Ajay Bhatt, Father of USB, on Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Hardcore techies were treated with a special interview on Conan O'Brien last night. Playing off the Intel commercial that appropriately deified Ajay Bhatt, the co-creator of USB. The actual commercial used an actor but Conan had access to the real McCoy. Now I'm not sure he showed the man the respect he was due but it was a very lighthearted albeit heavily sponsored interview. Conan made no secret of the financial incentive he had to do the interview but it was still pretty fun. The chit chat was pretty one-sided with Conan doing almost all the talking. He did his best though but still had to reference a note-card for his one technical question. It wasn't without it's humor trying to hype the fight between firewire and USB.
The interview did end up pretty cute, reenacting a bit of the commercial. You can see why they were forced to use a nerd stunt double as he is a bit stiff. With any luck someone with some geek-cred will interview him again, like Fallon. Head over to NBC's site to see Conan's brush with true greatness and a very humble legend. Video interview after the jump.
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Album Released on USB Uzi because Piratez are Original Gangstas
Now that digital music releases aren't shocking any longer expect to see a few more of these on the digital horizon. Rap trio, Get Busy Committee (GBC), is releasing their latest album "Uzi Does it" on a USB flash drive shaped like an Uzi machine gun. The Uzi will likely have just enough space to hold the album's tracks in MP3 format and no more. The memory stick fits into the Uzi as its clip. It would be really cool if the follow up album became available as an extra-mag-only version. That would enhance the environmental benefits of departing from the CD and DVD distribution industry. Those "keep" cases and packaging are huge generators of landfill waste and any move away from wasteful is a good one.
Listening to the album the band is definitely trying to move in a slightly different direction from overly "serious" street rap. The Uzi icon makes that a little hard to believe without listening though. The picture of the Koala with an Uzi on the CD cover is almost adorable and only a little disturbing. We're fairly certain they were trying for the latter. The Uzi should hit e-tailers in early November.
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