Steaming Lagoon by cogdogblog posted 11 Nov ’08, 3.16pm MST PST on flickr Yeah it is touristy, but guess what? I am a tourist and the warm waters felt damn good at the Blue Lagoon www.bluelagoon.is Yes, today I went to the über touristy Blue Lagoon. Go ahead and laugh and share your story of […]
in dog we trust by w00kie posted 11 Mar ’05, 5.57pm MST PST on flickr In these turbulent times when all the so-called leaders are suspect, put your trust into the most worthy hands. Do not be fooled by imitators, trust the dog, any dog with their scent working.
Are Blogs Are Dead my photo of Nancy White’s graphic facilitation at Northern Voice 2008 (do I have to attribute by own photo? why not?) Lacking no editorial oversight beyond themselves and opinions of their 2 readers, one thing a blogger can do is change their mind. And back again. Last week I asserted, that […]
Under the Influence of Gravity by cogdogblog posted 9 Nov ’08, 12.32pm MST PST on flickr Gulfoss en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gullfoss After a week in Iceland, I finally awoke to a sky in the strangest color- blue! It was a clear day here, and that meant getting out to see some sights. I drove up to first see […]
Many will regret (or will lie and say they were there) missing last night’s presentation performance by Jim Groom and Tom Woodard as the norm-blowing closing act for the 2008 NMC Rock the Academy Symposium. You have to wade through this blog post to get to the video recording 😉 Donning their gas masks, flame […]
Is That Horse Laughing at Me? by cogdogblog posted 5 Nov ’08, 5.48am MST PST on flickr Yep. And he is talking about me in Icelandic horse talk. Today’s Iceland weather flipped on its daily rotation to partly sunny, actually quite sunny in the morning, so Skinna and I walked down to say hello to […]
I voted by bored-now posted 12 Feb ’08, 5.38am MST PST on flickr Waiting in anticipation to see how this all so important ultra uber marathon horse race ends tomorrow, it just dawned on me.. I have been out of the country for the last three US Presidential elections. This year I am in Iceland… […]
I am Headed for the End of that Rainbow by cogdogblog posted 3 Nov ’08, 2.30pm MST PST on flickr Another settling in day here in Iceland. After a full day rain yesterday, it was nice to see breaking sun in the morning. I put on the rubber boots and the Goretex layers (they are […]
My favorite example of collective intelligence producing something useful out of many ordinary actions is reCaptcha. Developed at Carnegie Mellon University, it provides web site owners free software and tools for providing graphical challenges in web forms that generate posting to web sites. By identifying two random words presented as images, web site users prove […]
I am already over-the-top fortunate that my work for the New Media Consortium allows me to do that from my home in the small mountain town of Strawberry, Arizona– I can do my work anywhere I can get electricity and broadband. But some more luck is enabling to have a new workspace for November, where […]
