Archives for December, 2008

Recently found items… – December 31, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. The Year In Review


Recently found items… – December 30, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. One year in 40 seconds on Vimeo Silicon ImagingThe camera used to film some of Slumdog Millionaire… Very interesting technology… DV – News – P+S Technik SI-2K Camera Captures Slumdog Millionaire…I listened to a recording of a talk given by Danny Boyle where he discusses the use of this camera. [...]


Eirik Solheim: A Year in 40 Seconds…

Eirik Solheim has created several short videos that document the changes of the seasons as seen from his balcony. In this post, he documents how he did it and explains the process for creating the video files. He has also made the images available via a creative commons license and they are available for you [...]


Recently found items… – December 29, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. Magnetic Mount Lenses Add Wide Angle, Telephoto and Fish-Eye Capabilities to the iPhone [IPhone]


Snow Video

Another post via Posterous… Click here to download: snowvideo-desktop.m4v (3073 KB) Posted via email from Tim’s posterous


More Posterous: Recent Photos from Our December Snow

For the past few day I have been playing around with use Posterous to post content to my blog, Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr. The idea behind Posterous is to post content via email. This post is specifically to my blog. You can set up Posterous to post to all specific sites by using specialized address. [...]


Recently found items… – December 28, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. The Energy Challenge – No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in Innovative ‘Passive Houses’ – Series – NYTimes.com


More playing with Posterous

Looking west down SE Hawthorne Christmas Day 2008. Posted via email from Tim’s posterous


Playing with Posterous

Posterous looks pretty interesting. It allows me to post to various sites via email. Posted via email from Tim’s posterous


Thawing…

This was the view out to the patio yesterday. The rain last night helped quite a bit and today we should get rid of quite a bit more… side streets are still pretty messy… Am looking forward to getting back to Portland’s winter rain…


Items shared in Google Reader…. Easy-to-learn publishing tool from Feedbooks: Reach Kindles, Sony Readers, iPhones—and help the ePub standard Harmonica is as Close as you’ll get to the Real Deal It’s not just an era; it’s a new world order


Recently found items… – December 26, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. Sony Vaio Pocket: The Fancy Mystery Netbook Leaked [Vaio] The Apollo 8 Original Press Kit [Retromodo]


Recently found items… – December 25, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. eBooks are Added Value If you could recommend only one book (on graphic design) Put Google MyMaps on iPhone/iPod TouchA method of adding Google Maps content and KML files for viewing on the iPhone and iPod Touch Google Maps application…. More Readers Are Picking Up Electronic Books – NYTimes.comNYTimes article [...]


Recently found items… – December 25, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. eBooks are Added Value If you could recommend only one book (on graphic design) Put Google MyMaps on iPhone/iPod TouchA method of adding Google Maps content and KML files for viewing on the iPhone and iPod Touch Google Maps application…. More Readers Are Picking Up Electronic Books – NYTimes.comNYTimes article [...]


Recently found items… – December 24, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. The Power Of Less


Recently found items… – December 23, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. HubbleSite – NewsCenter – Hubble Catches Jupiter's Largest Moon Going to the 'Dark Side' (12/18/2008) – Release Videos


Portland Nursery Profile of Lewis Elementary

At Lewis we have been working to establish and sustain a garden education component to our curriculum. Recently the work of our staff and families was highlighted on the Portland Nursery web site. Thanks to Peggy Alcott and the Portland Nursery staff for their continued support to our program… photo credit: lewiselementary


Recently found items… – December 22, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. The Gladwell/ Kane Theory of Teacher Recruitment Will Twitter Go Mainstream? The Debate.


More snow overnight…

Woke up this morning to another 5 inches of snow. This is one big weather system. I’m been spending quite a bit of time on my computer and it has been fun to follow storm updates with Twitter. I have been using TweetDeck as my Twitter client. It has a pained view and I can [...]


Recently found items… – December 21, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. MediaOnTwitter Making eReader books with OpenOffice and DropBook


Freezing Rain on Top of Snow…

Yesterday we finally got the “Arctic Blast” that the local media had been screaming about all week. (Find it funny when they refer to temperatures in the 20′s F as Arctic…) It started snowing about 7:00 am and did not stop until last night. Overnight, the snow has turned into freezing rain. So now we [...]


Snowing at Lewis and Working in the Lab…

I’m at Lewis today working in the computer lab. Our PTA has a function going on and in spite of the weather, it is taking place and I needed to open the building for them. I’m using the time to reimage our old lab computers. Last Wednesday we unboxed and set up 23 new iMacs [...]


Recently found items… – December 20, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. New search-by-style options for Google Image Search


Recently found items… – December 19, 2008

Items shared in Google Reader…. NPR Mix Your Own PodcastUsing their tool, you can build a custom podcast from various programs, topics, personalities and musicians… via ReadWriteWeb….


Lewis Computer Lab

We used our snow day Wednesday to unbox and set up 23 new computers in our technology lab.