Tuesday, December 2, 2008
G1
Anyway, this is the intro post, I'm going to see if blogging from my phone is any better. Blogging has returned I think mostly to what it was before, a modern day version of a diary. I think it'll suit me well for now. There's still the access problem. I put information and things I want to remember here, but if it's not at my finger tips, not well indexed and searchable, it's not that helpful. We still need something else.
The Jester asked me the other day that if brain augmentation through technology were possible, would I do it, and of course I would, no hesitation.
Ok, world of G1(with the badly applied InivisbleSHIELD) here I come. I hope.
Monday, April 7, 2008
No critical mass
I liken this to the difference between separate database, spreadsheet, and word processing programs that can share information and work together and the Microsoft Office suite. There's still some thing missing which makes it feel like a nice integrated experience.
I think that digsby is trying to accomplish some of that. This also reminds me of long time back when Apple had these object oriented content pieces would combine to form Voltron or something equally impressive. It was called OpenDoc. Looked really nifty in the demos, never seemed to go anywhere.
I suspect that there is still some magic piece missing in the seemless integration and interfacing to related data and content that is produced in fundamentally different ways. Too much context switching maybe? If you consider how you would present a document, say using a Word doc as a container with embedded Excel charts, video, and other items, it feels still very clumsy. Individual apps interact well with people, but the products of those apps merged(dare I say 'mashups') together doesn't interact as a whole very well even if they make something pretty looking.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
murder/mystery party
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
You twit!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
gardening
Also last year, I told myself I would buy plants at the nursery instead of doing seeds, but I decided to give seeds another try. Mostly because I felt I have all the pieces to go from seed well, butI think I may stil augment with nursery plants.
The picture is my rigged up with whatever is handy setup. Two trays underneath have seeds for various veggies, the one above is marigolds. I am always pleased that the seed packets say 7 to 14 days germination, but I usualy get some in just a few days. I use a heating pad for warmth.
Not shown is where I am using the radiated heat of a electric water heater thing to start some other seeds. I think I will add a humdifier to the closet when the seedlings are too large for the tray covers.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Singularity - FAIL
Poop to that I say. POOP!
2nd post
I am also in seeing how long of a rambling post I can do. As i have a phone with a full keyboard writing a large post is slow, but not insurmountable. Of course, without spell check handy, spelling will probably go right out the window.
I think I have done as much as I can for now, so itBs time for some Xbox 360 befoe bed. Which wil be way later then it should be, if my past behavior is any indicator.
Blog Implosion - So Dense Even Blogging Cannot Escape
So thus I begin with my single post, somewhat more then test, with the complete possibility that this blog will implode on itself like so many others. So why now? Simple...while singularity can refer to a concept in physics which is more commonly referred to as a black hole, it can also refer to an event where by there is a convergence of technology, society, and various other factors which results in an elevation of existence.
I am not going for anything that ambitious, but I do remember that the travel blog of several years ago I worked on was moderately successful as an expiriment in convergent technology.
And, as I have more travel planned, and improved photographic technique(I hope), and recently opened a full flickr account, I hope is to have a personal singularity whereby I can document things that are of interest to me.
So really this is an easy way for me to journal and scrap book my life. I'm not writing to an audience I don't have. I am writing to myself. So hopefully this will work better then it did from NZ. And hopefully geotagging has improved in the last year and a half.