Archives for December, 2009
This past year I attempted to shoot a photography every day. I started out pretty well, but in the end only ended up with 217 days where I shot some kind of photograph. I spent some time today reviewing those images and adding them to this set. The process was insightful and looking back on the year [...]
My son received an iPod Touch for Christmas and has been busy the last few days doing the normal things that a 12 year old does with such a device, mainly playing games, browsing web sites, and communicating with family and friends via things such as Skype, SMS and email. I also helped him download [...]
GregDek Saves Me the Trouble of Writing this Post December 31, 2009
First Look at Blio, Ray Kurzweil’s Tablet-Friendly Ebook Format [Ereader] December 29, 2009
via blog.makezine.com View Larger Map I’ve always found bridges interesting. This one is called “Slauerhoffbrug,” and it is located in Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. It actually lifts the section of road up and out of the way of the river traffic. This got me thinking, wonder if I can find it on Google Maps? After [...]
However, the study notes that, “computers have had major effects on some aspects of information consumption. In the past, information consumption was overwhelmingly passive, with telephone being the only interactive medium. Thanks to computers, a full third of words and more than half of bytes are now received interactively. Reading, which was in decline due [...]
Gone Hunting… for WP Plugins December 29, 2009
Free eBooks for Your PC, iPhone, Kindle & Beyond December 28, 2009
Kind of cold, but no rain. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Tim Lauer
Can you imagine several hundred of this capital city’s policy wonks turning out for a two-hour discussion of bicycling? A decade ago, it would have been unthinkable. But last week it happened, sponsored by the esteemed Brookings Institution, at a prime U.S. Capitol-view room of the fancy new Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue. It may have [...]
The error that online champions make decade after decade (recall that distance learning goes back to the 1960s) is that they forget that schools have multiple responsibilities beyond literacy. Both parents and voters want schools to socialize students into community values, prepare them for civic responsibilities, and yes, get them ready for college and career. [...]
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Brian Eno & Steven Johnson Brian Eno 2 November 2009 Brian Eno, musician, artist and author of 77 Million Paintings and Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad is Good for You and The Invention of Air, come to the ICA to talk about how innovations happen and new platforms for creative thinking. via ica.org.uk An [...]
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via flickr.com Found this picture this morning while waiting for everyone to get up… I would like to visit Copenhagen some day… Posted via web from Tim Lauer
Google Voice Is Coming Back To The iPhone Via The Browser, Thanks To VoiceCentral December 25, 2009
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Want a cargo bike? Build your own, “hillbilly” style December 23, 2009
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via jamesfallows.theatlantic.com A nice remembrance of a teacher by James Fallows… Posted via web from Tim Lauer
Raymond Haight Jr. December 23, 2009 – A nice remembrance of a teacher by James Fallows…
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