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This looks like a great science project/party trick. Watch the video, well worth it.
via @WeAreGeek
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An incredible (if it is real) Lego robot where the person "designed/built/coded it all from scratch including analog motor electronics, sensors and printer driver, the USB interface uses a "wiring" board."
There seems to be a never-ending problem with news organizations being able to monetize in the "Internet age." Maybe there are too many, and they're splitting the profits too many ways. Maybe people like Guy Kawasaki have it right - don't write your own content, just link to the best content. I could see someone (maybe with Twitter itself setting up the platform) charging $1-2/year to give you access to their Tweets. Have a million followers? Cool, have a million dollars a year for putting out the best stuff on the web. Yes it's closed, yes it goes against the open web. But come on, I find those people who give me great stuff very useful.
Just waxing poetic on a soon-to-be-rainy day...
Meatless Mondays, a movement that has legs
In more-positive news more people are taking on Meatless Mondays, including celebrity chef Mario Batali! Now if they only realized that it really needs to be plant-based Mondays. Other animal proteins are just as bad as meat!
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This video does a good job at showing how simple a browser-based operating system could be. This could work wonders for users without high tech demands or high tech skills. Or is it also for experts?
Google ditches Windows on security concerns
via ft.com
In wild, but not shocking, news Google is phasing out support for Microsoft Windows on employee machines. This doesn't seem to be a public announcement so much as news sniffed out from employees. According to the FT article employees can choose the Mac OS or Linux (no mention of which version/flavor). They also discuss Chrome, although unlikely that engineers will be working on Chrome since it is supposed to be a web-OS, no? Don't they need apps, compilers, hard drive storage, etc? Lots to be seen in this story, but for now just looks like Google taking a jab at Microsoft. Nice jab.
via @courosa
via doubletwist.com
doubleTwist is a good-looking software package that can manage your media (music, photos, video, podcasts) so that it can be accessed by your mobile device (Android, Palm, BlackBerry, etc). If someone wants the media skills of an iPod with the flexibility of an open platform, this might be the killer app.
As I look to transition from my BlackBerry to likely an Android-based phone, this might be just what I need.
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Grilling pizza was a ton of fun, and healthy, and vegan. Yup, no cheese, no meat, and it wasn't missed at all.
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I love that the gardens are free before noon on Saturdays. Totally worth going. I go as often as I can and was delighted to find the roses blooming this week. Not to mention a bunny rabbit.