November 24, 2004
college photographer of the year awards
some awesome shots here (obviously). take a few minutes and peruse.
59th College Photographer of the Year
November 22, 2004
fragola! stratciatella! montecito! ?
finally. a real-life gelato shop here in the US. no website to speak of, but here is the address:
Here's the Scoop
1187 coast village road
Montecito
had me some fragola and cioccolate. so good. even had those little spoons.
apparently there's also a good shop in long beach.
November 19, 2004
alternative file distribution methods
check out this page describing Onion Networks' Swarming Content Delivery.
be sure to check out the two graphs, noting the cost savings and throughput in each scenario.
you can also download the simulation and run it yourself, tweaking values, etc. pretty neat stuff.
almost makes me believe that someday VoD (Video on Demand) will happen.
Onion Networks: Swarming Content Delivery Simulation
November 18, 2004
RSS + BT = TIVO
awesome. now i dont have to actually remember that Jack & Bobby is on Wednesday nights (its a good show, by the way).
How to never miss an episode with BitTorrent and RSS (pealco.net)
November 16, 2004
reminiscing again
uploaded some pics to flickr (you might notice the "badge" of pics on the side of this blog) last night.
its fun looking back at the europe trip, camping trips, etc.
this one is from a trip to big sur a while back.
November 09, 2004
foiled again
just spent about 20 minutes coming up with this cool new web service, but googled a bit and found that its been done. and they seem to be making money off it. thats my money, jerks.
..sigh.
FilesDIRECT
maybe ill still make it and set it free. open source it. let people host their own file servers. take those suckers down. ya thats it, thats the ticket.
November 08, 2004
Monsieur Incroyable!
saw The Incredibles with andria this weekend. awesome. go see it. very high cute factor, cool explosions and guns and stuff. fun for the whole family. very funny lines, probably even some sort of underlying message at the end. who knows.
and the best line is right at the beginning:
super ladies are always trying to tell you their secret identities. thinkin it will strengthen the relationship or something.
November 04, 2004
reminiscing on firenze
i found my vaction journal from this summer. i stopped writing at the point just before andria, trissy, and i got lost trying to find la accademia in florence. i started writing again. it feels really good to remember all these places.
fortunately for this journal, i wrote up an outline on my old itinerary (and kept it around, thank goodness) so i can remember what happened on what day. keep the order straight. im sure i will leave stuff out, but thats what the journal is for, to spark those lost memories. ill remember getting lost near the Accademia forever, but just after reminiscing for a while, i remembered the room off to the side of David, where students of the Accademia have their sculpture on display. little pins sticking out where measurements were made to judge how accurate they were (or was it for something else?), or the africans selling posters just outside the door, packing up their wares everytime the police came strolling by.
that was the best vacation ever.
rick writes about meeting david
brr
what kind of central coast is this?
November 03, 2004
semantic PDAs
check out this article about a system going on at CMU using smart PDAs that can suggest where you should go have lunch, based on your location, your schedule, the weather, etc. entirely automated.TheFeature :: A Mobile Web That Knows All About You
November 02, 2004
sharing photos
similar to yesterday's subject, flickr, the new photo sharing/organizing software from google is named hello.
instead of just being a photo hosting site, they offer a PC (sorry mac users) application that allows you to share your photos with each other. you can chat with each other (think Instant Messages) and exchange photos. you can tell what the other person is looking at, and its all secure. (check out the picture)
download it here
November 01, 2004
flickr and adobe photoshop album
in a fit of dorkery, i wrote up a tiny web app that will accept pictures exported from APA and upload them to flickr preserving the tags. which is nice. i swear.