I don't really understand how he does this, but it is really cool.
Onyx Ashanti doing Beatjazz here. He explains what it is and how he does it here.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Transparency Report
Well, this is cool.
Google just posted their Transparency Report, which you can find here.
In it, they give the number of government inquiries for information about users and requests to remove content from our services. This can be used to determine the appropriate scope and authority of government requests.
They also give interactive graphs that show traffic patterns to Google services around the world.
Google just posted their Transparency Report, which you can find here.
In it, they give the number of government inquiries for information about users and requests to remove content from our services. This can be used to determine the appropriate scope and authority of government requests.
They also give interactive graphs that show traffic patterns to Google services around the world.
Monday, June 27, 2011
project365
The Velveteen Rabbit?
Oh, Boston, you're purty.
Birds, lines. Photography lesson: look up.
This was our candy store when we were kids. It's about a half mile from our house. We'd pick out maybe 8 things and the really nice old guy "working" there would say, "That'll be 8 cents ... oh, just take it!"
Classic Cape Cod.
Great light in Boston as the cloudy day was turning into a nice evening.
This kid was groovin' to the band on Newbury Street.
Oh, Boston, you're purty.
Birds, lines. Photography lesson: look up.
This was our candy store when we were kids. It's about a half mile from our house. We'd pick out maybe 8 things and the really nice old guy "working" there would say, "That'll be 8 cents ... oh, just take it!"
Classic Cape Cod.
Great light in Boston as the cloudy day was turning into a nice evening.
This kid was groovin' to the band on Newbury Street.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
funnies
I just love Wait Wait Don't Tell Me... here's Bill Clinton playing this week:
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137386121/bill-clinton-plays-not-my-job?ps=cprs
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/25/137386121/bill-clinton-plays-not-my-job?ps=cprs
Sunday, June 19, 2011
project365
The triples unite!
Gas is so expensive!
Sun sets with whispy cloud.
We moved my brother out of NYC.
Light, refracting in dust.
My sister's adorable (fr. accent) Haitian cello student.
Bridge in NYC.
Gas is so expensive!
Sun sets with whispy cloud.
We moved my brother out of NYC.
Light, refracting in dust.
My sister's adorable (fr. accent) Haitian cello student.
Bridge in NYC.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
A little PR in ... PR
It's unbelievable to me that Obama is the second president ever to make a trip to Puerto Rico.
Here's NPR's gist on it:
"President Barack Obama made the first official presidential stop in Puerto Rico in a half-century yesterday with a message aimed more at an audience on the U.S. mainland."
Here's NPR's gist on it:
"President Barack Obama made the first official presidential stop in Puerto Rico in a half-century yesterday with a message aimed more at an audience on the U.S. mainland."
Sunday, June 12, 2011
project365
One of my favorites from my parents' travels, a vain mermaid swinging from the ceiling.
Baked stuffed eggplant I made for mom.
My sister's cello.
My energy-efficient light bulb.
Joy only a mother knows.
The old radio sitting on my grandmother's dresser in her bedroom.
Mango and lime, a perfect combination.
Baked stuffed eggplant I made for mom.
My sister's cello.
My energy-efficient light bulb.
Joy only a mother knows.
The old radio sitting on my grandmother's dresser in her bedroom.
Mango and lime, a perfect combination.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Impressive
Oh man.
This kid has serious dedication, artistic ability, and confident - at the same time it's just plain old hilarious for over four glorious minutes. Even my mom couldn't stop laughing at it.
Superstar.
This kid has serious dedication, artistic ability, and confident - at the same time it's just plain old hilarious for over four glorious minutes. Even my mom couldn't stop laughing at it.
Superstar.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Indigenous Rights (a small victory)
Lightning is striking and we're about to shut off the power switch that includes the router, so this will be brief. The Federal Government announced today that the Native American Tribal Card issued by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to its members is as an acceptable form of identity and citizenship for travel in the Western Hemisphere. This is great because it recognizes - in part - a tribe's sovereignty. Tribal identification often is not an acceptable form of identification or citizenship. Thus, because Native Americans do not have U.S. passports, Native Americans have no acceptable form of identification or citizenship and are not able to travel outside U.S borders.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Sharing the wealth
I found a few cool links and things online today to which I thought I'd direct your attention.
First, Google has an "In-House Philosopher." I want that job. I found this out by listening to a TedTalk by Damon Horowitz. I like to listen to them during the job search-cover letter-resume writing process. You can find the talk here and find out more here.
Next, I found this amazing artist whose work you should check out. He makes art using data, digital technology, and crowdsourcing. Wikipedia says crowdsourcing is "the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a 'crowd'), through an open call." The artist's name is Aaron Koblin.
His work is seriously amazing on both visual and conceptual aesthetic levels. Really. His bio says:
Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies. Aaron's work takes real-world and community generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and technology. He received the National Science foundation's first place award for science visualization and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He made Radiohead's "House of Cards" video and two of his other music video collaborations have been Grammy-nominated. In 2010 Aaron was the Abramowitz Artist in Residence at MIT and currently leads the Data Arts Team in Google’s Creative Lab.
To find out why this post has a "sheep" tag, check out his TedTalk and website.
First, Google has an "In-House Philosopher." I want that job. I found this out by listening to a TedTalk by Damon Horowitz. I like to listen to them during the job search-cover letter-resume writing process. You can find the talk here and find out more here.
Next, I found this amazing artist whose work you should check out. He makes art using data, digital technology, and crowdsourcing. Wikipedia says crowdsourcing is "the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a 'crowd'), through an open call." The artist's name is Aaron Koblin.
His work is seriously amazing on both visual and conceptual aesthetic levels. Really. His bio says:
Aaron Koblin is an artist specializing in data and digital technologies. Aaron's work takes real-world and community generated data and uses it to reflect on cultural trends and the changing relationship between humans and technology. He received the National Science foundation's first place award for science visualization and is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. He made Radiohead's "House of Cards" video and two of his other music video collaborations have been Grammy-nominated. In 2010 Aaron was the Abramowitz Artist in Residence at MIT and currently leads the Data Arts Team in Google’s Creative Lab.
To find out why this post has a "sheep" tag, check out his TedTalk and website.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
project365
This quote was on a law school professor's door: "Eradicate any impulse for creativity." That was my life for 3 years - sucking the creativity out of me. They tried, anyway. But I was stronger.
This is my empty closet. There was something beautiful and a already nostalgic about it to me about it because seeing it made me feel for first time that the Denver-law-graduate school chapter of my life is over.
A farmhouse in the mid-west, breezing by on the highway road trip from Denver to Cape Cod.
Another farmland through the car window. We were in the car for three straight days. Goodness, we live in a huge country!
The beautiful sunset my first night at home.
The great matriarch: Grandma Marion. A true lady, indeed.
Guess what this is.
This is my empty closet. There was something beautiful and a already nostalgic about it to me about it because seeing it made me feel for first time that the Denver-law-graduate school chapter of my life is over.
A farmhouse in the mid-west, breezing by on the highway road trip from Denver to Cape Cod.
Another farmland through the car window. We were in the car for three straight days. Goodness, we live in a huge country!
The beautiful sunset my first night at home.
The great matriarch: Grandma Marion. A true lady, indeed.
Guess what this is.
project365
Dinner at Strings in Denver on Sunday evening. Delicious and fancy-looking!
We made our coffee cups depict our love from Denver toward revolutionaries in the Arab Spring. We are proud and support you with admiration!
So this is where the sidewalk ends.
I love this because I value friendship so highly.
Time is running for our tea to seep at the Boulder Tea House.
This is a captivating door I saw walking by a Denver urban community garden. Doesn't it just make you want to go in there and see where the light is coming from? It's like the Secret Garden.
I have always loved Ivy and the random patterns it makes as it sprawls across the wall. True art in nature. The red door and colored brick wall give great texture to the ivy.
We made our coffee cups depict our love from Denver toward revolutionaries in the Arab Spring. We are proud and support you with admiration!
So this is where the sidewalk ends.
I love this because I value friendship so highly.
Time is running for our tea to seep at the Boulder Tea House.
This is a captivating door I saw walking by a Denver urban community garden. Doesn't it just make you want to go in there and see where the light is coming from? It's like the Secret Garden.
I have always loved Ivy and the random patterns it makes as it sprawls across the wall. True art in nature. The red door and colored brick wall give great texture to the ivy.
