http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word Pushing the Infinite Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:40:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my search to find all things cool with the Flickr API, I ran across the MultiColr Search Lab created by Idee. MultiColr employs a super easy interface for searching Flickr photos by their color palette. I found it to be very useful for finding different color schemes and combinations. Idee ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2008.10.27.multicolr-drops-new-flickr-goodness/ Truly amazing. Wind powered artificial intelligence. Designed by Dutch artist Theo Jansen, these "beests" live on the beach sand between the surf and the dunes. Once they detect either water or dry sand, they reverse direction. This "flight instinct" prevents them from drowning in the ocean or getting stuck in ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2008.09.18.strandbeest/ I updated my Flickr account a couple days ago and since then I found a some decent apps that use Flickr's API. Tag Galaxy - A Flash-based web app. Allows you to search for a tag on Flickr, the app then overlays the photo results on a sphere. Click and drag ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2008.09.06.playing-with-flickr/ Tonight, I had the opportunity to experience my first virtual meet up via the Synapse3Di conference center in Second Life. From my comfy office chair at home. Kirk Schreck (aka Kimo Sirbu), CEO of Synapse3Di was on location at the Virtual Worlds Conference and Expo in Los Angeles and presented us ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2008.09.03.second-life-meet-up/ Do you need to bring in professional speakers or trainers for your next learning event or conference? Synapse3Di offers expert speakers in a variety of different industry categories; Corporate, Small Business, Health Care, Women's Groups, Hospitality, Government and more. Break down the barriers that challenge organizational communication. Start by bridging the ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2008.09.01.future-based-training-with-synapse3di/ Blue Mesa Reservoir is Colorado's largest body of water, and it just so happens to be the largest Kokanee Salmon fishery in the United States. It's also one of my favorite places to visit in the summer. I like it because it's fairly centrally located, so it's easy to get ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2008.06.24.blue-mesa-reservoir/ Another Friday is now upon us. Once again. I can honestly say this has been one of the busiest weeks I've had in awhile. Freelancing AND working my 40+ hour per week day job is stretching me pretty thin. I've got a few big projects on deck at the moment. ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2008.06.20.tgif/ For quite awhile now, I've wanted to set up a media center PC in my Living Room to make internet access, digital photos, music and videos more convenient. Plus, it would just be really cool to be able to jump online and check email in between movies or TV shows. ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2007.08.07.htpc-home-theater-pc/ Our weekend started at 9am on Saturday when we met up with Quentin, Chayo and his two boys, Diego and little Chayo. Our plan was to do a little recon of Curecanti National Park. We're planning another trip there in August so we figured we'd get acquainted with the area ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2006.11.06.curecanti-national-park/ This weekend was a blast! We left Golden around 9:00am on June 3 after rounding up some supplies and headed west on I-70 to Idaho Springs. Once past Evergreen, it takes almost no time at all to get down the hill and through the first tunnel into the heart of ... http://www.carbonbasedlife.com/word/2006.06.05.clear-creek/