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Frisbee Freestyle Jam (Austin Winter 2013)

It was a gorgeous, windy, cold day in Austin, Texas. With Todd Brodeur, John Titcomb, Johny Trevino, Mike Galloupe, Eric Gibbons, Glen Whitlock and others — at Zilker Park. Austin Jamming – Panorama #1 (Click on picture to enlarge) Austin Jamming – Panorama…

Bye bye 2012…

It is the end of 2012 — I wish all of you a very super happy new year, a 2013 full of great health and prosperity. Bye bye 2012… 2012 will be remembered as a very interesting and challenging year. But in restrospect,…

Worst Apocalypse Ever… says Kitty

I agree with Kitty — this is the worst Apocalypse ever… No end of the World and no Zombie Apocalypse… But, no surprise here, right? And to all the end-of-days lunatics out there, there you have it. No, there is no such thing…

The Overview Effect and the 40th anniversary of the famous Blue Marble photograph

The Overview Effect is about self-awareness and the realization of who and where we are within the grand scheme of the Universe. ‘On the 40th anniversary of the famous Blue Marble photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film…

On Dreams

I am no psychologist, psychiatrist or medical doctor of any kind, so feel free to ignore or bash what I am writing below… The other day, after a night where I dreamt about a solution (to a coding problem, which is not the…

Our Story in One Minute

I can watch this a thousand times… From “nothingness” to intelligence and the ability to understand the beginnings, understand the history of life and our own history, and understanding the abstract mechanics of the universe, and being able to conquer both on Earth…

Android Platform Versions (2012)

Below is a snapshot of the Android platform distribution, as of September 2012. As you can see, the majority of the devices out there, close to 60%, are still 2.3 (Gingerbread). This is followed by ICS with close to 21%. Froyo 2.2 is…

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong (2012)

R.I.P. Neil Armstrong — aerospace engineer, U.S. Navy pilot, test pilot, American astronaut, the first person to walk on the Moon, and university professor. And thank you, Sir Neil Armstrong, as you were one of my sources of inspiration when I was a…

Playing with the SheevaPlug

While I wait for my Vizio Co-Star Google TV box, I’m playing with the SheevaPlug computer. For the longest time I’ve been wanting to play with a Plug Computer. Thanks to my friends at Allure-Energy I get to play with a SheevaPlug dev…

VolunteerSpot Clipboard iPad App

We love our customers… And it gets better when it is mission accomplished and the customer is all very happy. Yesterday was one of those days when Clipboard by VolunteerSpot for iPad 1.0 hit the Apple App Store. VolunteerSpot is a social good…