Interrelativity: musings about interrelatedness
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A Visit with Captain Tom
Tom, our friend, former neighbor and United Airlines pilot, had a 24-hour layover at SeaTac, and came out to visit us. It was great to catch up with him and get an update on our old ‘hood. Given that Evan was airborne recently (during his scooter accident), it seemed appropriate that we take a photo…
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The Cast is Dyed
Well, one cast is dyed (pink), the other is a “natural” color. Meg broke her left wrist playing soccer four weeks ago; Evan broke his left wrist riding on his scooter four days ago. Meg was able to resume soccer after about a week (we wrap up the cast with a towel and athletic tape,…
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TV-B-Gone: Life-B-Here
Mitch Altman, founder of 3ware, has invented a universal remote control, TV-B-Gone, with a single function: it can toggle the power (on or off) of nearby televisions. Altman‘s goals are to help people extract themselves from the television world and attend to the physical world and the people around them, “improving conversation” and “freeing people…
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A Reptilian Birthday
We had 9 boys over for Evan’s 9th Birthday Party on Saturday. The highlight of the party was Scott Petersen, The Reptile Man, who brought a frog (the most difficult of all the animals catch), a lizard (who provided pieces of an old layer of skin as “gift bags”), a tortoise (who gave rides to…
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Location-aware Computing: Walking the Talk, Mapping the Walk
Chris Heathcote has shared many interesting observations and insights regarding location-aware computing; he is now experiencing — and allowing us to experience — location-aware computing first-hand by posting his location on his web site (and linking to a map of that location). Chris is using a Pretec BluetoothGPS Wireless GPS and Mobile Data-logger, an Aspicore…
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WiFi and Community
A recent Boston Globe article quoted Boston City Councilor John M. Tobin Jr. as saying “[WiFi] promotes community … It gets people out of their dorm rooms, out of hotel rooms, and out in the parks and out in restaurants.” While WiFi may encourage people to bring their laptops out of their homes, dorm rooms…
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CSN @ CSM
I went to see Crosby, Stills & Nash at Chateau Ste. Michelle last night with Amy, Bruce & Mary; it was the last concert of the season for both the band and the winery. Bruce arrived when they opened the gates and braved the rain to secure fabulous, front-row, center, lawn seats for us. By…
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Bush on Clarity, Consistency and Service
On the way home tonight, I heard excerpts from a speech given by George W. Bush to the National Guard Association meeting in Las Vegas. I’ve been trying to refrain from overtly political posts on this blog, but the statements I heard tonight just pushed me over the edge. I heard our president say “What’s…
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Social Networking via Mobile Phone: Update on BEDD & Other Services
A query from someone who had read my earlier post on BEDD — “a Bluetooth mobile phone application launched recently in Singapore that allows users to discover things about and interact with the other BEDD-enabled phone users in their immediate vicinity” — motivated me to do a quick search to see if I could find…
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Vicariously Experiencing Burning Man
I’ve never been to Burning Man, but know several people who have participated in the annual event, including Pat Baudisch, on whose office door I recently saw this wonderful list of “How to enjoy the Burning Man experience from the comfort of your own home.” I’m not sure how well this approximates the real experience…