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Google Knol Goes Public
As you’ve probably heard, Google Knol launched publicly today. It’s considered a more or less direct competitor to Wikipedia, as it permits anybody to author an article on pretty much anything. It doesn’t have the same degree of ...
House Diary #4 - Baby’s First Structure
This post is a slight detour from the previous ‘we’re building a house’ stories, but I figured last weekend’s activities merited documentation. We decided that we needed some kind of semi-permanent structure on the property to...
How I Feel About Camping
I’ve got a longer post pending on last weekend’s activities, but in the meantime I wanted to share this photo with you. It depicts the first time in twenty years (excepting a couple of guided experiences in Morocco and Costa Rica) that I&...
The Dark Knight Was Murky, Manic and Maddening
Yesterday I saw The Dark Knight. And I’ve gotta tell you, I was disappointed. Maybe I’d believed the hype (note to self: always heed the advice of Flavor Flav), maybe it was the creepy promise of Heath Ledger’s penultimate film, or ...
Walking Directions in Google Maps
Barry at Search Engine Land reports a new discovery in Google Maps today: walking directions. Earlier this month, I reported that Google Maps was testing walking directions on a small subset of users. This morning, I noticed that Google Maps now is ...
