Another totally cool Flickr/BlogBridge SmartFeed shot
i000768_big Originally uploaded by Edame. Wow, I am getting some amazing pictures. I’m not sure what this is nor whether it’s doctored but it’s impressive!
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September 2005
New Orleans Flood Level
New Orleans Flood Level Originally uploaded by earthhopper. Check out this really interesting flood level analysis. I’m following what’s going on in New Orleans via a BlogBridge Flickr SmartFeed.
Cellphone GPS: How does it work?
My new cellphone supposedly has GPS capabilities. It has to do, apparently with the new E-911 standard, which requires a cell phone to be able to tell emergency responders where a cell call is coming from. I’m a pretty big GPS aficionado and I though...
Read more →Katrina, New Orleans: Unforgivable
I don’t have anything to add, but here are some incredible bits that I came across: - Daily Kos: “Left Behind” ...
Who will buy Skype, and why…
Robert Cringely has a relatively little known quasi blog, for some reason on www.pbs.org. The stuff is generally very good, and little noted. Given Microsoft’s recent acquisition of ...
Read more →New Orleans
I’ve been away for several days, while following the catastrophe in the gulf unfolding, via TV and radio. I (yes oddly) didn’t have internet access but thought to myself that there would be lots of very interesting blog posts covering the events from a unique angle. And indeed, now that I came acros...
Read more →August 2005
[QUASI-GEEK] Dan Bricklin describes how fiber to the home is installed in the real world
At a level of detail only a geek could love reading (or bother writing), Dan Bricklin gives us an interesting and fun illustrated story of installing Verizon fiber to his home: “…… Once that was all done, the installer cleaned up all the dropped wire insulation, empty boxes, etc., and we s...
Read more →Cool Tool!
From my new favorite Podcaster, Todd of Geek News Central, I came across Flash Earth, a fun and beautiful animated globe that will give you hours and hours of family entertainment! Technorati Tags: cool, cooltool
[GEEK} Good article about pluggable LAFs in Java
One of the hairier and most interesting parts of Swing (Java’s GUI layer) are the so-called pluggable look and feels (or is it looks and feel?.) Truth is that you can live a very happy Swing life without knowing how it works, but if you are curious or need to know for some reason… This document is a good summary, even though a little dated, if you are interested in really understanding it. Like many things it’s not so complex once you understand it. Technorati Tags: java, swing
Incogruous
Florida-202 Originally uploaded by claesk. Space shuttle in a parking lot. Funny. p.s. I found this with a BlogBridge SmartFeed on Flickr pictures about “shuttle” and I blogged it directly from Flickr’s blogging interface. Cool!
[Geek] Good Java Mailing List
I’ve subscribed to this list from OCI (“Object Computing Inc.”) for a while now. They always have interesting readable articles on one thing or another related to Java. If you are interested in Java, I recommend it! Technorati Tags: java
Bill Gates Foundation supports Intelligent Design?
The New York Times is running a series on the Evolution/Intelligent Design ‘debate’. Quite interesting. I was startled to see this in the article, though: Referring to the Discovery Institute, one of the main think tanks pushing the...
Read more →[GEEK] More tips for the 40 year old virgin
Here’s something funny I came across: “Sex Tips for Geeks: How to be Sexy” where we learn such gems as: > “While human beings often have sex for pleasure, the instincts that drive human mating behavior have been shaped by a deadly serious game of evolutionary selection. Sexually attractive ...
Read more →Compelling: interview of Cindy Sheehan with Chris Mathews of ‘Hardball’
“But I am compelled to do this. And other than that, that’s as far as I’m going to talk about my family’s — another personal tragedy due to this war.” Technorati Tags: iraq
The unfolding of language: Looks like a very interesting book
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Read more →Who has a life?
As you might have seen over at our BlogBridge blog, we are experimenting with a new visualization of blog postings, right inside BlogBridge. I’ve taken to calling this the Kleppner Widget as it was invented by Paul and Andrew Kleppner who have been contributing ...
Read more →Check out Findory
I was talking about search engines the other day. I guess Findory includes a search engine, but in my mind it’s a lot more. Here’s how they describe it: > “Our patent-pending technology personalizes the homepage for each reader, recommending content based on what th...
Read more →Color laser printers consume lots of consumables
Color laser printers are wonderful. The one I use is a Konica Minolta QMS 2200. We’ve had it for years and it works like a champ. Only thing is, the toner is really pricey. So pricey that I started suspectin...
Read more →iTunes and Podcasts
This is just a quickie: did you know that you can just drag and drop the URL of a Podcast RSS feed (a.k.a. an RSS Feed with enclosures) onto the Podcasts list in iTunes? In other words, you don’t need to surf the Apple iTunes catalog looking for your favorite show if you have the URL. This is especially handy if the Podcast you want to listen to has not made it to their catalog. Technorati Tags: podcast
A bit of personal PR (at least I labeled it so you can skip it)
Hey, I just came across this: > “The Invention of the Pivot Table: The concept that led to today’s pivot table came from the halls of the Lotus Development Corporation with a revolutionary spreadsheet program called Lotus Improv. Improv was envisioned in 1986 by Pito Salas of the Advanced...
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