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Entries from March 2006

The Search for Noah’s Ark Continues…

March 13th, 2006 · No Comments

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I found an interesting article on the “Mt. Ararat Anomaly.” Recent satellite images are providing the best yet views of this area and what may lie beneath the snow and ice. Is it Noah’s Ark? I’m not sure, but the [...]

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Tags: General · Space

Google Mars is Now Available

March 13th, 2006 · No Comments

Google Mars up and online. It looks like the resolution is similar to Google Moon. You can find the face on mars but the resolution isn’t tight enough to see it. All in all, it’s a pretty cool tool. Hopefully the imagery will be upgraded in the next 12 months with data from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that [...]

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Tags: Space

Amazon’s Mechanical Turk

March 10th, 2006 · No Comments

Have you ever wanted to earn a little extra money on the web? Amazon.com has a solution for you. It’s called Mechanical Turk. It’s a system where people answer simply questions for pennies. The questions range from your favorite books to whether a picture is of a pizza parlor or not.
So I know you’re dying [...]

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Tags: General · Web 2.0

Microsoft Origami Ultra-Mobile PC

March 9th, 2006 · No Comments

So Microsoft just announced a new mobile device at CBIT. The media has been leaking information for the last couple of weeks. Microsoft ran it’s own stealth marketing campaign on www.origamiproject.com.
It’s a cross between a Pocket PC, IPod, Win XP Desktop, Tablet PC, and Dish Network’s PocketDish product. The best thing about this announcement is [...]

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Tags: Technology

Landscape Management Article on Blogging

March 8th, 2006 · No Comments

Just a quick note and link to my recent article on blogging in Landscape Management Magazine. Blogging is the newest way to connect with your employees.
InfoTech: Blogging

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Tags: Business · General · Web 2.0