Hugh McIntyre’s profile has been updated at The Hanso Foundation.
A veteran U.N. translator with an extensive background in public relations, Communications Director Hugh McIntyre serves as the public voice of The Hanso Foundation.
Author: Doug McCaughan
Father of 5.
Juggler.
Ticked off at blogger.com.
Need O2
I’m drained. I feel like I need some oxygen! But maybe the O2 experience is all hype.
A little known fact about our planet is that about 300 years ago the Earth’s atmosphere had an oxygen content of 30-32%. since then because of industry, rain forest destruction, & several other factors our planet’s Oxygen has dropped considerably, down to between 19-21%.
Earthworm Jim Returns!
One of my favorite games will be back again. I find it slightly disturbing that there is a sentence in this article which reads "if you are too young to remember…"
Hacking the Roomba
The Roomba has made playing with robotics at home easier than The Hero ever did! Roombas are fun to watch and websites abound about Hacking the Roomba. There is even a streaming vaccuum cam sitting on a Roomba to let you watch the world from a Roomba’s point of view.
Understand Net Neutrality
Understand that the Internet you know and love is being threaten. Take 6.5 minutes to watch this video to better understand net neutrality and why you should be in touch with your representative in Washington.
UPDATE: Be sure to watch this one also which presents the other side of the debate. Here’s a comment I just made at Say Uncle:
I think that link should be balanced with the other side.
Knowing the Internet on the technical side as intimately as I do, I think both videos leave out critical information. I’m still weighing my thoughts on the issue. Right now I think the 6.5 minute video in favor of regulation presents better arguments. The hands off video is more strongly deceptive in making people think that Google and the giants are getting a free ride which they aren’t. They have to pay for connectivity just like the rest of us and bandwidth at their magnitude can get expensive. Any small time publisher that has found the front page of Instapundit, Digg, Slashdot, BoingBoing or the rest knows the pain.
I still have to think this one over.
Woohoo! Aardvark is working again. CSS troubleshooting is easier.
For you developers out there troubleshooting CSS, Aardvark is an extension for Firefox which greatly helps troubleshoot your css since it will show the elements with labels. Aardvark is not listed on Mozilla’s official list of extensions which typically means that the extension is not completely compatible with Firefox, sloppy, or the developer just didn’t submit it. I like Aardvark but had to quit using it when Firefox released version 1.5. Only today did I realize that Aardvark had a new release.
I definitely recommend adding Aardvark to your list of development tools!
Lookout Flickr!
Riya brings an interesting angle to photosharing and album management. Riya uses facial recognition to automatically name the people in your photos. Now when you take 500 pictures on a family vacation you can upload the photos and search for all photos containing a particular person. Very nice! Riya is currently in an unstable beta. Flickr should buy them.
Observing our world
Life is so beautiful!
Boston Legal Sweeps Show Awesome!
My mantra, "What would Alan Shore do?" comes from my second favorite television show, Boston Legal. Minor spoiler ahead.
Last night’s episode was for May sweeps and was exceptional. I liked seeing the Alan and Denny in Los Angeles although I thought Alan’s case wasn’t all that challenging. The prosecution just didn’t make any decent agrument. For me, the highlight of the show was William Shatner breaking the fourth wall with Shirley for the kiss. That caught me totally off guard. I was equally as surprised when James Spader jumped in on the game to reference "next season" with Shatner’s followup question of "same night?" and Spader’s response, "God I hope so." Well played guys!
From the mouths of babes
Amy says: "I wish I could dance with the clouds up in the sky."
That’s my free spirit!
FBI told to stick it
One publisher’s response to the FBI’s request for statistics.
Time to close some windows
With 15 firefox windows open at 89 tabs, my machine is starting to see some performance issues. Me thinks it is time to bookmark somethings and close some windows.
David Baldinger is blogging again
A while back David Baldinger returned to the blog scene. David is a talented artist cartooning for People’s Weekly World newspaper. He has some very interesting writings also!
Skype is Free!
Free phone calls for US to US and Canada to Canada! Skype is doing an awareness program and giving away free calls from computer to landline to increase market penetration until the end of the year. Skype me! Learn more about Skype.
Norelco Makes a Ballsy Ad
Alright Philips! Make sure you click "Where to shave" for some extra footage. Oh man! You must go through the questions at "The Basics" too. And be sure to do interesting things like not move the mouse for a while. Bah! Just go through every menu. Be sure to check out the manager’s name tag.
One question, why does the shaveeverywhere guy’s legs look like shag carpet?
