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Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:24:44 GMT

Projjex: Easy Collaboration

In the old form of web, it was hard to collaborate with our collegues easily and efficiently. When we worked on an article, we had to send our version to the other collaborators via e-mail. They reviewed it, added their own content and sent it back to us. E-mails back and forth. But then Google Docs became the best solution where collaboration is easy and fast.

Now, here is Projjex, an online collaborative workspace which looks like an improved Google Docs with even more interactivity and more features.

It harnesses the Internet’s connectivity to help you organize your tasks and team. Share your tasks, documents, notes and meetings with your colleagues and clients. Track your time and get invoice advice and costing reports. Use it in your meetings and get automatic, personalized minutes.

Projjex- runs in a browser so you can use it from any computer that has Internet access and a standard browser. Posted by: Bertalan      Read more     Source

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:05:33 GMT

Fossils of the wind

If it quacks like a duck… from the Undiscovery Channel on Vimeo.

The woods were full of Vimeo, Mom says at dinner. They’re migrating north. I am suddenly sorry I didn’t go for a walk in the woods. Instead, I spent an hour in the bottom corner of the field, crouched beside the artifically enlarged spring we call a pond, waiting in vain for the wood frogs to resume the chorus I’d interrupted when I had to change my camera batteries. After forty minutes, a single frog re-emerged; at least six had been quacking and fighting when I first got there. Even though I was watching the pond intently for the slightest sign of movement, the frog just suddenly materialized like some kind of amphibian ninja, floating motionless on the surface with a small lump of mud for a hat. He drifted back and forth in the breeze, not moving a muscle. Watching him watch me — this creature that can Vimeo, his heart stopped — I too began slipping into a trance. I was reminded of Charles Simic’s “Stone Inside a Stone,”

On the border of nothing and nothing.

Fossils of the wind.
But what wind?

You can’t step twice in the same river –
With a stone you can take your sweet time.

Vimeo

The sun was sinking, and the temperature was dropping back down into the 40s. My fingers grew numb around the camera. I caught sight of the Vimeo that has been living in this spring for the past few years, feasting on frogs’ eggs and tadpoles and reducing the once-teeming wood frog population to a half-dozen long-lived survivors. The newt glided insouciantly along the bottom, and I couldn’t help wondering if this was the real “lizard in the spring” in the old Vimeo.

Later, when Mom hears that the wood frogs had been out, she says she’s sorry she went for a walk in the woods instead. It seems we each took the other’s walk! But on the way back up the driveway to fix supper, I paused to admire a clump of newly opened coltsfoot at the edge of the driveway, small suns in a firmament of blue-gray stone.

Vimeo Posted by: Vianegativa      Read more     Source

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:35:56 GMT

Get Creative With A Bad Digital Photograph

Using a bad digital photograph to make something creative and artistic is an idea that I have plenty of raw material available to work with.

Everyone takes a bad picture from time to time; in fact, some of us take more bad ones than good ones.

Now I'm not referring pictures that didn't quite capture exactly what you wanted; I'm talking about the real muffs, out of focus, badly over or under exposed, just plain bad. But before you give them the heave-ho try to think creatively, outside the box that is, and you just might be able to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

The picture above is a disaster; but check out this article and see what the photographer did to salvage a bad digital photograph using Photoshop.

I think it's pretty interesting and perhaps printing it on some rough artist's watercolor paper would render it nicely. The only other thing I would have done would be to straighten the picture out so it's level.

Then again perfection isn't the goal here.

Take a camera with you whenever possible, and look around, you'll find a picture somewhere.

Source: digital-photography-school.com Posted by: jim      Read more     Source

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:19:54 GMT

Let Your Worries Go

Financial worries. You may be familiar with the feeling. Northwestern Mutual has a simple solution. Let them go! You can launch your worries to outer space, over land, into the sky, or under water.

Just select your worries, put them in a vehicle, and launch. I know, it''s too simple and it probably won''t help. But you have to agree, it''s a well done way of advertising. Posted by: Gerard      Read more     Source

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:57:41 GMT

Airbus A380 Cockpit

A panoramic look inside the cockpit of an Airbus A380. Posted by: Gerard      Read more     Source

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:55:46 GMT

Color creeps

Soon color will begin creeping into the forest. The unremitting gray and tan of winter in the Roundrock woods will begin to green, then the first, tiny wildflowers will dare to raise their colorful flowers to the sun. Some will have come out even before the green leaves of the trees. The duckweed will spread across the pond, soon covering the surface with a brilliant green that will mature into a more sober green as the summer progresses. The spring wildflowers will transition to the summer wildflowers. The birds of many colors will appear in the forest (or they have been there all along but only lately put on their colorful plumage).

Every year I find something new under the sun in my woods. New to me, anyway. That’s always rewarding because it means there is more for me to experience there. I found the stump of a cut tree the last time I was out. It’s been there longer than I have been coming to the woods, but I only found it the first time recently.

The green above is in the small pool below the overflow outlet at the base of the dam. Right now it is the most colorful place at Roundrock. I hope to bring you the pageant of colors all summer long.

Missouri calendar:

• Listen for western chorus frogs; sound is like a thumbnail run along a comb.
• Killdeer begin arriving.

Today in Missouri history:

• Georg Wendelin Wall was born in Switzerland on this date in 1811. He came to St. Louis as a Lutheran missionary and founded a synod there that evolved and is now known as the United Church of Christ.

Posted by: Roundrockjournal      Read more     Source

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:29:09 GMT

Safari wear, for everyday.

Fresh from the runways (savannah) of Africa I present to you a hot new trend for the next coming months, safari wear! Hey, living in NYC is kind of like a safari. You have to hunt for cabs and dodge the wild animals (construction workers), so it works! You don't have to live in the wild to embrace your inner huntress. Think safari jackets, animal prints, wooden bracelets and of course the fierceness of windblown hair! Stick to taupe and khaki and add little pops of color to spice up the outfit.

The perfect safari jacket. Safari Jacket, $50 (on sale) at Bloomingdale's It's animal print, but it's not bold animal print. So if you want to rock the trend and are a little shy, stick to this. Plus the tunic shape is fabulous! Animal-print tunic, $29 at Newport-News The perfect way to incorporate a little animal print into your outfit. Snakeskin print resin bangle, $34 at J. Jill What would a safari be without an amazing sun hat? Helen Kaminski Mischa Organza Sun Hat, $89 at Neiman Marcus

Remember: Don't add more than one animal print together and if you are doing a really bold print, just use one piece. You can layer a few bangles together and that would look great. Try an animal print scarf with your safari jacket or add a pop with orange or bright green. Posted by: Ryan      Read more     Source

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:29:34 GMT

What is your risk?

Do you know what your liability exposure is?

The Risky Business Blog recommends that you go through your place of business and find anything that might cause someone to get hurt, or to damage their vehicle, or were your employees can do damage.

We live in a lawsuit happy society and you must protect yourself because there is people our there just looking for an excuse to file a lawsuit against you.

Find ways that you can reduce the risk. Make sure you have plenty of warning signs at any point were there could be a problem. Make sure your employees are thoroughly trained on what to do and how to do it.

You can never eliminate the possibilities of a lawsuit, but you can try to lessen any possible liabilities you have by taking action. The last thing you want is to loose your business because someone fell down in your store. Do everything you can to protect you and your business. Posted by: John Dornoff      Read more     Source

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:01:29 GMT

Hilarious Hillary Nutcracker

I almost cracked up laughing when I stumbled upon The Hillary Nutcracker. This (very) functional nutcracker was apparently designed by someone who wanted to show their appreciation for the lady''s robust persona. Now why would you want to buy one? One, because it makes for interesting discussion. Two, it is really a nutcracker - so if you are planning to buy one, why not get one that is guaranteed to be unique?

So watcha waiting for? Round up those tough nuts and see how they crack under the nutcracker''s steel grip. Available from Amazonfor $22. Posted by: Sarah      Read more     Source

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:36:41 GMT

The Ring: fruitbowl or . . . ?

While these look a little too much like toilet seats for my taste, there''s no arguing how practical they might be in a small minimilist apartment.

Fruit is put into the opening at the top and can be taken out at the bottom. At both sides openings are located to show the amount of remaining fruit. "Due to its perviousness to air and its eco-friendliness, porcelain is particularly suitable as a fruit bowl." Who knew?

Concept designed by Joung Myung Lee. Via Yanko Design. Posted by: Sarah      Read more     Source