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Microsoft Photosynth is Amazing

You know those moments where you are introduced to a new technology and the only thing you can say is “Holy f**k”? Microsoft Photosynth is one such technology.
Here’s how the Microsoft site describes it:

Our software takes a large collection of photos of a place or an object, analyzes them for similarities, and displays [...]


Obama. That’s all, thanks.

Just a quick reminder that Obama rules.
That’s all, back to your regularly scheduled community blog reading.


Must. Have. iPhone.

Seriously, I need an iPhone. I watched Flickr streams and news coverage all day yesterday lusting, drooling, wishing it was me walking out of an Apple or Cingular store, phone in hand.
Of course, I’ll be waiting for two things before I buy:
1. A reduction in the initial price. When they reach $300 with a [...]


NikeID - where are the social functions?

When I was in college, I worked for a medical product design company designing, of all things, shoes. We were working on some top secret methods of using pumps that inflated when you walked. It was a very cool idea, dreamed up by the company owner.
As part of doing research, we went to the shoe [...]


Upcoming Movies

I could (and have) spend hours on the Apple movie trailers site. I love trailers - even bad movies look like they’re movie of the year in 30 seconds.
Here’s a few of the movies I’m looking forward to:

Bourne Ultimatum  (with this one, I have a calendar filled with red X marks counting down to [...]


Happy The Shield Day

If it’s not been made painfully obvious in the past, I’m a huge fan of The Shield - in my opinion, the best TV show ever produced.
You can imagine my school girl-like glee when I realized last night that tonight is the new season premiere. If I had a paper calendar these days, I [...]


My first Kiva loan funds!

After seeing a presentation about Kiva.org at Community Next, I was excited to help out. What’s Kiva, you ask?
Kiva lets you connect with and loan money to unique small businesses in the developing world. By choosing a business on Kiva.org, you can "sponsor a business" and help the world’s working poor make great strides towards [...]


Things I Like

I’ve created a new category on the blog called "Things I Like". This will be random overview of …well… things I like!
Gliffy.comThis web-based application is a Visio replacement, allowing you to create flowchart type documents. I’ve been using it exclusively lately as I work on scoping a client project. Amazing what can be done through [...]