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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:05:53 -0700

Republic of Georgia and Google Maps
Having spent a considerable amount of time in Tbilisi, Georgia selling the state electricity assets to AES back in the late...
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Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:52:30 -0700

NBC and TAMI (Total Audience Measurement Index)
As reported today by Cynopsis Digital, from The Cynopsis Foundation, Inc., “NBC figured the gods wouldn’t present a...
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Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:06:25 -0700

NBC Olympics and underwater video footage
Olympics at its finest. NBC has a very impressive site. I was using a mac to watch the sports video clips from recent gold...
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Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:01:07 -0700

Playing with wordpress on the iphone
So on the train out east for the weekend and it breaks down! Brilliant way to spend a Friday afternoon. But lo and behold, it...
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:51:57 -0700

The Lyre Bird from Australia
The Lyre bird video from Heavy.com. Amazing mimicry abilities from this little singer.
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Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:37:28 -0700

CNET’s new look for News.com
Check out the “exclusive beta” on CNET’s News.com site. I stumbled onto the site today and had the following...
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Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:10:39 -0700

The Fed, Investment Banks and Liquidity Challenges
Anyone growing concerned (more so than last month) with the Fed keeping the window open till the end of the year for credit...
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Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:02:19 -0700

Bucknell University - From 1950 to the present
If architecture is your thing, an interesting look at the additions to the Bucknell campus in Lewisburg, PA since 1950. (See...
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Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:06:13 -0700

Tour de France - Google Maps
Ever a connoisseur of the yearly tour, I was quite pleased to see that the Google blog highlighted a tool called “Street...
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Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:15:01 -0700

On The Road - Day 12, 13-16 (Macau and Shek ‘O, China)
Ah, Macau. Like a radiant slot machine that extends sky high directly west from the emerald city, Macau is merely 65km by...
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:59:32 -0700

Spore video game - Social Engineering (Phase II)
Not really social engineering…but fascinating to stretch out this video game concept 20 years and think about how the...
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:59:32 -0700

On The Road - Day 9, 10 and 11 (Hong Kong + Shek ‘O, China)
Monsoon. Like tiny drops from heaven …only different. The rain falls here the size of boulders. All consuming. Seven...
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:59:32 -0700

Star Wars Dance Off
I know…corny…but I grew up on Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, and the galaxy far far away. This video was amusing. ...
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:17:15 -0700

On The Road - Day 7 (Haad Rin, Thailand)
It was time to return to civilization. Making my way south, I left the nature reserve and made way along the mountain pass to...
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Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:39:43 -0700

On The Road - Day 6 (Koh Pha’Ngan, Thailand)
After a few days in Koh Samui, it was time to get off the beaten path and up into the hinterland. I booked a ferry from the...
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Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:16:26 -0700

On The Road - Day 3 (Ayuthaya Province, Thailand)
After tooling around the big city, I figured I had better make hay and see some of the surrounding countryside before heading...
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Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:59:38 -0700

On The Road - Day 2 (Bangkok, an oriental city)
I awoke after a deep, uninterupted sleep that one can only have after flying 24 hours half way around the world. After two...
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Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:35:14 -0700

On The Road - Day 1 (the flight)
So it begins… Waking at 3:45 am, I head for the airport in a state of delerium. Due to the last minute nature of my...
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Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:27:37 -0700

On The Road - a traveler’s post
I am heading out for the next few weeks to visit a friends in Asia. I will try to make a few posts (and hopefully pictures) to...
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:36:10 -0700

Real Time Stock Quotes - Google Finance
Wow..its finally here. Google Finance announced that real time stock quotes (from Nasdaq listed securities) are now available...
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Fri, 30 May 2008 05:32:38 -0700

Connections in the dark - semantic web, Google and MRIs
I was reading an article by Ars Technica this morning titled “The Semantic web gets a boost from functional MRIs”...
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Fri, 30 May 2008 05:32:38 -0700

Uncontacted tribe in South America
It always fascinates me when I read about a tribe or group of people who haven’t come into contact with the civilized...
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Wed, 21 May 2008 02:04:30 -0700

Music Video - “Teardrop” by Newton Faulkner
Newton Faulkner Video While not as solid a performance as Massive Attack’s 1998 version, this cover by Newton Faulkner is...
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Tue, 20 May 2008 16:01:25 -0700

Polar bears, endangered species, global warming and “the tipping point”
In my last life, I was probably an environmentalist in some shape or size. My interest in the habitat for our humanity started...
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Fri, 16 May 2008 16:16:44 -0700

Open Handset Alliance + Android may = my phone platform and offering is no longer boring!
I have been reading about the open handset alliance and collaborative work by 30+ companies using open standards for a new...
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