Archive for April, 2005
Sitting, Waiting
This is an incredible music video of Jack Johnson’s “Sitting, Waiting.” View it here.
Thanks to Rocketboom.
Posted: April 22nd, 2005 under Culture.
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EchoMtView
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Posted: April 19th, 2005 under Travel.
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Originally uploaded by Nomadicoder.
Thanks to thedigitalphotographyweblog for this posting about AutoStitch. I installed it and assembled some panoramas I photographed a few years ago. I have this photo of Launch Complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center from my trip in September 2000.
Posted: April 18th, 2005 under Photography, Spaceflight.
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Giving Ecto a Try
One problem I have with on line blog software is that you have to be on line to post entries. I’m giving Ecto a try. It appears to let me draft my posts off line and possibly even queue up my posts. This will come in handy with live coverage, where events […]
Posted: April 17th, 2005 under Technology, Nomadicy.
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B2V Support
I am again helping out the Los Angeles County Sheriff Norwalk Station team’s effort in the Baker to Vegas Challenge cup with Amateur Radio communications. The website for the effort is at b2vsupport.com. If the broadband situation pans out, we hope to post live coverage of the race and support efforts.
Updated 2005-04-18
Posted: April 17th, 2005 under Baker to Vegas, Amateur Radio, Volunteerism.
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Ontology is Overated (on the web)
Clay Shirky talks about ontology and categorization ala Yahoo! and Mozdev. It’s foolish for global portals like Yahoo! to categorize the world, let alone the web in a ontological ontology, because it assumes every one categorizes in the same way. The better solution seems to be social categorization which does not force the […]
Posted: April 16th, 2005 under Technology.
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Common Mathematics
Lobsters, birds, cats, dogs and people who don’t do well on math tests are nonetheless math geniuses.
Keywords: math, education.
IT Conversations: Keith Devlin - Tech Nation
Posted: April 16th, 2005 under Culture.
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Minotaur Launch
I attempted to view the Minotaur Launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. From Palos Verdes in the sky before sunrise, I was able to see the smoke trail, but no flame. The trail appeared suddenly, and the head of the trail disappeared just as quickly. I have no photos of this launch.
Spaceflightnow […]
Posted: April 11th, 2005 under Spaceflight.
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Disneyland of Legos
Now this is cool!
Here’s the direct link
Found by way of Boing Boing
Posted: April 4th, 2005 under Cool Things.
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