Google Street View Just Blew My Mind

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I noticed this new feature a couple weeks ago on Google Maps but I really didn't appreciate it until I actually used it. Trying to locate the PF Chang's in downtown Portland, I was able to zoom around the Pearl District like a super hero. Simply amazing. I took some video of it just to show how cool it is. 

Like I said, it has been out a while, but it is new to me.

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Trying Posterous

An old picture I found in the National Archives. They're copyright free and very cool.

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Top 10 Reasons Adobe has NOT fixed the Fireworks Text Bug

In no apparent order:

1. Fireworks Developers too busy integrating Fireworks features in to Photoshop.
2. Fireworks developers too busy fixing new Photoshop bugs they have created.
3. Not aware of any issues with text.
4. Nobody uses Fireworks, so it seems kind of pointless. Fixing it their spare time just because Mom uses it.
5. Too busy hating Steve Jobs. Still mad about PostScript.
6. Text bug has become self-aware, plotting to take over the world by driving designers insane.
7. After months of work, Indian developers unveil amazing fireworks display application. Very excited to get it done in time for American Independence celebration they have read about.
8. Spending all their time modifying their Myspace pages. It's going to be the next big thing.
9. Hand rendering each character in every font ever made in Fireworks' proprietary font rendering engine. Being sued by Adobe Type for piracy.
10. Two words: Bangkok Dangerous.

My Mini-Saga

He worked all summer at a pizza joint and bought a 1964 Skylark. Went to the drive in with my best friend since fourth grade, Tony and threw rocks at a girl named Amy. She laughed and threw some back.

Made two baby girls by the age of 21 and a boy at age 32. He constantly yearned for more and he almost missed it. Almost.

Jargon

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¿¡Holacomoestasmuybienytu!?

Milwaukee 1985 B&W

Milwaukee 1985 B&W, originally uploaded by David D. Levine.

This is my good friend David Levine. I met him some time after this picture was taken, like 20 years later.

David is one of the finest men I know and can see Kate and David's love in this picture.

Skimmer from Fallon is a slick new Social Media app I am trying out. It is extremely beta but very cool.

Twitter Birds

Today I watched Josh Klein's TED Talk at WebTrends TED Tuesday. It was a great talk about the intelligence of crows and Josh's study of them points to a more balanced way of interacting with nature. We watch TED talks every Tuesday and this is one of the best.

I loved the talk so much I shared it on Twitter. The next part is what I'm blogging about. Twitter. I've notice many times after I tweet something I'll get an upsurge in followers. Usually the new followers is made up of spammers who latch on to a keyword in my tweet. I judicially block them with great joy. I'm protective of my little world and I don't like what spam can do to online communities.

This time it was different. @seattlecrows started following me and I checked out the profile fully expecting the old 25 Following, 1,234 Following, and -20 Updates (usually about some free PC deal). But when I looked at the links I was pleasantly surprised to find some very compelling research on crows and very much in line with the research Josh Klein is doing.

Very cool Twitter. This is what it is all about.

The Future

From Twitterer @Jordanthompson via @tylersticka:

Long but satisfying day

Had a long day today (didn't get home until 9PM) but it was satisfying. Worked hard but got stuff done.