Validation

Validation is a GREAT little film...watch it...you deserve it!!!

Did you know?

Did you know?


A Google search for "Did you know?" found about 21,900 video clips. The original version of this presentation was created for a Colorado (USA) high school staff of 150 in August of 2006 to start a conversation about what our students need to be successful in the 21st century. I saw another version at a local high school event. Today my uncle sent me a more lively and exciting version.

Here is the "latest official" version:



This presentation is also known as "Shift Happens!".

Happy 200th Birthday Charles Darwin

Happy 200th Birthday Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) wrote On the Origin of the Species which introduced the theory that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection. Darwin’s scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, providing logical explanation for the diversity of life.

Happy 200th Birthday President Lincoln

Happy 200th Birthday President Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) led the United States through the American Civil War and ended slavery (in part with his Emancipation Proclamation).

Some of the most recognizable quotes from US History:

Four score and seven years ago...
...all men are created equal...
...government of the people, by the people, for the people,...

are from Lincon's Gettysburg Address which summarized the Civil War in just 10 sentences and less than 3 minutes.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

TED: Tim Brown: The powerful link between creativity and play

We talked about this a lunch today.

Tim Brown: The powerful link between creativity and play

Tim Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play.

Tim Brown is the CEO of Ideo, a design firm founded by David E. Kelley in 1991. Brown carries forward Ideo's mission of fusing design, business, and social studies to come up with deeply researched, deeply understood designs and ideas. Ideo is the kind of firm that companies turn to when they want a top-down rethink of a business or product -- from fast food conglomerates to high tech startups, hospitals to universities. Ideo has designed and prototyped everything from a life-saving portable defibrillator to the defining details at the groundbreaking Prada shop in Manhattan (IDEO designed those famous see-through dressing rooms).

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

My uncle reminded me of this great TED talk...

Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight

Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor studied her own stroke as it happened -- and has become a powerful voice for brain recovery.

TED: Dan Barber: A surprising parable of foie gras

TED: Dan Barber: A surprising parable of foie gras

At the Taste3 conference, chef Dan Barber tells the story of a small farm in Spain that has found a humane way to produce foie gras. Raising his geese in a natural environment, farmer Eduardo Sousa embodies the kind of food production Barber believes in.





What if we raised our children this way?

Steve Tirado won an Emmy

Silicon Image(TM) Wins Emmy Award for HDMI(TM) Technology

"We are honored to receive this prestigious award together with our fellow HDMI technology founders and partners," said Steve Tirado, president and chief executive officer at Silicon Image, Inc.



Way to go Steve and Silicon Image!

Philip Zimbardo: How ordinary people become monsters ... or heroes

TED Talk: Philip Zimbardo: How ordinary people become monsters ... or heroes

The Milgram experiment and the Stanford prison experiment explore why "normal" people may do "horrible" things. The Milgram experiment put a person in the role of a "teacher" who would shock a "learner" with an electric shock that increased to supposedly lethal amounts. The Stanford prison experiment randomly split volunteers into two groups, guards and prisoners, which degenerated into "dangerous and psychologically damaging situations."

Philip Zimbardo, well-known for his controversial Stanford Prison Experiment, knows what evil looks like. After serving as an expert witness during the Abu Ghraib trials, he wrote The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. From Nazi comic books to the tactics of used-car salesmen, he explores a wealth of sources in trying to explain the psychology of evil.

MacBook Wheel

The MacBook Wheel was announced today at MacWorld in San Francisco!


Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

I am saving my money to replace my MacBook Pro with this unbelievable device.

Will It Blend? - iPhone

Will It Blend? - iPhone

Two of our favorite products, together!



Blendtec has a vlog with lots "Will it blend?" videos.

Mac vs PC

Mac vs PC



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLbJ8YPHwXM

Commuter Rainbow

Commuter Rainbow

Is there a hint of a second rainbow there?



Taken with my iPhone.

And here is Seongbae's picture of driving to the end of the rainbow...
You can see that I was driving today. :)

OpenSolaris 2008.11 on OS X via VMware Fusion

Today I got OpenSolaris 2008.11 running on OS X with VMware Fusion. (again...simple)



In the picture is my blog about using VirtualBox to host a different version of OpenSolaris and Ubuntu/Linux, so there are 4 operating systems represented here!

jack@opensolaris:~$ uname -a
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_101b i86pc i386 i86pc Solaris

OpenSolaris & Ubuntu/Linux on OS X with VirtualBox

Today I ran 3 Operating Systems on my MacBook Pro at the same time.

I downloaded Sun xVM VirtualBox for OS X and the iso images for OpenSolaris and Ubuntu. After installing VirtualBox I created a virtual machine and installed OpenSolaris. Later I created another virtual machine and installed Ubuntu.

Here is my desktop with all 3 Operating Systems running:


Click the image to enlarge.

You might be able to see the three "uname -a" commands, that look like this:

jack@opensolaris:~$ uname -a
SunOS opensolaris 5.11 snv_86 i86pc Solaris


tom@tom-desktop:~$ uname -a
Linux tom-desktop 3.6.27-7-generic #1 SMP Fri Oct 24 06:42:44 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux


Toms-MacBook-Pro:~ tom$ uname -a
Darwin Toms-MacBook-Pro.local 9.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 9.5.0: Wed Sep  3 11:29:43 
PDT 2008; root:xnu-1228.7.58~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

["Darwin" is the kernel in OS-X]

Simple. Fun. Cool.

The Mother of All Demos

My father worked at SRI with Doug Engelbart...

The Mother of All Demos is a name given to Douglas Engelbart's December 9, 1968 demonstration at the Convention Center in San Francisco, which included the first public demonstration of the mouse!



On December 9, 2008 at Stanford University's Memorial Auditorium, SRI International will present a commemorative 40th anniversary of this historic event.

Charles R. Kirkley

My sister sent this to the Palo Alto Weekly:

Charles R. Kirkley

Charles R. Kirkley, 70, passed away on November 7, 2008, of cancer. An early researcher in computer science and longtime resident of Palo Alto, Kirkley was born in Staten Island, New York on June 23, 1938. After a stint in the Army, he graduated from Colgate University with a B.S. in mathematics, earned an M.S.E.E. from the University of Washington and an M.S. in computer science from Stanford University. While enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Stanford in the late 1960s, Kirkley worked at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in artificial intelligence. Later he worked as an instructor at Foothill College. Remembered for his quick wit and sense of humor, Kirkley is survived by his son Tom Kirkley, daughter Sondra Glider, three grandchildren (Michael and Michelle Kirkley, and Emily Glider), his brother John Kirkley, and his companion Susan Edwards.




Today the Palo Alto Weekly printed the following:

Charles R. Kirkley

Charles R. Kirkley, 70, a resident of the Palo Alto and Mountain View area for 45 years, died of cancer Nov. 7.

He was born in Staten Island, N.Y. After a stint in the army, he went on to graduate from Colgate University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, an master's degree from the University of Washington and an master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.

While enrolled in a doctoral program at Stanford in the late 1960s, he worked at the Stanford Research Institute in artificial intelligence. Later he worked as an instructor at Foothill College.

Loved ones recall his quick wit and sense of humor.

He is survived by his children, Tom Kirkley of San Jose, daughter Sondra Glider of Palo Alto; brother, John Kirkley of Oregon; his companion, Susan Edwards of San Jose; and three grandchildren.

Charles Richard Kirkley

My father, Charles Richard Kirkley, passed away, gently in his sleep, on Friday, November 7, 2008.

SNL MEGA-MAP

At lunch today we were talking about the Saturday Night Live MEGA-MAP which is 1.5 minutes into this 7 minute clip:



I like the line "Check out Michigan,..." :)

Happy 3rd Birthday Gina!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Gina!!!

Today is Gina's 3rd birthday ("anniversary") of her kidney pancreas transplant! (It is actually the 3rd birthday of her 3rd kidney, because, in spite of what you see on Grey's Anatomy, Gina still has her original kidneys and pancreas.)

Gina's transplant saved her life, and changed ours forever. I can't imagine what life would be like without Gina. Every day I can wake up and say "I love you". Every day she brings joy into all of our lives...



Gina and I would like to take this occasion to remind everyone: Please register to be an organ donor at:

http://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/

This site allows you to sign up online to be an organ and tissue donor in California. Your organ donation could save the lives of eight people, and your tissue donation enhance the lives of another 50 people. Right now nearly 20,000 Californians wait for an organ transplant. That's 21 percent of the 94,000 people waiting across our country. Tragically, one third of them will die - waiting.

Some people do not wish to be donors because of incorrect or misleading information they have seen, heard or read. [Here are the] facts behind some of the more common misconceptions about donation.

http://www.donatelifecalifornia.org/about/facts/myths/

Register today and encourage others to register.

Thank you,
Love,

Tom and Gina