Archives for November, 2007

links for 2007-11-28

Google Plans Service to Store Users’ Data – WSJ.com (tags: google data storage) When E-Mail Is Outsourced (tags: email google microsoft outsourcing) Chart Chooser Chart Chooser is an online tool from Juiceanalytics that helps you decide what type of chart you should use to show your data, and provide templates to display your data… (tags: [...]


Google Maps Terrain View

I booted up Google Maps this morning and noticed that it now has a button for terrain view. It’s kind of nice to be able to search Google Maps and also have the option for a terrain view. Just another reason I’ll never order a pull down map again… View Larger Map Technorati Tags: google [...]


Kindle, First Impressions

Cross posted on Leadertalk… Amazon has introduced an electronic reading device called Kindle. I ordered one and have been playing with it and am finding it an interesting device. Kindle is basically an e-book reading device, but in practice it is more than just that. It is more like a portable book buying and display [...]


A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions – WSJ.com

A Little Laptop With Big Ambitions – WSJ.com: How a Computer for the Poor Got Stomped by Tech Giants Wall Street Journal article on the troubles the OLPC folks are having marketing and selling the device… “I’m not good at selling laptops,” Mr. Negroponte has told colleagues. “I’m good at selling ideas.” Note: The article [...]


links for 2007-11-23

Walk Score – Helping homebuyers, renters, and real estate agents find See how your neighborhood rates… (tags: webservices web2.0 neighborhoods walking)


links for 2007-11-22

Brunton SolarRolls™ I want one of these… (tags: laptop power solar sustainable travel wishlist energy green) Bug Labs: Products BUG is a collection of easy-to-use, open source hardware modules, each capable of producing one or more Web services. These modules snap together physically and the services connect together logically to enable users to easily build, [...]


links for 2007-11-20

BBC – Radio – Podcasts – Directory BBC Podcasts that steam well on mobile devices such as the iPhone… (tags: iphone podcasts bbc radio)


Walking near the Willamette

Went on a long walk yesterday and snapped this show of the Hawthorne Bridge over the Willamette River in Downtown Portland…


2nd grade portraits…

2nd grade portraits…, originally uploaded by timlauer.


links for 2007-11-13

Onward and Upward with the Arts: Future Reading: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker A look at digitizing books in libraries and arcives… (tags: libraries google internet digitization future books)


Randy Pausch

Well worth your time… Reserve some time for this.


Bus bench in Portland

Bus bench in Portland, originally uploaded by timlauer.


Sushi

Sushi, originally uploaded by timlauer.


End of the game

End of the game, originally uploaded by timlauer.


Walking past Washington High School

Walking past Washington High School, originally uploaded by timlauer.


3rd Grade Photography

3rd Grade Photography, originally uploaded by timlauer.


Out for a walk

Out for a walk, originally uploaded by timlauer.


Another sunset photo

Another sunset photo, originally uploaded by timlauer.


links for 2007-11-07

The Big Juicy Twitter Guide | Caroline Middlebrook (tags: twitter guides tutorials)


Kindergarten bowling…

Kindergarten bowling…, originally uploaded by timlauer.


links for 2007-11-06

In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two Wheels (tags: article bikes transportation travel nyt nytimes)


links for 2007-11-05

Mowser – Mobilizing the web Web tool that reformats web sites for display on mobile phones… (tags: browsers mobile cell mowser)


Out for a walk

Out for a walk, originally uploaded by timlauer.


Test Post: Testing WordPress

This is a test…


Saturday Soccer