Jacob Krol

The holy grail is here.

One of my favorite Disney World rides is getting a major tech upgrade at Disney World – and I got a sneak peek New blasters, targets, and ride vehicles for Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin

One of my favorite Disney World rides is getting a major tech upgrade – and I got a sneak peek www.techradar.com/streaming/en...

Disneyland turns 70 — and these 5 things make attending the celebration worth it One parade alone has over a million LED lights

Disneyland turns 70, and it's celebrating with MagicBand+, LED spectacles, and next-gen shows www.techradar.com/streaming/en...

When I was about to leave, I saw something I never thought I’d see in this life or the next. He cried. I loved him.

I hung out for a while, he pulled me close and his voice raspy and nearly gone whispered “ We sure had some adventures didn’t we?” I answered “we sure did”

No, I didn’t and neither did Carl Virgil West. The last time I saw him he was in the hospital, near the end, dying from throat cancer. He smiled when he saw me, and I kissed one of my errant father’s goodbyes.

After I became a huge success over the years Tinker asked me for exactly nothing. He was forever alone, working, off the grid and independent. I was always satisfied when I would be the recipient of Tink’s highest compliment. “Springsteen, you don’t fuck around.”

I’d be going to see my folks once a year in San Mateo and Tinker would be headed into San Francisco to see who, I cannot imagine. Did my old friend have parents? I can’t believe so. I believe he sprung near full grown from the mountains, valleys, and waves of a primitive and unknowable California.

We graduated to an old Nomad station wagon in later years and each Christmas we’d find ourselves heading west on I-10 through dry desert and western mountain blizzards.

The truck was old and huge with an unwieldy, grinding transmission and he insisted we drive straight through to Big Sur, our only gig, without stopping, for 72 hours. He also insisted I, without skills or license drive my share. That’s how Tinker taught you something. He just made you do it.

I drove across the country many times with Tinker, first at twenty in his 1940’s Chevrolet flatbed truck with all our band equipment under a tarp in the back seeking our fame and fortune out west.

If you weren’t being useful he didn’t want you near him. If you visited the surf shop for more than ten minutes he’d shove a broom in your hand and tell you to start sweeping. He wasn’t joking.

He was a natural born misanthrope. He was not an easy man to know, live with, or be around. He was from California and was an old school frontier individualist asking no quarter and giving none.

In 1970 when I had nothing, nowhere to live, was broke with nowhere to go, he recognized my talent and took me in. We lived together in one tiny room of his Wanamassa, New Jersey Challenger Eastern Surfboard Factory. His mattress was on one side of the room and mine was six feet away on the other.

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Land of Hope and Dreams

Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.

Survey says most Gen Z would marry an AI, but I've got more faith in Gen Z – and AI should stay in the friend zone A marriage made in ones and zeros

Survey says most Gen Z would marry an AI, but I've got more faith in Gen Z – and AI should stay in the friend zone
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iPhone designer Jony Ive joins OpenAI, but don't expect a new ChatGPT smartphone OpenAI is buying Ive's company, io, and they're working on something

iPhone designer Jony Ive joins OpenAI, but don't expect a new ChatGPT smartphone www.techradar.com/computing/ar...

Best Star Wars Day 2025 Deals – Shop new Lego sets, Funko Pops, Galaxy-themed tech, and more for May the 4th May the 4th is nearly here

Best Star Wars Day 2025 Deals – Shop new Lego sets, Funko Pops, Galaxy-themed tech, and more for May the 4th www.techradar.com/streaming/en...

American Music Honors. April 26, 2025. 📸: Rob DeMartin

Act fast – if you're lucky, you can get a free limited-edition Apple Watch pin at the Apple Store today It celebrates 10 years of the Apple Watch

Act fast – if you're lucky, you can get a free limited-edition Apple Watch pin at the Apple Store today www.techradar.com/health-fitne...

Glass bottles in, sand out – Disney World is crushing glass to make pathways and more in its latest sustainable move The crushed glass becomes a somewhat shiny, clean, sand-like material

Glass bottles in, sand out – Disney World is crushing glass to make pathways and more in its latest sustainable move www.techradar.com/tech/glass-b...

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will start in the United States on April 24, and the price is not increasing The console isn't getting a price increase, but some accessories are

Nintendo Switch 2 pre-orders will start in the United States on April 24, and the price is not increasing www.techradar.com/gaming/ninte...

This Tie Fighter stand for the Echo Dot lets your Alexa smart speaker join the dark side Plus, more items from Star Wars Celebration 2025 are dropping on Amazon

This Tie Fighter stand for the Echo Dot lets your Alexa smart speaker join the dark side www.techradar.com/home/smart-h... #StarWarsCelebration

Lego just dropped 9 new sets, but as a Star Wars obsessed fan, I'd shop these three first From a buildable droid to Jango Fett's ship

Lego just dropped 9 new sets, but as a Star Wars obsessed fan, I'd shop these three first www.techradar.com/streaming/en...

I'm actually excited about these new USB-C cables from Beats – here's why Three cable types, two sizes, and four colors

Beats just launched a genuinely useful accessory for your Apple tech – and it's not what you might expect www.techradar.com/phones/phone...

Disneyland Resort will let you have a say in its night-time spectacular, but you’ll need an iPhone or Android to do it World of Color Happiness will level up interactivity

Disneyland Resort will let you have a say in its night-time spectacular, but you’ll need an iPhone or Android to do it www.techradar.com/streaming/en...

Samsung's Ballie AI robot companion will have Gemini onboard when it launches this summer in the US and Korea A recommitment to a 2025 launch and a partnership with Google Cloud

Samsung's Ballie AI robot companion will have Gemini onboard when it launches this summer in the US and Korea www.techradar.com/home/smart-h...