This is super way cool...

I'm a big shutter bug... I love to take pictures... I've rolled over the counter on my Rebel XT twice in less than 2 years. (i.e., over 20,000 pictures) Not to mention how many pictures I've taken with my cell phone, Jeanne's camera, video cameras. and the four digital cameras I've had prior. Anyway, check out this new toy... It's a wireless SD card that auto-magically uploads your photos to whatever destination you configure it to when it's reaches a known wireless hotspot. How freaking cool is that? More info here at http://www.eye.fi/

Inspiration for an Android Application...

Here's some inspiration in case you're wanting to develop an Android based mobile application. It's an application/service/network available in the Japanese market designed to help Japan's economy by providing businesses a more dynamic labor pool. At the same time it keeps part-time workers abreast with available jobs in real time. Otetsudai Networks is utilizing mobile phones with GPS capabilites to address labor issues in Japan. The service allows employers and job hunters to have real time access to workers and jobs, respectively. Here's one way it would work. If a shop owner is looking for someone to help with a lunch hour rush, he could survey the network for employees within his general vicinity and offer 'em a job. Another example. A student has some free time between his classes and is in need of some cash. He can search for quick jobs that may be of interest to him... mowing a lawn, washing a car, etc. He can then answer that "WANT AD" for a job that fits his current mood. In case you're wondering, both employer and employees are rated e-bay style... So, after a while employers will be able to tell who the slackers are and workers can avoid the pushy boss. Obviously, in order for this to work you must be servicing a densely populated areas... but think about the other applications for the technology: Speed dating, Sporting or Entertainment events, etc... yowsers! Joi Ito told me about it, so you should learn more about it from him. Also, here's something from Thomas Crampton, who interviews Joi about the Twitter style service.

I Am Legend

Visit the Official I Am Legend Website Check out Warner Brother's latest trailer... it's awesome!

It's here, it's here!!!

"zzzz-puzits.. human! download the SDK, possibly win money"

Early version of Android's SDK is located here: http://code.google.com/android/download.html And, yes... there's an Eclipse plug-in.

Ockham's Razor

I love the phrase, it sounds so "evil", so "sinister". But, really, it isn't. It's simply the phrase to describe what we should all already know: "The simplest and most obvious answer is usually the correct one." I ran into a situation just recently when troubleshooting a client's network. All morning, this client was not able to get online. I was able to verify connectivity issues, so I took advantage and offloaded responsibility and ownership of the problem to their ISP. (In this case Time Warner) Time Warner confirmed the outage and resolved the situation. However, the client still had problems... Of course, I didn't know this until after the client endured 4 hours of frustrating troubleshooting with their network, etc. All said and done... I stopped by on my way to another location to have a look see. Needless to say, I left within 2 minutes... the cable from their firewall/router to their main hub was disconnected. A simple click of the network cable resolved the problem. Apparently, things were moved around and jostled while they were trying to figure out why the modem wasn't online. Moral of the story... alway take a step back and take a look at the big picture. Before you start mucking around with existing settings and parameters, ask yourself what has changed to cause this problem. In most cases it's something stupid, er... I mean simple. Here's a little tidbit. Ockham's Razor (sometimes spelled Occam's razor) is a principle credited to a 14th century friar named (you guessed it) Ockham... actually William of Ockham,