Month March 2007

Comparisons Using the Universcale

The Universcale, a comparative visualization of the size of objects in our universe, strikes me initially as a combination of concepts similar to the old Eames Powers of 10 movie and the Starship Comparison chart. The interface uses flash to…

Super Happy Fun Time Friday

Links that should have been posted 23 Mar: Sphelar: A spherical solar cell with the ability to utilize indirect light Koral Content Collaboration: Share documents with a group and manage versions. [via] Infrastructures and Their Discontents: Implications for Ubicomp: A…

Acrobat Reader Intrusive

Adobe, Why do my FireFox keyboard shortcuts cease to function while I am viewing a PDF using your reader in my web browser? Do you understand the irritation and inefficiency this creates?

xFruits – Doing More With Feeds

From the web site xFruits is described as: “…a free online service offering to every user the possibility of: Enriching your home Enlarging your blog’s functionalities Creating, generally, your information system from the RSS feed XFruits makes possible the Mashup…

Ogoglio

Came across this project on 3pedia (another interesting resource). The premise of Ogoglio is this, “Many people now start their careers with a deep understanding of cooperative 3D communities like World of Warcraft, but when they enter the workplace they…

Alaska Gets a Diner

One thing that has been noticeably missing in Alaska are diners - and no, not places that just have the word "diner" in their name, but authentic, retro diners. If you have visited Alaska you may not have noticed this. Likewise, if you really don't care much for diners, their absence has probably not made much difference to you. If you are a transplant like me, you find that there are a few select places that you latch onto that make living in your area feel like home. Maybe it is a coffee shop, a bookstore, or a bar - choose your poison.