If Google is smart, they’ll make some of their California people travel there to soak in ideas and not vice versa.
heh. plus gratuitous self-reference
Tag: me
Google Buys Swiss Mapping Company
There’s been no word from France yet regarding the blatant attempt to anglicize the world, as was feared with Google Print for Libraries. No word yet from the conspiracy theorists either, though it’s obvious this is a CIA spying front corporation.
Crack smoking and completely inaccurate.
Google Flat
killer app
2007-03-15:
Gregor J. Rothfuss March 16, 2007 11:18
After clicking the above link left as a comment to Bill de hÓra’s recent “Future proofing” post, it took me a second, but then realized why this most definitely deserved credit as Photo of the Day.
i can’t comment on google flat
Document-centric view on web services
found a cd with my soaptalks series from 2002, so i had to try out google video upload. hilarity ensues. this is probably the talk of the whole series which has aged best, it is still relevant.
SOAPTalks
the archive page for my soap talks series
Kitt Peak Observing Program
Blogging to tagging
you may have noticed that this blog is far less active than it used to be. i blame del.icio.us. the opportunity to write pithy one-liners instead of rambling posts is just too attractive. if you want to enjoy those, either join my network (preferred, i like to know who enjoys my stuff) or subscribe to my del.icio.us feed, or both.
i also went ahead and added tags on here. You can now read all posts tagged with science. i also blend in the appropriate del.icio.us results at the bottom.
if you are feed-challenged, you can also follow the latest del.icio.us links on the side bar on my blog. otherwise, i recommend google reader.
My last.fm liked tracks
heavily self-referential, but what the heck. i (ab)use nice as a catch-all tag for songs i like. declarative living at work.
Gifts
sarah gave me these:
- economist subscription
- beer fest tickets
- all of tufte’s work
- frakkin toasters tshirt
Out of Office
In a way my month off has already started – prompted by visiting family, time off in the Japanese Alps and coastal ryokan. There’s nothing like the clarity that comes from watching the sun rise over the Pacific (in Izu above) or waking up above the clouds to put life, the universe and (more humbly) my research into perspective. That these mornings yield a disproportionate share of big ideas is merely a bonus.
jan has the coolest job in the world. and he is moving on. WTF?
Gregor J. Rothfuss 