRIPS YOU GO OVER TO SLOW DOWN BEFORE TOLL PLAZAS, IT WOULD BE COOL TO […]

how about a small pod like thing with 4 cameras on it, that you mount upside down in the roof of your car where the overhead light usually is.  the cameras would record video of all angles of your car for accidents, police abuse, or anything at all.  It could have a small hard drive […]

When are roads going to start using technology?  Right now, they’re just poured concrete.  Technology could make them safer, better, easier.  They could make GPS navigation more efficient.  If sensors were place on the edges of roads, it could detect a car slowly getting off onto the shoulder to replace a tire, and maybe something […]