Posted in Social Software on Jan 31st, 2007 2 Comments »
Diarised is a web-based tool for groups of people to arrange the best time for a meeting. It looks fantastic.
1. Enter the details of your proposed meeting into Diarised, including the meeting invitees and the possible times and dates for the meeting.
2. Diarised sends out emails to all invitees.
3. The invitees choose the times that [...]
Posted in Aerial Photography on Jan 31st, 2007 No Comments »
We just took off from LAX and will eventually make the turn out over the Pacific to head east to New York. The cranes on the distant Long Beach shore are the ones in my image of Long Beach Harbor; we will turn south then east and fly back over those cranes in the next [...]
Posted in Music, Video on Jan 30th, 2007 10 Comments »
Reggie Watts: Out Of Control on Vimeo
This is an incredible performance, done with a loop machine in real time with no video editing including the slow motion part. For those who don’t know what a loop machine is, it will take sound and loop or play it repeatedly and Reggie is making all of the [...]
Posted in Ideas, People on Jan 30th, 2007 No Comments »
The Genius in All of Us is David Shenk’s weblog on:
How science is unveiling a rich new understanding of talent, “giftedness,” and brilliance — and the lessons we can all apply to our own lives.
The notes at this weblog will evolve into a book but until then you can read his notes and comment on [...]
Posted in People, Politics on Jan 30th, 2007 No Comments »
The Rev. Robert F. Drinan died this past Sunday and as a sign of the times, there was too little notice in the media and too few people remember who he was.
Robert Drinan was a Jesuit who was a leader in the peaceful anti Vietnam war movement as well as one of only two priests [...]
Posted in Birds, Photographers on Jan 27th, 2007 1 Comment »
Carlos posted another hummingbird image. Oh my.
Posted in Tech Stuff on Jan 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Intel Says Chips Will Run Faster, Using Less Power: “Intel has overhauled the basic building block of the information age, paving the way for faster and more energy-efficient processors.”
Solid state portable computers are on the way and this is one more piece of the puzzle. Cheaper, faster, and larger flash memory will eventually displace the [...]
Posted in Flowers and Trees, Objects on Jan 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Pasadena, California. Sycamore trees are one of the wonders of the world, not just because they grow large with limbs that twist and turn in sculptural ways, but because even small trees produce gigantic leaves. Sycamores produce the largest leaves of any trees in North America, this leaf is well over ten inches wide.
This was [...]
Posted in People, Places on Jan 26th, 2007 2 Comments »
Pasadena, California. Don’t tell too many people but the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena has one of the finest collections of art on earth and absolutely the finest collection in the Los Angeles area. The Getty Center may be more interesting architecturally but this is the place to see art. It’s beautifully curated, the light [...]
Posted in Aerial Photography, Places on Jan 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Above Los Angeles. On a clear day, like today, the aerial approach to LAX provides a panoramic view of the sprawl that is Los Angeles. In the background are Burbank and the east end of the San Fernando Valley.
Another view of the same image.
Posted in Aerial Photography, Places on Jan 26th, 2007 No Comments »
Above New York City. We just took off from JFK and as we cleared the runway Manhattan erupted in afternoon, winter light. From this low angle, it’s hard to believe that those buildings are on an island and New Jersey is behind them.
Another view of the same image.
Posted in Photographers on Jan 26th, 2007 3 Comments »
Karl Groble is an American photojournalist with spectacular images from India, Africa, South America, and much of the rest of the world.
Source: Dilip Muralidaran
Posted in Photo Printing, Photo Resources on Jan 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Sean McHugh and the Cambridge University Photographic Society have a great article up at their site: Color Management Explained.
Anyone who takes pictures with a digital camera, processes them with a computer, and prints them should read this.
(Source Red River Paper Blog.)
Posted in Photo Sites, Social Software on Jan 22nd, 2007 No Comments »
TechCrunch has an interesting piece called SmugMug: The (Anti) Web 2.0 Company.
SmugMug is a popular and successful photo sharing site that has a different feel from flickr and other sites built to enable social connections as well as photo sharing.
(Source TechCrunch.)
Posted in Art and Design, Humor on Jan 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Killer eBoy isomorphic animation: How to get ahead in science.
Watch it many times for the transitions between scenes, they’re spectacular.
Posted in Ideas, People on Jan 19th, 2007 2 Comments »
I’m a huge fan of Art Buchwald who died two days ago. When I started LD Resources many years ago I dug out a Buchwald column from the LA times about kids getting into college I thought would be fun to post there. I wrote him a letter (not email) asking permission to post it [...]
Posted in Macintosh, Tech Stuff on Jan 18th, 2007 4 Comments »
Newer Technology makes a USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter which allows you to take any raw hard disk, sans case with power supply and interface and connect it to your computer.
There have been four times in the past fifteen years that I could have used this rig. Useful when you swap the internal drive out [...]
Posted in Macintosh on Jan 15th, 2007 2 Comments »
AirPort Extreme Drive Sharing
New to AirPort Extreme, AirPort Disk turns almost any external USB hard drive into a shared drive. Simply connect the drive to the USB port on the back of your AirPort Extreme and — voila — all the documents, videos, photos, and other files on the drive instantly become available to anyone [...]
Posted in Landscape on Jan 14th, 2007 No Comments »
Warren, Connecticut. Our small town has a town park that includes this pond. In the summer we kayak out to the small island pictured here and watch a great blue heron fishing on the far shore and if we stay late enough and we’re lucky we can catch a glimpse of a beaver collecting branches [...]
Posted in Ideas, Macintosh, Tech Stuff on Jan 12th, 2007 1 Comment »
Wired News’ Michael Calore has a great article on the long term implications of the iPhone: iPhone: Calling the Future.
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