Canned warning about formulas goes here. But, seriously, don’t most compelling classic stories boil down to something like this? Hero, who has suffered all his or her (often parentless) life, faces seemingless insurmountable obstacles, including at least one persistently present powerful villain, but ultimately gets by with pluck (not just luck), stick-to-it-iveness and a little help from friends — and Read More …
Seriously. Why not let pitchers come back? Think they’d be more likely to get injured? I think the opposite: Pitch a little, take a rest, pitch some more. Sounds like less wear and tear to me. Would also increase strategy talk that fans both love and hate. OK, impose some limits. Baseball is too slow. Can’t substitute Read More …
Simple concept: A hat with a cup holder. I’m thinking: Would be kind of tipsy. So how about one on each side, with a weighted disc. Empty they’re both balanced. Got a drink? Move both weights to one side, put the drink in the other. Gotta have a long flexible straw, of course, so you Read More …
Well, there is now. If nutrients are chemicals good for you body, then what are substances that make you sick? How about pollutrients? Popped into my head driving yesterday. Has a certain ring, yes? Reminds me of a cartoon I once did that I’ll have to find, scan and post later. For more about Googlewhacks Read More …
All sorts of sites automatically find and rank and list the latest, greatest news. But what about the blasts from the past? What’s new isn’t always the most interesting. So how about a site, or part of a site, that randomly generates a list of once-popular posts, videos, podcasts and news articles. Would be fun, nostalgic, surprising, too. Read More …
Not so much an original idea, but a change here. Recently, I started linking to earlier posts. Kind of: If you liked that, you might like this. Well, gotta share the love, right? So now I hope to also link someone else’s original idea. Have one you’d like to tell me about? Email it to pmucha @ stealmyideasplease.com. If Read More …
I’d eat less (I’m just a bit overweight) if my stomach wasn’t greedier than my brain. It works like this: Mind see cherries. Mind think: “I’ll only eat half a little dishful.” Mouth eat. Stomach say: “Me want more.” Dish fill up. Mouth eat that. Mind think (lie): “Just a few more.” Repeat. Stomach rumble. Read More …
Tony gets religion. Or at least he decides to turn to God. He begs for forgiveness, promising to start his life over again. It starts to rain, and the water trickles off his face as if he’s being baptised. Then he’s hit by lightning, charring him to a crisp. The long arm of justice. The ultimate “hit.” Then Read More …
They’re bikes made entirely of recycled parts. Metal cans, plastic jugs, car tires.
Option One: Have NINE pitchers who each pitch THREE innings every THREE games Option Two: Have EIGHT pitchers who each pitcher FOUR or FIVE innings every FOUR games. Option Three: Have SIX guys who pitch SIX innings every SIX games AND ONE OR TWO innings halfway inbetween. Option Four: Use a phase-in system, when you Read More …
If we’re headed toward keeping track of everything (see Google item below), more people will feel so stifled, they’ll want secrecy technology. They’ll want NOT to be know, NOT to be found. So imagine Hide & Sneak devices that lie to global positioning systems. By hacking, overriding, discombubulating, jamming, whatever … you’ll be able to tell Read More …
Everything will be cliche.
Seriously. As image screen gets thinner and lighter, first newspapers and magazines will get replaced by e-paper, which folds and unfolds and presents images in infinite formats. Then people will say, cool! I want to wear this stuff, and they’ll make clothing that displays any image you want. Your hat can show the Mona Lisa Read More …
Every appliance, every car, every person will come with a chip that wirelessly connects to the Internet. Then you’ll be able to Google everything in the world. Who else can has a Zearz Biogoat Grass-Chewing Mower? You can find out and contact them, form a club. Lose something in your house? Google it! Want to Read More …
Entropy. The state where all energy dispenses to the point of random pointlessness. Or something like that. With millions of bloggers and thousands of news services and hundreds of social networking sites (not just digg and del.ico.us and fark but combos), is the Web becoming such a crowded chaos, it’ll be harder and harder to be Read More …