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Entries from October 2007

Data can be art!

October 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Found this web site, (Data Visualization: Modern Approaches) some of the apps and data presentations are very creative.
Just looking at them stirred up my dormant graphics programmer.. how amazing would it be to have your businesses run rate data presented using Munterbund or your customer base presented live using spikes.
Will someone please turn newsmap into [...]

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RE: Notes on *Portal*

October 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Jamie Fristrom over at GameDevBlog has credited Portal with rekindling his faith in gaming! I don’t have time (make time) to play games at the moment; very busy at work and if I ever do get time off I try to spend it with the wife or out with my camera.
We do however have a [...]

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Moorpark fire and sandstorms

October 21st, 2007 · No Comments

As I sit here on the 3rd floor of my apartment block and stare out the window I have a most bizarre view.. A mixture of sandstorms kicked up by the 60 MPH winds and smoke from the local fire that started last night have filled the sky with an orange cloud that is getting [...]

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Their everything was not enough

October 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Today is a very sad day, first of all I found out that none of my cable channels were showing the RWC and then I learn that I had been saved a cruel blow..
For those of you who want to torture yourself you can read more here : England’s World Cup dream dies

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The sounds of silence

October 12th, 2007 · No Comments

I have been flying a lot lately and I was noticing more and more people were using these Bose headsets. During a delay at Seattle I stopped by a Bose sales booth and tried them out.
I put the headset on and the background noise of the busy airport was reduced but no more than I [...]

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Categories: Gadgets

Blackberry or iPhone?

October 4th, 2007 · No Comments

Phones for a sales team, what is the best solution? We have been planning to get a blackberry server for some time but implementation issues continued to delay the project and as time rolled on the iPhone came out. This led to many internal debate about if the blackberry server was the way to go.. [...]

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Categories: Gadgets · Work