more $100 computer news!
an 8 minute video demonstrating the computer...pretty cool http://www.andycarvin.com/video/100laptop.mov
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soccer highlight reel
google video is now a very powerful procastination tool :( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6063478215160948442
election!
http://www.liberal.ca/ http://ww w.conservative.ca/ http://www.bl ocquebecois.org/ http://www.ndp. ca/ based on website design/usability, i would vote NDP... -the first thing you see on the liberals site, is a form for you to fill out...stalkers! skipping that part, the rest of their site is nothing to rave about. -half of the conservative party's main page is blocked out by firefox's adblocker. although viewed in IE it looks pretty good, although overloaded with info. -the bloc's site is all in french...they could at least put an english version so potential english voters could sympathize with their cause. -thus by process of elimination, the ndp's colourful and RSS enriched site wins hands down. it even fits its main page on one screen (no scrolling!). but i keep wanting to press the big orange "getting results for the ppl" banner thinking its a button.
Maps: Yahoo vs. MSN vs. Google
competition is wonderful! http://maps.yahoo.co m/beta (new!) VS. http://virtualearth.msn.com/ VS. http://maps.google.ca/
online "office" tools
online word processor http://www.writely.com/ online spreadsheet http://numsum.com/
what procastinating students do with their time...
make MUSIC videos! http://www.duke.edu/~gz 9/I-gnition.mpeg http://video.go ogle.com/videoplay?docid=-23975 32802194226883 http://video.goog le.com/videoplay?docid=-6739710 473912337648
bmw films
if you haven't seen these films already, i highly suggest you do before they take them off the site on Oct. 21. they are short films produced, directed and acted by some pretty big hollywood names. one of them even won an award for best short action in the LA film festival. my favourite ones were: star , directed by guy ritchie chosen , directed by ang lee
good grief!
http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/covers_450/9780375726248.jpg its always fun to see what returns when you google your name and aliases...
MIT's OpenCourseWare
check it out...the ultimate self learning tool: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html imagine this, the hand cranked $100 computer and primitive but functional wifi networks in 3rd world countries like africa! NOW, imagine the possiblities...
free the cell phone!
an article from Wired on cell phone locking http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68989,00.html
the optimus organic led keyboard
saw it this month's Wired magazine ... http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ now if they can only figure out a way to prevent all the gunk from accumulating beneath the keys!
"Confessions of an Engineering Washout"
an interesting article indeed... http://www.techcentralstation.com/092105B.html
sun through pine
sun through pine , originally uploaded by gobs . had to wake up pretty early for this sunrise
rows of trees
rows of trees , originally uploaded by gobs . a row of trees in a wintery waterloo morning
Multiplication Hip Hop
http://cdbaby.com/cd/deurecs Just one of the many CDs available on CD Baby , a cool independent CD store, I stumbled upon looking for Autorickshaw CDs. Enjoy!
What if every kid had a ($100) computer?
An interesting article by Joseph Jacobson from MIT about designing a $100 computer for children. He argues that "Given the right equipment, every individual has the potential for a unique contribution." http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/view.html?pg=2
Search Engine Fun....vrooom!
Some cool links I found/people sent me: Compare Google and Yahoo search results to see where they are ranked by the respective search engines http://www.langreiter.com/exec /yahoo-vs-google.html Search using both Yahoo and Google (thus the name yagoohoogle) http://yagoohoogle.com/
Serendipity Effect
Definition: ''The gift of making delightful discoveries by pure accident''. In hypertext navigation, the original goal sometimes becomes irrelevant or is forgotten over the current dominance of a new piece of information encountered in the browsing process. This is called the serendipity effect. My conspirators in crime: http://boingboing.net/ http://slashdot.org/ http://www.google.ca + random typing of words and phrases TV (The Hour, and other CBC shows) Newspapers (The Toronto Star)
Massive Change @ AGO
See the website http://www.massivechange.com/ Then see the exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario on till May 29, 2005 ( http://www.ago.net/navigation/html/index.cfm ).
