Google Labs – info about searches

I’ve been poking around Google Labs at the search trend information they are sharing up – pretty cool info.
As an example – the below graph shows relative search and news activity for 3 Formula 1 racers. Lewis Hamilton (British) is the current championship leader and last years rookie sensation who ALMOST captured the title. Kimi [...]

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Mac tablet – will the rumors ever stop?

Like about a billion other people out there (well maybe 5% of 4 billion) I’ve been jonesing for a mac tablet ever since the Newton died (I still have mine).
Seems our friends keep stoking the fire by submitting ever so enticing patent applications ???!!!
Seriously – I think they just like to fork with our brains [...]

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History is being made – NOW!

As I type the sun is setting, the rain is ending and history is being made.
45 years after Dr. Martin Luther Kings ‘I have a dream’ speech, America is about to have it’s first African American presidential nominee!
How wonderful that John Lewis, the last survivor of the 10 who spoke alongside Dr. King will [...]

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It’s bloody uncanny !

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It’s all a matter of scale.

I stumbled upon this video that shows relative scales of planets in our solar system as compared to our sun and others throughout the known universe:

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Nice Olympic Pictures

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Oracle Education Foundation Competition

I’d heard about the Education Foundation about a year ago and it completely slipped my mind. Basically it’s an organization (foundation actually) established by Oracle for the purpose of encouraging teachers and students in the k-12 throughout the world to use technology creatively.
 
 
A nonprofit organization funded by Oracle, the foundation delivers ThinkQuest – a widely [...]

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Too Human hits the shelves.

So it looks like my former school mate Denis (Dyack) and his team have worked out the kinks and Too Human was release earlier this week.
I knew Denis back when his company was just starting and we were taking a 4th year course on Cognitive Science (with John Mitterer btw) and I’d buy this game [...]

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See you at OpenWorld?

So I have my official invites for the 2 sessions I’ll be co-presenting in – drop by if your interested in “Grid Control Beacons for Forms Applications” or “Banner on RAC on Linux”:

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Harry Potter Half Blood Prince – delayed (on purpose) ?!

So I’m beside myself to understand the genius thinking behind the rescheduling of the latest Harry Potter movie from November 08 to July 09.
According to Alan Horn (senior big wig at Warner Bros) it has nothing to do with production delays and everything to do with an opportunity for a  ‘better window’ for the release [...]

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