Duct tape saves the moonbuggy
Honestly, what can’t duct tape fix?http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21apr_ducttape.htm?
2304, 2008
Category Archives: Technology
0304, 2008
Visualization (article)
An interesting article on visualization of ‘the net … Under socialnetworking, LastFM is mentioned a couple of times as is youtube, but fidgt is just way off of the map. 😉 I remember seeing a LC project around 1998 or so (tied to American Memory? funny, I can’t remember!) which visually mapped parts of the collections, so that you could
2803, 2008
Searching Internet Archive by CC Licensing
Because I can never remember where these are located on the webpage (FAQs, actually)I’m snipping this out for myself with the search links, of course (i.e., just click the link to execute the search in IA). The IA has great stuff for digital collagists, movie makers, & other arty folks.I used stuff from the Prelinger Collection to make my movie
1803, 2008
Polaroid ceases film production
This breaks my heart. I have a collection of polaroid cameras from the late 60s – 80s and I use the film for art projects. AP article (via Boston.com)http://tinyurl.com/27auph Impact on professional photographers (via Elle.com)http://tinyurl.com/26rjw5 and Polaroid press releasehttp://tinyurl.com/2znmm4
1311, 2007
For you widgets fiends…
What a great list of widget resources including instructions for wordpress widgets from supercrazylibrarianguy > Widgets, Widgetbox Great! Now, I don’t have to write any. ;-D
0311, 2007
Just silly
Well, if you’re in need of something silly to post to your blog, or perhaps, you wish you lived in the days of the Charleston, check out this.
2208, 2007
snapshots!
So, you may (or may not!) have noticed a new feature here. I’ve loaded the widget for snapshots. What is snapshots? Well, when you see a link in a post, if you roll your pointer over it, a little preview of the website pops up. Pretty handy, hmm? On the snapshots popup, there is a little wheel looking icon on
1907, 2007
pageflakes offers new customization — blizzard!
Customized home page startup Pageflakes launched a slew of new features this morning under what it is calling its “Blizzard” release. Among all of the new features, the two that are important to highlight are social networking and customizable themes on pages. Until today Pageflakes users could create pages for their own use, and/or make public pages called Pagecasts. The
1107, 2007
DIY google maps (maplets)
Okay, I don’t have a personal use for this YET, but I can see all kinds of fun applications. Got family or friends visiting for a week? Create a map of fun stuff to do. Got folks coming to a conference? Create a map of activities and places to eat. Campus tours? Art about town walking tours? Hmm…. Next vacation,
3005, 2007
coolness for the day…
okay, I can totally see my puppy trashing this in about 15 minutes, but still a cool idea. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/317737_msftdevice30.html http://www.microsoft.com/surface/