Google Image Labeler
You’ll be randomly paired with a partner who’s online and using the feature. Over a 90-second period, you and your partner will be shown the same set of images and asked to provide as many labels as possible to describe each image you see. When your label matches your partner’s label, you’ll [...]
Rands In Repose: Trickle Theory
Back at the start-up, we were shifting gears. After six months of talking about shipping a product, we needed to ship a product and nothing gets everyone’s attention like a deadline. The good news was that QA had been doing its job and there was a pile of work in our [...]
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SFGate: Food & Dining: Bargain Bites
It’s been 10 years of bargain eating, and man, are we full — of good tips, that is.
When the Chronicle Food and Wine staff published the first Bargain Bites a decade ago, we scoured the Bay Area, looking for great restaurants with entrees costing $10 or less. Now, 10 years [...]
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Dog Days by Ana Marie Cox
Edition: Hardcover
Price: $16.29
Availability: In Stock
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An interesting reversal, January 20, 2006
I have not actually read this book but I think Ms. Cox has hit on a very interesting idea. Most people nowadays write non-fiction books with bits [...]
Fully Loaded PC, but Small Enough to Slip Between Books on a Shelf
Shuttle makes small PC’s for small spaces, like those under televisions, or on tiny desks next to fancy big-screen monitors. Its latest, the XPC X100, could fit into a cereal box.
The X100 is two inches thick and about the width and length [...]
Electric Mini: 0-60 in 4 Seconds: It Has Motors In Its Wheels
A British engineering firm has put together a high-performance hybrid version of BMW’s Mini Cooper. The PML Mini QED has a top speed of 150 mph, a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds. The car uses a small gasoline engine with four 160 [...]
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Top 10 Cameras Used On Flickr
When you are shopping for a camera it is often hard to decide which one is the best. You may resort to asking your friends to find out their experiences or maybe you go online and read some reviews. Oh yeah, and I’m sure you have gone to [...]
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It’s amazing that it took the local fair for me to go see Smash Mouth in concert. Not really a second string band, I was shocked to find that the local fair actually had a good band.
The Napa Valley Town and Country fair started yesterday, and I went for the first time tonight because [...]
WPopac: An OPAC 2.0 Testbed « MaisonBisson.com
First things first, this thing probably needs a better name, but I’m not up to the task. Got ideas? Post in the comments. For the rest of this, let’s just pretend it’s an interview.
The Male Intellect — an oxymoron
“‘The Male Intellect‘ is a crafty and thought-provoking concoction,” writes the Chicago Tribune about Robert Dubac’s hit one-man show, where the actor/writer ransacks his brain to answer the age-old question, “What do women want?”
Dubac’s performance pinpoints the differences between the sexes and then celebrates them with 90 minutes of non-stop [...]
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