I need a personal source control system for my development.
As a big believer in Open Source solutions I took a careful look at Bazaar. But alas, I could not get started with Bazaar.
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Category: Opinion
IMHO, or the opinions of others.
Introducing Google Phone 30.0
Introducing the GooglePhone 30.0 based on Android and featuring Meme Metal. The GP 30 not only “does” everything that you want it to, it “is” everything that you want it to be. Available for the 2030 Holiday season, the GP 30 is available from several manufacturers including HXS and LGY.
Meme metal allows the phone to take on shapes and behaviors based on the application that is currently running. In addition, the phone continues in any of its base capabilities – Phone, Music, Video, Credit and Game. Continue reading “Introducing Google Phone 30.0”
Sanyo Waterproof HD Camcorder
Wow. There is a new HD Camcorder from Sanyo that is waterproof to 3m.
Hurray!!
Now I can take a camera on a hike to the beach and not get sand in it. Now I can take a camcorder out in the storm and take pictures without ruining it in the rain.
Meetup – Interesting Idea, Way Too Expensive
Meetup is an interesting idea. It’s a social site based around groups of folks with common interests that want to schedule meetings. Of course the meetings could be face2face or online. Continue reading “Meetup – Interesting Idea, Way Too Expensive”
The Solar Flare
I just made this movie. Linda and Robbie discuss the recent Solar Flare and how it is going to change their lives during the next few weeks until it subsides.
I made this movie using State software from the XtraNormal site. I tried to make the movie online, but I had to pay for some unknown number of points to be allowed to publish the movie, but thankfully I was able to download the State software for free and make the movie on my desktop and then manually publish it to youtube. The choices of characters and scenes are very limited using State.
Enjoy and consider how dependent you are on your wireless devices.
Gulf Coast Oil Cleanup
Gulf Coast Oil Cleanup
Gulf Coast Cleanup Ideas and all associated materials by Darrell Duffy is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
The oil coming ashore on the gulf coast is making a terrible mess. In order to save the wetlands, the wildlife and the seafood industries of the area it is clear that the oil will need to be cleaned up, but this is not going to be the same problem as we faced in Alaska. Men in haz-mat suits with brushes and steam hoses are not going to be able to tackle the problem. So how might this problem be solved?
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Perspective on Avatar, the Movie
James Cameron’s vision of Pandora caused me to think in new ways about what it is to have a sustainable culture. Clearly the Na’vi culture is completely sustainable, and in many ways very advanced. Here are some perspectives on the history of our planet and my take on some of the ideas in Avatar. Continue reading “Perspective on Avatar, the Movie”
Please help support Wikipedia
I encourage you to donate to Wikipedia on your next visit. Keep this information free and plentiful as a resource for the world. If you are like me, you use this site many times each day.
Thanks,
Darrell
It’s About Monetizing Me
Recently a TWIT podcast brought up some interesting points about privacy. But maybe it’ s not about Privacy. I’m not the first to say this. Maybe it was Leo in one of his podcasts. But I’m taking up the call.
Maybe it’s not privacy, but monetizing. It’s about “monetizing me”. Obviously Facebook, Twitter, google, netflix and the other sites are making money by selling our info. But they aren’t paying us for it. I might be disposed to make a lot more information available and public on those sites if I were being paid by Facebook and the others to do that. The more information that I share and make public the higher the rate / month that they send to my PayPal account.
Open Source MMO
Finally in 2012 an Open Source MMO appeared. As late as 2009 the entire field was littered with the corpses of failed and abandoned projects. With a few exceptions, like Panda3D , very few Open Source MMO platforms have made any lasting impression.
However, now the long wait is over. Dream World has appeared. Dream World combines the good ideas from a number of proprietary projects that have gone before, but has opened up the world to players and non-programmers. Continue reading “Open Source MMO”
Windy Weather 