First Rule of Flying is Good Advice For Entrepreneurs

I just finished watching Joss Whedon's sci-fi epic Serenity from 2005 on Blu-ray. A wonderful movie, it features a roguish Captain, styled after Han Solo, who offers some advice on flying. His words struck a chord with me and seemed like good advice for entrepreneurs, as well as, spaceship captains. The First Rule of Flying, he says, is “Love.”

You can learn all the math in the universe, but you take a boat in the air that you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she ought to fall down... tells you she's hurting before she kneels… makes her a home.

Words worth considering for company builders and would-be captains of industry everywhere on the eve of a new decade. Happy 2010!

Robotic Paintgun-toting "Kill Bot" Means Business

From Yanko Design:

Gun on Wheels

Let me just stop you right there. This thing is called the “Robotic Weapon”, but don’t be fooled! All this is really is a teleoperated MIl-Sim non-lethal paintball gun mounted on a 4-wheel-drive E-Maxx RC vehicle. Does that sound like anything you know? I remember a television show about these sorts of things I think. This lovely war machine’s alternate names are: “Kill Bot,” “Mega Hurtz,” “The Wireless Weapon,” and “SWAT BOT.”

I don't know about you, but "paintball gun" or not, there is something about a consumer-grade remote controlled vehicle with a working gun mount and digital sight that makes me a little nervous.