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  Two thumbs up for Maker Faire

  05.20.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  In an earlier entry I wrote about the upcoming (now running) Maker Faire in San Mateo. Yesterday, my daughter and I had the chance to visit and had a great time. There were sections on crafts, robotics, machine shop, electronics, aliens/occult, vehicles, disgusting spectacles, and all sorts of events (my favorite was the power tool […]

• Innovation, Media, Technology & Science

  A sucker surfs the ‘net every minute

  05.19.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  A colleague forwarded this along to me from eWeek: People will click on anything. That was evidenced by the 409 people who clicked on an ad that offers infection for those with virus-free PCs. The ad, run by a person who identifies himself as security professional Didier Stevens, reads like this: Drive-By Download Is your […]

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  2008 Candidates, in video

  05.16.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on 2008 Candidates, in video

  Every so often I find something that is innovative and useful. ExpertVoter is just such tool. Check out the snap of their user-interface below: Click the image to enlarge. This page is not yet complete (meaning, there isn’t video from every candidate on every issue) but you can see this has promise as an educational […]

• Innovation

  Origami? No way…

  05.10.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Origami? No way…

  This is origami from MIT, which of course means it’s Bad Ass Origami. Check the link to see a collection of entries into the Fourth Annual Origami competition at MIT. Pretty impressive stuff, hard to believe it’s paper.

• Innovation

  Read directions carefully…

  05.06.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Read directions carefully…

  Many of you probably use Google Maps, I do. Recently, I ran across this screen shot of directions from a Google Map on how to get from New York, New York to Paris, France. Ever dutiful, the program delivers results – but I sure hope the person taking the trip read the directions. See the […]

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