Kent Beatty on November 20th, 2008

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dual monitor weather front

 

dual monitor earth clouds

 

dual monitor lake sunset

 

dual monitor darkness and light forest

 

 

dual monitor bubbles

 

 

Dual Monitor Desktop Wallpapers from Princeton

Dual Monitor Backgrounds.com

Plasma Design Dual Monitor Desktop Wallpaper Collection

 

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Kent Beatty on November 19th, 2008

I wanted to use dual-monitor desktop wallpapers on my dual-monitors, but couldn’t find any reasonably priced (OK, I really mean free) software.  Then, I came across DisplayFusion from Binary Fortress Software!  (for Windows 2000, XP and Vista) I’m using it on my Vista machine and luvin it, get yours now – it’s free:

 

Display Fusion Window

They explain it even better than i can, but i will say that this is great software, and the pro version is on $15.00!

DisplayFusion

Free Multi-Monitor Desktop Wallpaper Software

DisplayFusion will make your dual monitor (or triple monitor or more) experience smooth and painless. Advanced multi-monitor wallpaper support, Flickr integration for image searching and fully customizable window management hotkeys are just a sample of the many things DisplayFusion can do.

  • Use a different desktop wallpaper image on each monitor
  • Use a desktop wallpaper image that spans all monitors
  • Randomly change your desktop wallpaper using local images or images from Flickr
  • Drag maximized windows to other screens
  • Auto-snap windows to the edge of your monitor
  • Integrated Flickr image search & download
  • Manage application windows with fully customizable hotkeys:
    • Move windows to the next monitor
    • Move windows to the next monitor and maximize them
    • Move windows to the centre, top, bottom, left or right side of the monitor
    • Size windows to a configured size or percent of the work area
    • Maximize windows so that they span all monitors
    • Customize your own hotkeys to do anything you can imagine
  • Built-in support for different languages:

Download DisplayFusion

Latest version: v2.2.1 (446 KB)
Download without Installer (195 KB)

Unlock all the features of DisplayFusion Pro for only $15. Pro features include timed wallpaper changes, fully customizable hotkeys and more! Find out more about the Pro version.

Video - How to Set Up Multiple Monitors

Adding a second monitor can seriously boost your productivity, especially if you work with large images or spreadsheets. It’s also extremely simple. We’ll show you how to do it in this step-by-step guide.

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Kent Beatty on November 18th, 2008

What’s your Twitter Account worth in USD?

tweetvalue

 

YATT – Yet Another Twitter ToolTweetValue – assigns value to any Twitter account in US Dollars.  Find out what your Twitter account is really worth.

To find out the value, give TweetValue your Twitter ID and it calculates the value of your account.  You can also view the list of top accounts, the most expensive account belongs to the great Chris Brogan and is worth $8,145.00.  Chris advises biz, organizations and individuals on how to use Social Media to build relationships and Deliver VALUE.  Wow, which waves are you catching?  Social Media and Building Relationships are rolling!

But this is virtual value not real value, I mean, are there really any buyers for twitter accounts?  Not to worry, your account is much more valuable to you if you keep and use it rather than sell it (if you could.)

 

 

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Don’t have Twitter? – Sign Up Now

Got an iPhone?  Try Twittelator Pro

Twittleator Pro Screen Shots

GeekMommy’s Weblife – Tweet Like a Nightingale

 

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Kent Beatty on November 17th, 2008

‘When Things Start To Think’  - book by Neil Gershenfeld now online:

 

When Things Start To Think

Neil Gershenfeld offers a readable tour of what the world will be like tomorrow as computers become invisible, such as wearable computers, nanotech implants, and interactive digital books with electronic ink.

 

gershenfeld

Neil Gershenfeld

Professor Neil Gershenfeld leads the Physics and Media Group at the MIT Media Lab, and directs the Things That Think research consortium. His unique laboratory investigates the relationship between the content of information and its physical representation, from developing molecular computers (which led to the first experimental demonstration of a quantum computation), to smart furniture (seen in the Museum of Modern Art and used in automobile safety systems), to virtuosic musical instruments (including a cello for Yo-Yo Ma and a stage for the Flying Karamazov Brothers).

Author of the best-selling books "When Things Start To Think," "The Nature of Mathematical Modeling," and "The Physics of Information Technology," Dr. Gershenfeld has a BA in Physics with High Honors from Swarthmore College, a Ph.D. from Cornell University, was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard University Society of Fellows, and a member of the research staff at Bell Labs.

www.media.mit.edu

Video – Neil Gershenfeld:  Life after the digital revolution

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Kent Beatty on November 17th, 2008

In the 6,527 days since the Tim Berners-Lee made the first web page we’ve gone from sharing computers to sharing links and now – sharing data with the semantic web.

 

Kevin Kelly from wired at the Web 2.0 Summit, Nov 5 – 7, 2008, in San Francisco, CA gives his impressionistic view of what he thinks we are all headed towards.

This video starts with a brief review, then at about the 3 minute point – the web as OS.  During the next 6,000 days, we move from Web 2.0 into the Cloud.  Information and data all moves into the database where it can be sharedIf it can’t be shared it doesn’t count.  What can we do with this new sharing world in the cloud?   The extended self - where do we begin and where do we end? 

What has happened during the past 6,500 days was impossible.  We have to get better at believing in the impossible.  

Are we on the way to a borderless world where people access, share, connect and create conversations, information, knowledge, and cultural objects and share them with the world?

Video – Kevin Kelley – Looking back 5,000 days, looking ahead 5,000 days

The Trust Economy

Postsingular – What will happen after the singularity?

 

“A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
– George Bernard Shaw

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Kent Beatty on November 14th, 2008

Web 2.0 is changing how the world communicates and does business.  Pick a book or two and broaden your understanding – Recommend starting with The Cluetrain Manifesto.

(click on the book covers for reviews at Amazon.com)

Web 2.0 Books - Groundswell

Groundswell – The Blog

Web 2.0 Books - Naked Conversations

Web 2.0 Books - An Army of Davids

Web 2.0 Books - Here Comes Everybody

 

Web 2.0 Books - The Cluetrain Manifesto

 

5 More Books After the JUMP

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Kent Beatty on November 13th, 2008

lithium battery

South Korean Professor Cho Jae-Phil of Hanyang University and his team have developed lithium batteries that are 90% more efficient than current models.  You will be able to do stuff 8 times longer – cell phones, notebook computers, cameras, etc.  They replaced the graphite in the batteries with three-dimensional porous silicon particles.  Professor Jae-Phil has hinted at merging this technology with solar panels.  For More Info:  Hallyutech.net

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Kent Beatty on November 12th, 2008

baloon solar energy balloon cool earth solar

Cool Earth Solar has announced their Solar Balloon technology – an inflatable plastic thin-film balloon (solar concentrator) that focuses sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell held at it’s focal point.  This design produces 400 times the electricity as would be possible without the “solar concentrator”.

Cool Earth is constructing a power plant in Livermore, CA using this new technology.  This plant is modest in size, 1.4 Megawatts, but if works as expected, Cool Earth will launch a full sized power plant next summer.  The plastic for this concentrator only costs $2.00.

Cool Earth Solar eyes rural power with balloons – Cnet.com

Cool Earth Solar experiment with solar balloons – Geek.com

Generating Electricity from a balloon – Green Wombat

PV Concentrator Balloons – Renewable Energy World

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Kent Beatty on November 10th, 2008

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ATTENTION:  All Bloggers and Podcasters!

 

Techcruch has announced the launch of the Blogger and Podcaster Media Network that will give small and medium-size bloggers and podcasters the opportunity to earn a nice income!  

The Network is free to join and requires no long-term or exclusive commitment.   The BPMN is a consortium of bloggers and related companies looking to help bloggers of all sizes effectively monetize their sites regardless of audience size.  Bloggers worldwide have the same opportunity!

Register to join right now! Please enter my name – Kent Beatty - in the “Referred By” field.  Then invite your friends and colleagues to register.

The Blogger and Podcaster Media Network (BPMN) is organizing thousands of small and medium-sized bloggers into a single entity with critical mass and providing a uniquely powerful promotional solution to bloggers.  The BPMN will aggregate blogs and podcasts into one directory and sell space to advertisers.  The BPMN projects to return 70% of net revenues to it’s members – no ads need to appear on the blogs themselves.

According to BPMN CEO Larry Genkin, “Beyond what they generate directly, members will also share in the revenue generated by bloggers and podcasters they’ve referred into the BPMN.  On average, each member referred into the BPMN will yield the referring member $500 - $1,000 annually.  With over 100 million bloggers worldwide and more than 170,000 being added daily, a six-figure income is truly within reach.”

The only two obligations are that each member agrees to link to The Blogger & Podcaster Guide and the the first $5 of earned commissions each month will go to The Blogger & Podcaster Network to help offset operating costs. Other than that, there are no costs to join and no exclusivity or cancellation requirements. Members may join any other network that serves their needs and may cancel membership in the BPMN at any time.

Other benefits include:

- All bloggers signing up by December 31, 2008 receive stock should the BPMN have a successful IPO or is acquired for for a large sum of money. 

- Members will receive exclusive deals and promotions provided by BPMN partners.  This will include $2,000.00 in services from PR Newswire, a powerful promotional service.

- Members will have access to healthcare coverage, enabling them to focus on their blogs/podcasts full-time while protecting their families.

 

For more information visit:

TechCrunch, October 28, 2008 - Blogger And Podcaster Media Network Looks To Turn Long Tail Blogging Into A Full-Time Job

Introducing the Blogger&Podcaster Media Network: Power (and a Six Figure Salary) to the Blogosphere’s “Little Guys”

Website:  bloggerandpodcaster.net – A network of bloggers and podcasters offering health benefits and an affiliate payment system as well as other benefits.

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Kent Beatty on November 10th, 2008

 

 

Glenda Watson Hyatt, the left thumb blogger, blogs and publishes despite cerebral palsy. 

Being labeled as functionally nonverbal and using a wheelchair for mobility hasn’t prevented Glenda from living her life to the fullest. 

Glenda did this video for Lorelle VanFossen who delivered the keynote at WordCamp Portland 2008 on how WordPress is changing lives.

Check out Glenda’s “Do It Myself” Blog.

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Kent Beatty on November 10th, 2008

 

The best advertising is simple, effective and memorable:

 

 

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Kent Beatty on November 10th, 2008

I’ve always been fascinated with the concept of slowing down or speeding up our perception of time. 

This charming animated short film from the International Festival of Animated Film by Filmakademie students Csaba Letay and Verena Fels gives us a brief glimpse into a moment of awareness:

 

The Moment – A Short Film

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 The Moment – Making-Of, Storyboard and Video by Verena Fels and Csaba Letay

Motionographer.com did a short interview with Verena and Csaba

Watch the film at Glorious 720p (it takes a moment to load)

Download the film (40.9 MB) here (Right-Click & Save As)

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Kent Beatty on November 8th, 2008

bioengineering shopping

The Bionic Body Shop

 

Combine your bioengineering with a wearable robotic suit

to live your best life now!

Hal Robotic Suit

HAL – Hybrid Assistive Limb

 

See Also:

Telekinesis – The Brain-Gate Neural Interface System (BGNIS)

Nanoglue and Carbon Nanotube Technology

Extracellular Matrix – re-generate limbs and heal wounds

How to Become a Superhero Through Science

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Kent Beatty on November 7th, 2008

WhiteBoard PONG - 1:30

 

Irregular Pong played on a regular Whiteboard with regular Whiteboard markers is a demonstration of a Physics Engine responding to it’s real life surroundings, the computer sees and recognizes the black shapes on the whiteboard and the virtual ball behaves accordingly.   ENESS, based in Melbourne, Australia is a multidisciplinary design team that specializes in interactive design.  Their objective is, “…creating more intuitive, tangible and humane ways of interacting with technology.”

 

ENESS Grade 3

ENESS – (Steven Miescelewicz, Alan Want & Nimrod Weis) have been collaborating since grade 3.  They are best known for their Interactive Digital Installations – creations with the visual aesthetic of traditional sculpture but with the added dimension of 3D computer rendering.

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Kent Beatty on November 6th, 2008

 Vlad Studio Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam

Vlad Gerasimov is an an Apple MacBook Pro using designer in Irkutsk, Russia who creates a huge range of desktop wallpapers.  He also has posters, E-cards, Tutorials and more.  You pay for his best work but there is a huge amount of free wallpapers!  I have followed this guy for about 3 years and really like his work.  Click on these samples and see the full wallpaper at Vlad’s site, then download – your computer will look vladtastic!!

 

vlad studio Christmas snow men

Snow Man Snow Child

 

Vlad Studio UnderWater

UnderWater

Vlad Studio Airlines

Airline 2

 

Vlad Studio - The Two and the LightHouse

The Two and the Light House

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Kent Beatty on November 5th, 2008

Presidential Suite, The White House, Washington D.C.

On March 19, 2008, before the candidates were nominated, Mike Elgan wrote a column entitled “Has Digg Already Picked the President?” suggesting that social networks might be the best predictor of the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.  He was right:

“At the time, I conducted an analysis that varied from site to site, and included Digg, MySpace and Facebook, to see which of the candidates the social sites preferred. I also suggested that if social sites ended up accurately predicting who would win, they might be taken seriously by future pundits when guesstimating who is likely to be elected in the future. Back then, as you can read in my article, SOCIAL SITES PREDICTED A LANDSLIDE BY OBAMA.”

See Also: Social media’s first big battle

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Kent Beatty on November 5th, 2008

 Celebrating World Animal Day - October 4th

 

world animal day turtles

 

world animal day bird

 

World Animal Day Whale

 

world animal day cats

 

World Animal Day baby Orangutan - Isalie

 

World Animal Day Polar Bears

 World Animal Day - Black Persian Cat Stares at judge

 

 World Animal Day - Baby White Rhino        

       

 World Animal Day - 3-year-old male Cheetah

 

World Animal Day - Red River Hog      

           

World Animal Day - Emperor Penguins 

 

world animal day elephant

via: boston.com

 

For More Information:

World Animal Day – Belongs to Everyone                 World Animal Day Animated Screen Saver

Wildlife Conservation Society – Official Site            Endangered Species – at the NY Times

The Red List – The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

 

Chimp & White Tiger

 

Anjana the Surrogate Mom

 

 

PolarBearChasingManAroundCar

 

Job Opening in Barrow, Alaska

 

 

 WhaleEncounter8

 

Whale Encounter

 

 

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Stumble it! at Stumbleupon

       

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Kent Beatty on November 5th, 2008

bizspark front page

 

Microsoft has today unveiled their BizSpark initiative.

 

Get software, support and visibility.  Microsoft is hoping to seed Silicon Valley (both real and virtual) with future customers by providing a full kit of tools and software to software development startups for free (for three years.)  This is a global program that provides access to full-featured development tools with no upfront costs. 

The startup must be nominated by a BizSpark network Partner, privately held, in business for less than 3 years, less than USD $1 million in annual revenue, and in the business of software development.  For more details download the Microsoft BizSpark Program Guide for Startups (282 K PDF.)

 

Already signed up are:  Xobni – offering powerful organization of email in Microsoft Outlook and ZocDoc – an online medical appointment making service.

 

See Also:

VentureBeat.com - Microsoft’s BizSpark initiative offers free servers and software to startups

Microsoft Startup Zone – The guide to working with Microsoft for software startups and their investors.

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Kent Beatty on November 4th, 2008

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Which of these phrases do you use?

My tally:  used daily – 1; often used – 2; seldom used – 4; never used – 3

I absolutely believe that these irritating phrases are fairly unique at this moment in time.  I personally submit, with all due respect, that it’s a nightmare 24/7 for those who at the end of the day shouldn’t of endured these phrases and it’s not rocket science!

The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 - At the end of the day

2 - Fairly unique

3 - I personally

4 - At this moment in time

5 - With all due respect

6 - Absolutely

7 - It’s a nightmare

8 - Shouldn’t of

9 - 24/7

10 - It’s not rocket science

Compiled by Oxford University

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Kent Beatty on November 3rd, 2008

Do you lay awake at night worrying about whether you have your username registered with every site that you should?  Did someone take your username before you registered it?

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Username Check Tool

This is very handy, see if the new username you’ve dreamed up is available without visiting each site!

Provided by:  Jon Sykes

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Kent Beatty on November 2nd, 2008

EWA - Water from Air

EWA (Extraction of Water from Air) does just that by using a clean technology that extracts water from air, while using very little energy.  The extraction occurs in three steps: first is the absorption of the air’s humidity, then the removal of the humidity from a solid dessicant (silica based gel granules, and third, condensation.  According to EWA, one cubic kilometer of air contains from 10 to 40 thousand tons of water.  Clean water is a luxury for most of the world.  This technology may provide clean and safe water without pollution and without expensive piping and infrastructure.

EWA Goes From Solar Air Conditioning to Squeezing Water From Thin Air

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Kent Beatty on November 1st, 2008

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HP has released their impressive new HP Mini 1000 using the Intel Atom processor for snappy performance and weighing in at just 2.25 pounds.  Your choice of either an 8.9-inch or 10-inch (adds $50.00) LED backlit display.  With a 60 GB HDD, Windows XP Home, SP3, built-in webcam/microphone and excellent wi-fi you can stay connected while on the go (on-board Wireless-G card, Bluetooth adds $25.00.)  CNET Reviews lauded the Mini 1000 keyboard as “the best Netbook keyboard we’ve seen.”

 

This Video from LapTop Magazine thoroughly reviews the HP Mini 1000 but is 7.5 minutes, so just click and drag to move through as desired.

Also available in a Linux-based Mobile Internet Experience (MIE) version.

Starting from: $399.99  Customize & Buy (Free Shipping)

More Info:

Tech Bargains - New Release - HP Mini 1000 Intel Atom 1.6GHz 8.9in Miniature Laptop

Mobile Magazine - HP Mini 1000 Series Netbooks Officially Announced

Boy Genius Report – HP Announces the new Mini 1000 series of netbooks

 

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Kent Beatty on November 1st, 2008

ENESS Eyeball Installation

For one special night the Australian ski resort Mount Buller was illuminated by ENESS’ signature eyeball installation. ENESS uses their “Pixile” software to match video projections onto shapes and surfaces.  As people walk by the eyes respond and look your way.

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