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Word.

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Categories: Observations · Web
Tags: bees, extinction, global climate change, honey bees

Can I Automatically Generate Maps Using WordPress?

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

Categories: Observations · Web Mapping · WordPress
Tags: geo meta, geo-aware web site, geospatial web, Web Mapping

Radiohead, LiDAR for House of Cards Video

July 20th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Categories: External News · Observations
Tags: house of cards, lidar, nine inch nails, radiohead, video

Browser Statistics For Monday, April 21, 2008

April 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Categories: Observations
Tags: browser statistics, site stats

• Sun, 16 Dec 2007 at 6:42 am · Upgrading to XP, from Vista. · (0)

• Thu, 29 Nov 2007 at 12:07 am · Speaking of video, take a look at what Leo’s testing out over on his blog, Life of Leo — it’s a service called Viddler. But the really interesting thing here, is that users can add captions to the timeline of the video — and for various reasons, which Leo briefly touches on as he charmingly wings it through this initial test from his hotel room after a day on the set. I’m intrigued by this caption idea and its potential — very slick. · (0)

• Wed, 28 Nov 2007 at 11:24 pm · I sometimes flip through the menu in YouTube videos to view relative items of interest. This video, I saw after viewing the My Location demo — which hits close to home for me, as I’ve been an advocate in many discussions pertaining to crowd-source potentials for improving or enhancing existing data. (I tend to take a great deal of flack in that discussion as well, though I understand why the antithesis perspective exists.) · (0)

• Wed, 28 Nov 2007 at 6:40 am · Either this guy’s paranoid, or he’s deliberately hitting the company to influence a downturn in shareprice. You decide. (The lense is 16 inches off the ground? Really? Where can I get my hands on that kind of data? And what happened to government restrictions for highest resolution commercial distribution? I wasn’t aware they lifted that.) · (0)

• Fri, 23 Nov 2007 at 2:04 pm · I’m actually quite surprised to see someone in the markets ‘getting’ the concern for certain extended-reach behavioral marketing tactics which violate privacy. And people wonder at all why I come across like a so-called Google ‘fan-boy’? I can also appreciate the paradox of MoveOn.org taking a stance, but requesting that you join their FaceBook Group. · (0)

• Wed, 21 Nov 2007 at 3:37 pm · How much would anyone be willing to bet, that the mantra until the 2008 elections coming from the administration will be — “Well, if any of us lied, it was because we did it unknowingly“? I’m willing to predict that the word unknowingly will become the most heard word for the next several months, which leads me to conclude that there may be far too much Yoda in the rhetoric these days. Or, perhaps it’s simply a matter of not quite enough? “Already know you that which you need.” · (0)

• Fri, 16 Nov 2007 at 9:41 am · Deb’s got some rather interesting notes on semantic mash-up projects and asks various questions of note that might spark your interests, forming new questions in your mind and leading you to additional links as you drill down through these projects. She always manages to locate these neat little things — that really aren’t all that little actually. · (0)

• Tue, 13 Nov 2007 at 5:48 am · Microsoft and the DAISY Consortium announced an alliance to develop an Open XML to DAISY XML format converter for Word — for the millions in this world with disabilities. Way to go, Microsoft — you deserve a little pat on the back. But, DAISY? Please keep an eye on them, won’t you? Many of us have grown skeptical of the possibilities which can occur, and which in this case, I would hope doesn’t become the blind leading the blind. But I’ll really attempt to remain hopeful, I will! (Oh, and this wasn’t just a press release, Steve. Steve? Android. Android? Steve. Good. Introduced? Great.) · (0)

• Mon, 12 Nov 2007 at 12:52 pm · Peter Westwood writes about the recent round of developments in WordPress 2.4 — a highlight that jumped out for me is the addition of image metadata extraction. Frank Taylor at Google Earth Blog also forwarded this interesting piece by the New York Times this morning, on the failed FIA government spy satellite program. · (4)

• Mon, 12 Nov 2007 at 12:03 am · The knee-jerk theories presented to our society are interesting. But how do you really bring the criminal and malicious out of the shadows in this modern age? First, you enforce illegal immigration, with full accountability on the part of those who even hire illegal immigrants. You don’t issue them legal credentials so that they can then blend back into society and become even more unnoticable. No one is truly anonymous over the network. Enhancing the real-world presence dynamic over the network would actually force the criminal and malicious element into a context that can be more easily enforced. There’s really no need to take away civil liberties for citizens, when the approach and the answers to solving the problems are really quite obvious. And the root answer under this entire premiss is simple — enforcement. · (0)

• Sat, 10 Nov 2007 at 7:07 pm · Just one of many, many reasons why social networking is so important moving forward in this modern age. · (0)

• Tue, 30 Oct 2007 at 4:04 am · I think Keith Olbermann should tag Joe Gelman as this week’s Worst Person In the World. I don’t expect Mr. Gelman (shown shaking hands with President Reagan) to retract his claims, undoubtedly, unlike himself, as additional corroborative evidence suggests that, unfortunate for him, undoubtedly, some of us realized his attempt at pushing false information to his readers, unfortunate for him, undoubtedly. — Avi’s definition of Neotard adequately explains this guy, in my opinion, undoubtedly. · (0)

• Thu, 4 Oct 2007 at 6:53 pm · I caught the release of the WordPress Petition Plug-in through the feeds, and couldn’t help but note it. I’ve wondered how long it would be for the blogosphere to incorporate utility to organize and project in the true spirit of democracy — the inherent functionality that the Internet affords us, above all else. Unfortunately, my technical geek-ish-ness is usually undermined by being just as aware that there remains to be only ~50% of the US population with access to the Internet. A sobering thought, isn’t it? Perhaps ironic — about the same number of people typically turn-out to vote in elections. · (0)

• Thu, 27 Sep 2007 at 12:08 pm · At Polar Inertia — photography by David Maisel, titled Oblivion. Inverted black & white photography — giving a stunning, haunting view of Los Angeles, California — especially in the oblique. · (0)

• Sat, 14 Jul 2007 at 10:47 am · I had almost forgotten that today is the big race day for teams of sailors about to chart the unpredictable, chilly waters of Lake Michigan, from Chicago to Mackinac Island, Michigan! When I was little, Mackinac Island was a week-long vacation — including driving the entire way for a full week, following the coast around the Lake. From here in Illinois, with stops at Indiana Dunes and Warren Dunes in Michigan, a number of spontaneous stops to discover interesting little shops and restaurants — up through to Mackinaw City, and a stay at the Island for a day or two — then crossing the Mackinac Bridge, do a tour over the Canadian border through the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, and back down to visit the grandparents near Manitowac, Wisconsin on the way back home. Good times, from what I remember — when a week still seemed like an entire summer. The Chicago Yacht Club has more details at their web site — and if you wish to track the boats during the race, you can do so using the GPS-linked display provided by Flagship FIS Tracking. (Sorry, no KML link.) · (0)

Notes About the iPhone

June 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Categories: Observations
Tags: interface functionality, iphone, mobile technologies