February 2009
9 posts
Stimulous package
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/stimulous-package) What exactly is she holding on to? From a carnival in Düsseldorf this year. German parades look edgier than ours. Via Reddit
Feb 27th
Multiverse LED tunnel
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/multiverse-led-tunnel) Villareal “Multiverse” National Gallery of Art, Washington DC from Walter Patrick Smith on Vimeo. 41,000 LEDs in a 200 foot tunnel at the National Gallery of Art in Washingtong DC. Wow! Via Gizmodo
Feb 26th
iPhone bluetooth file transfer
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/iphone-bluetooth-file-transfer) Looks like full bluetooth connectivity is coming to the iPhone, despite Apple.
Feb 18th
Leela James "Mistreating Me"
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/leela-james-mistreating-me)
Feb 18th
Transparent organic LED display
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/transparent-organic-led-display) Really cool technology.
Feb 17th
Does the iPhone suck?
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/does-the-iphone-suck) photo by by Joy23 When the iPhone was first announced I, like everyone else wanted one. I took my own advice and held off on getting a first generation device and waited for the prices to come down and for potential bugs to be ironed out. Now that I’ve had 2 weeks with the iPhone I wanted to share some thoughts on...
Feb 15th
WordPress upgrade bliss
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/wordpress-upgrade-bliss) WordPress 2.7.1 must be the easiest upgrade ever. One click upgrade - no plugins. Nice.
Feb 12th
Social Media Optimization project: Democrats...
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/social-media-optimization-project-democrats-abroad) Talking about Social Media to promote SEO for Vote From Abroad, photo by Democrats Abroad Cambodia I’m just back from the Democrats Abroad Asia Pacific Regional Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. I was representing Democrats Abroad Malaysia and gave a short talk on using Social Media to...
Feb 12th
Overlay WikiMapia data in GoogleEarth
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/overlay-wikimapia-data-in-googleearth) While looking for a place I stayed last time in Phnom Penh, I started off on GoogleEarth. No luck. After a bit of hunting I wandered over to WikiMapia. I thought that you could select WikiMapia overlays in GE however it seems you need this file to enable overlay. Awesome!
Feb 3rd
January 2009
2 posts
Spy Horse
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/spy-horse) via reddit.. yes.. it’s photoshopped. Made my brain jiggle a bit.
Jan 31st
Friend lists add privacy on facebook
(My Original Blog Post: http://llamasonic.com/friend-lists-add-privacy-on-facebook) photo by Johnny Blood Here’s an informative post over at ReadWriteWeb on how to use Friend Lists feature on facebook.
Jan 31st
October 2008
9 posts
Rubber recycling gone wrong, China used condoms...
, BEIJING - Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China, ironically threatening to spread the very STDs they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported on Tuesday. In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong...
Oct 11th
Peter Schiff predicts US economic collapse 2 years...
“Peter Schiff Predicts The US Economic Collapse With Unbelievable Accuracy” I hope Schiff is not right this time. The sad reality is that we borrowed and spent our way into this crisis, and we are not going to borrow and spend our way out of it. Legitimate credit can only be supplied if there are genuine savings to finance it. Savings can’t be magically concocted into existence...
Oct 11th
Four score and seven tweets ago
Just saw this over at Joe Trippi’s blog, If you haven’t already heard, a big win came over the weekend in the form of Franking Reform that will open the doors to allow Congress to log on and communicate over the web with their constituents and anyone else out in the cloud. One of the main advocates for the reform, the Sunlight Foundation has been pushing the issue through their Let Our...
Oct 9th
Gallup Daily: Obama?s Lead Over McCain Expands to...
Eating McCain for breakfast. Om Nom Nom Nom… (continue reading &aquo;)
Oct 9th
Challie Rose talks with Warren Buffett on bailout
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Oct 7th
Laser TV
Laser TV could be replacing LCD and Plasma sets. Rear projection of RGB lasers provides super high scan rates, deeper colors, larger screens, longer life, lower power.. Want. via howstuffworks (continue reading &aquo;)
Oct 6th
Cloud computing in plain english
One of my competitive intelligence research clients is a NYC startup in the Platform as a Service (PaaS) space. Here is a well done short video by GoGrid describing cloud hosting. Nice use of social media by GoGrid. (continue reading &aquo;)
Oct 6th
Mad Dog Palin
Illustration by Victor Juhasz The scariest thing about John McCain’s running mate isn’t how unqualified she is - it’s what her candidacy says about America via RollingStone (continue reading &aquo;)
Oct 4th
Post turtle
picture by DcubeD While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who’s hand was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Palin and her bid. The old rancher said, “Well, ya know, Palin is a Post Turtle’”. Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a...
Oct 2nd
September 2008
30 posts
Magnetic Air Car
Magnetic Air Cars, Inc. of San Jose California hopes to be in production by 2010. The Magnetic Air Car uses three on-board substations to harness compressed air. The resulting airflow is channeled, modulated, and converted to torque that propels the car. According to company representative Paul Donovan, the car uses a silicon salt battery that has 30% more mass power than a lead acid storage...
Sep 30th
Saudis scared of hybrids
mashup by hindenbush The Saudis have long memories and recall how high prices can cut into consumption; it happened in the 1980s and it’s happening again now. Any threat to oil’s leading role as a source of energy is a big worry for a country that sits on reserves of some 260 billion barrels. “We are concerned about the permanent destruction of demand,” says a senior...
Sep 28th
Slacker Uprising overseas direct download
Slacker Uprising, Michael Moore’s new film is available for download as of today. Great news, however for those of us living abroad - denied.. SORRY! Unfortunately, the lawyers tell us we are only allowed to offer the film to people residing in the United States or Canada. Luckily there seems to be a backdoor. For those of you overseas here is a direct link to download the film. Show...
Sep 27th
Cue Van Halen
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Sep 26th
Dropbox update, build 0.6.402 adds Win2k support
Changes include: - fix for bug where client falsely reports ‘downloading’ when illegal characters are present in a file name - fix to bug where sometimes shared folder renames would result in leaving of a share - improvements to installer/preferences pane - client now notifies you on a change of quota(!) - wink2k compatibility - improvements to ‘move dropbox’ - fix...
Sep 26th
Icondial, Call any phone in the World
Ashod from MeBeam has launched Icondial, a VoIP service that let’s you call any telephone in the world from a webpage. Give it a whirl. Can you think of a few business applications for Icondial? The service can be widgetized - see my contact page here for an example. (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 26th
Paranoia Mix - Awesome
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Sep 24th
Man photographs himself everyday for 17 years
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Sep 19th
Robot arm
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Sep 17th
Murder Burger and why I Love NZ
photo by Noface2 (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 16th
You thought your job was bad?
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Sep 15th
Michael Moore on Larry King: French tax plan
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Sep 14th
No Parking
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Sep 14th
Home sweet dome, Easy Dome homes
Awesome geodesic home designs. I love this. The unique shape of the Easy Dome, called an icosahedron, is designed to optimize the amount of interior space inside each home. Made up of several hexagonal pieced together, the dome hosts a wealth of interior nooks and crannies, making it stand out from other prefab home designs. via Inhabitat (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 13th
What we've given up for security
by Clay Bennet (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 12th
LHC Half-life
from brown3218 (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 11th
Swype touchscreen text input video
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Sep 11th
Lipstick on a pig
photo by TalkLeft (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 10th
Mythbusters Fun With Gas
Adam Savage from Mythbusters channels satan. (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 10th
World's most wanted weiner
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Sep 8th
We're Sorry
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Sep 7th
Google launches Geoeye1 Earth imaging satellite
photo by DanDawson Says they’ll be able to map an area the size of New Mexico daily. “The GeoEye-1 satellite has the highest ground resolution color imagery available in the commercial marketplace and will produce high-quality imagery with a very accurate geolocation,” said Google spokeswoman Kate Hurowitz, adding that most commercial satellite imagery has a resolution of...
Sep 7th
Honda Insight, most affordable hybrid
Affordable Honda hybrid on sale as soon as spring 2009, under 20k USD. Honda achieved a significant cost reduction in Integrated Motor Assist (IMA) components which should make Insight the most affordable hybrid vehicle to date. The production Insight will be offered as a five-door, five-passenger hatchback. Numerous technologies, including a function to assist customers in achieving more fuel...
Sep 6th
Americans in Malaysia - Americans Abroad for Obama
Americans in Malaysia, Americans Abroad. Please vote. Please print and post this flyer. Get your request for absentee ballots in by September 15th if you are in Southeast Asia. The wizard at votefromabroad.org should only take 5 minutes of your time. Here is a postage paid envelope template to send your forms in. Obama/Biden ‘08 ! (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 5th
Troutbot mystery solved: Project Upstream
I’ve been getting odd and cryptic messages through AIM from usernames PersonalTrout, ImplicitTrout and other trout-like nicks. I replied to a few of the messages as you would when a stranger messages, “who is this, how can I help you, etc.” The only replies I got were equally odd. Today I got a reply from my new fishy friend. Apparently there is a bot that harvests recently...
Sep 4th
Indian motorcycle human transport
Seriously strong neck on that guy! via E-UUU (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 4th
Good Lord Ethel
h/t bishy57 (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 4th
Autonomous helicopters from Stanford
Eight years ago I had the pleasure of working along side Chuck Colby at Palo Alto based incubator Picostar. Chuck’s was the first autonomous helicopter I’d ever seen. Chuck must be proud to see what the kids at Stanford are doing with autonomous flying helicopters today. Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to...
Sep 2nd
Ping.fm opens beta
After 6 months - anyone can join Ping.fm. Enjoy. (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 2nd
Undecided Voter 2008
cartoon by Bruce Beattie (continue reading &aquo;)
Sep 2nd