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"Images: New visions from Google Earth | CNET News.com
This is really great! The already wildly cool Google Earth is getting additional information laid on top of it, so you can get information on selected locations from The Discovery Channel, US"
Google Earth gets even cooler
"Cerado's Web 2.0 or Star Wars Quiz
Sadly, I got a 38."
Web 2.0 or Star Wars?
"One of the things that surprised me most about Dr. Horrible was the quality of the music. I knew Joss Whedon had written a musical episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer that got great fan reaction, but I've never seen"
Horrible music is really pretty good
"I knew a few phrases from maybe 3 or 4 Johnny Cash songs before I saw this movie. I knew he had gone to prison (though I wasn't sure why), and that he married June Carter. I also was pretty"
Review: Walk the Line
"Look, let's just get right to it. If the movie is nearly as good as this trailer makes it out to be, it's going to be awesome...
I was let down a bit by the last entry in the series, but"
Deathly Hallows trailer released
"Well, I was on the live session tonight (read about my experience with last week's recorded session). For the most part, as I expected, the experiences were the same. There were some bumps in the data stream early on (and"
Oprah's Online Training - live experience review
"Today we're having an installation of "What to do, What not to do" for percussionists.
What to do
Back in college I had the privilege of seeing a percussion group called Nexus perform. It was one of two moments in those years"
Percussionists: Object lesson for today
"Apple - Trailers - The Dark Knight
I can't believe no one told me this trailer was out.
Okay, visually it's an extremely boring trailer. Pretty much, it's the bat-symbol with a light show.
The voice-over, though, is cool. You get to hear"
Trailer: The Dark Knight
"I've always loved drums. I can't remember a time when I wasn't "drumming." I put that in quotes because I've rarely actually had a drum at my disposal. I've beat rhythms out with wooden spoons, sticks, pencils, pens, toilet paper"
Drum roll, please!
"SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel
Warner Brothers announced that its upcoming sequel to 2005's hit Batman Begins will be called The Dark Knight and will feature Heath Ledger as the Joker.
I will be there."
The Dark Knight - Batman sequel
"The networks released their schedules for next year this week. No surprise: Smallville and 24 are both reappearing in the schedules. However, there has been surprising news/rumors about both shows...
24
Jack is back, and as an appeasement from the long wait"
TV updates: 24 and Smallville (w/spoilers)
"Well, my last sci-fi news post was a bit late, but all this news is at least recent-ish. :)
First off, two bits of Battlestar Galactica related stories:
The Sci-Fi channel has apparently officially given the green light to BSG spin-off "Caprica""
More recent sci-fi updates
"Star Wars: Community | starwars.com at Comic-Con 2006
At the recent Comic-Con, Steve Sansweet, head of Fan Relations, dropped some depressing news about one of the more anticipated Star Wars rumors of the last year or so:
George and Rick are really"
Star Wars in 3-D: Not happening soon
"Yep, it's a chick flick. And a period drama. The last movie I watched that combined those elements was Vanity Fair, which just about killed me to watch, so I was pretty nervous about this one. I needn't have worried."
Review: Sense and Sensibility
"Yeah... somebody had too much time on their hands.
Still, it's kinda fun.
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You can even buy a print of this if you're interested (I don't see a penny... I"
Sci-fi Periodic Table (TV and Movies)
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By Jeff, on March 29th, 2010
Okay, that may very well be the longest title I’ve ever written on this blog. New milestone! Woo hoo!
The Oatmeal, while not very old, has become an insanely popular site, and with good reason. It’s really funny.
I first saw it when I got a link on Facebook to How addicted to Facebook are you? and then How Long Could You Survive Chained to a Bunkbed with a Velociraptor?
Since then I’ve been pointed there a few times. . . . → Read More: Semicolons: the only grammar related poster I’ve ever been tempted to buy
By Jeff, on November 13th, 2009
This excites me on many levels. It’s so simple, and yet so cool.
It’s not at all new either. In fact, there’s a multi-award winning film that uses something very similar in its most famous scene. (Comment below if you know what it is.)
What is it, and why does it excite me?
Don’t laugh.
It’s a bar graph.
Yes, seriously.
Wait, wait! Don’t go… it’s not just any old bar graph. This one moves. And it lights up. And there’s music.
Starting . . . → Read More: A colorful cavalcade of classical coolness
By Jeff, on July 8th, 2009
In general, as most people know, Google builds some pretty good apps, and they’re mostly built with collaboration and ease-of-use in mind. As someone whose job involves figuring out how to distribute and manage targeted information and communication efficiently, I really appreciate their work. Sadly, most of the time I can’t use it with my target population, but what they do raises the bar for the applications I do work with and sometimes the features they . . . → Read More: Google Wave – abridged
By Jeff, on March 20th, 2009
My wife can’t figure out what I do online for hours at a time. I can’t blame her for being confused. Sometimes I don’t even know how so much time can go by before I get out of this chair and do something besides attempt to contract cancer from my monitor.
I thought it might be interesting to take a look at what I’ve got open in my browser right now and see if that can provide . . . → Read More: What’s in YOUR browser?
By Jeff, on January 13th, 2009
CommonCraft videos make me want to hurt myself. I can’t help but think “why didn’t I think of doing this?”
Lee and Sachi have done a great job creating a successful company that uses simple tools to explain some rather complex topics, and they make the videos fun to watch as well (skip to the bottom for the funniest).
The trick, and where they excel, is taking those complex topics and boiling them down into something simple to . . . → Read More: Tuesday TubeWatch: CommonCraft
By Jeff, on December 9th, 2008
Three years ago today, at 11:48pm, I wrote these amazingly insightful words:
Check it out…
Friday, December 9th, 2005
Looks like I am officially blogging. I am too cool for words. (Ironic, isn’t it.)
Thusly did this, my first blogging experience, begin. Pretty sad, really, but there you have it. Now here we are, three years and over 400 posts later, and I figure it’s about time I looked back to see if I’ve ever written anything worth reading. (I . . . → Read More: Three years of yammering on…
By Jeff, on October 20th, 2008
New York Times columnist David Pogue has had two extremely good posts lately. One is aimed squarely at general computer users, and both are of great use to technical writers.
In the generally focused Tech Tips for Basic Computer Users, he points out things that all us geeks think everybody knows about computers. There are a fair amount that I didn’t know, however, so the list’s worth a look (though the article is so popular that it . . . → Read More: Technical writers, pay attention
By Jeff, on October 17th, 2008
To continue in the vein of dissatisfaction with training, let’s take a look at the experience this high school student in Singapore is having with e-Learning (found via Corporate eLearning Strategies and Development):
But what was most disappointing was that they expected us to learn fresh, new topics like Maxima and Minima on the dot, and the lessons weren’t even constructed by our teachers, but by this Dr. Brain series that was created . . . → Read More: Where are the humans?
By Jeff, on October 16th, 2008
There are a lot of challenges that instructional designers and trainers face in developing and delivering courses in a corporate environment. For instance, usually there is barely time to get the material together, let alone organize it well and produce well-designed practices and assessments that are both challenging and valid. Then there’s frequently the problem of having to develop for people at different comprehension levels, without losing the novices or boring the advanced students. On top . . . → Read More: Challenge students?! Are you crazy?!
By Jeff, on July 26th, 2008
Back in January I wrote a bit about Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture”:
Everything about this recording is interesting to me:
From a technology standpoint, what he has achieved and set in motion
From a teaching standpoint, how he delivered the lecture – the design, “tech elements”, and presentation style
From an emotional standpoint, how he pulls it together in the end. Absolutely perfect.
From a personal standpoint, how he comes across as completely genuine and open. Someone you’d really like to . . . → Read More: Randy Pausch passes on
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