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2013-05-20 04:59:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

#glass  is definitely going mainstream. Today (Bay to Breakers) there were some girls with some self-made Glass and t-shirts with Google logos on the front and "Don't be a Glasshole" in the back. I am not sure if they were expecting +Robert Scoble there.

2013-05-20 03:41:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Just in case anyone hasn't seen this awesome little explosion at 130,000 frames per second. #ScienceSunday  / +ScienceSunday

2013-05-20 00:57:11 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Bay to breakers

2013-05-19 17:53:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

HDR with Google Glass - full article at http://goo.gl/wphnY

I'll repost the best bits here.  I'm also sharing an all-Glass gallery below.  Only that first shot is HDR, though.  But I'm really loving this new headheld camera category and the kind of things I can do with Glass.

On This Week in Tech Today
I'll be on with +Leo Laporte , +Om Malik , and +Dwight Silverman   today (Sunday) at 3 PM PT, 6 PM ET. You can watch live at http://live.twit.tv/ . If you're around Petaluma and want to say hi, stop by the TWIT Studio there! I'll be sharing some new photos from travels and the Glass. We'll probably also talk about stuff from Google I/O and other random tech geeky awesomeness...

HDR with Google Glass?
I think I figured something cool out, although it is an absolute hack. But, that's okay. I mean, if you canget th... more »

2013-05-19 16:22:43 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Not specially great, but it's my first #autoawesome  picture, so I will share it anyway :D

Taken at Point Reyes yesterday.

2013-05-18 20:31:49 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Interesting flowers on my street

2013-05-18 00:07:51 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

While I was at Google I/O, asked if I could visit the plant where Google Glass gets assembled, expecting the answer to be "no" or some variant of negative.

The answer instead was -- "Nobody has asked before.  Let me see what I can do to make that happen.  You really look like you're into the tech, and I don't see why not."

Why don't more companies and people respond that way?  It's the heart of all geeks -- we want to know how things work, hack on them, and why things are the way they are.

So, I went home to Austin thinking that would be that.. but no!  Lo, in my email inbox this morning is a note saying that they haven't forgotten my request, and are actively working on letting me see what goes into making Glass.

That kicks butt in so many ways.

2013-05-17 21:34:10 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Hangouts for +Gmail has arrived

To get started (if available to you) just click the drop down arrow beside your profile picture as indicated below. Then, select 'Try the new Hangouts'. If you don't like it, you have the option to revert back.

Enjoy!

h/t +Thomas Tenkely 

2013-05-17 20:41:34 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

What’s our future in space? Ask questions to NASA's Chief Technologist Mason Peck during a Reddit AMA at 1:30 p.m. ET, May 20: http://go.nasa.gov/13tbrPf

2013-05-17 20:35:15 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

My Fallout New Vegas playlist on the new Music All Acccess.

2013-05-17 19:54:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Hah, this is a lot of fun, and a time sink h/t +Martín Ferrari 

2013-05-17 18:19:43 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

WHUT? We love the free market, but the guv'ment has to protect us from competition. Makes total sense. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/05/13/north_carolina_tesla_ban_bill_would_prevent_unfair_competition_with_car.html?fb_ref=sm_fb_share_blogpost

2013-05-17 02:48:31 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

Wait, the SHIELD movie is a TV show? I mean, I'm excited, and will hella watch it, but wasn't expecting that.

Also? Yay new Joss Whedon TV :)

2013-05-17 01:53:44 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

The New York Times reported Thursday that President Obama frequently fantasizes to close aides about “going Bulworth,” a reference to the 1998 movie in which Sen. Jay Bulworth, played by Warren Beatty, drops all pretense and begins saying exactly what he thinks. So I asked a number of ex-Obama aides and political consultants what the president would say if he went Bulworth?

2013-05-17 01:06:27 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Thanks to everyone who requested an invite to preview the new Google Maps. We’re happy to announce we’ve just let in the first group of users from around the world. If you haven’t gotten your invite yet, don’t worry. We’ll be rolling it out to more people in the coming days and weeks.

To those who have joined the preview, welcome! You can learn more about the new features by checking out this short series of "How To" videos: http://goo.gl/RgKEe

We’re always looking for ways to improve Google Maps, and you can help by clicking the button in the upper-right corner of the map and giving us feedback.

And if you haven’t requested an invite yet, we’d love to have you to try it out. Visit maps.google.com/preview to sign up. 

#newgooglemaps #io13

2013-05-16 20:00:42 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

About to watch a talk about the Planetary Lake Lander!

Three people from +NASA in the room.

Excited!

2013-05-16 01:42:02 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 2 +1s)

I had never thought I would like an article by Josh but there you go :P

2013-05-16 00:04:10 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

One of the "downsides" of working at Google is that I get to see really cool stuff before it launches, and can't tell anyone about it.  The new Google Music streaming service is absolutely amazing -- one of the launches I've been most excited about in a long time.  I highly recommend that everyone try it out.  You can try it free for 30 days.

http://play.google.com/about/music/

2013-05-15 23:39:59 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

My multi-column experience

I see some people liking the new G+ layout and others going back to single-column.

I was initially set back by the multi-column layout, thought it was difficult to browse and generally felt like too much information was being thrown at me, but I decided to stick with it for a week and see what happened.

I got used to it pretty quickly and I think it looks way better than the single-column layout, so unless you hate it with a passion, I'd recommend to give it a fair try for a few days at least :)

#io13   #newlayout   #googleplus  

2013-05-15 18:24:59 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

That? Was the sound of your mind being blown. #io13

2013-05-15 05:28:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

I go to sleep today feeling like a kid before Christmas Day. Eager to wake up in the morning and see all the great things we'll announce tomorrow.

Happy #io13  

2013-05-15 02:38:59 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

Google I/O bartender will be a robot!

MIT eggheads invented a huge robot that tends bar, making a mind-boggling variety of drinks at super high speed. 

Called the Makr Shakr, the robot is a re-programmed industrial robot controlled by smartphones that will be mixing cocktails at Google I/O tomorrow. 

Google is an appropriate place for its public debut: The robot is reportedly capable of preparing approximately "one googol crowd-sourced drink combinations."

You have to download the app to order a drink. 

Ever dedicated to exploring the frontiers of new technology, I will evaluate this innovation thoroughly. 

http://www.kuka-robotics.com/italy/it/pressevents/news/NN_130408_MAKR_SHAKR.htm

Here comes the video: http://youtu.be/MzU39kN5mJY

#io13

2013-05-15 01:28:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

And it's done. Minessota becomes the 12th state to embrace marriage equality \o/

Illinois' turn now.

2013-05-14 21:10:45 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Backpacks are on the Axis of Evil now.

2013-05-14 19:06:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Finally saw this in action. Awesome feature, looking forward to more sites using it.

2013-05-14 03:39:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Not that I think that it should matter whether you are born or you choose it, but it's an interesting video nonetheless.

2013-05-14 02:10:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Almost time to leave Station. Hard to express all of my emotions, but mostly gratitude. I came here on behalf of so many people - thank you.

Chris Hadfield's Mission Reflections

2013-05-14 02:05:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

(Evan's note) Wonder what it looks like in the Soyuz capsule? I think the term they prefer is "cozy".

2013-05-14 01:57:37 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

mind = blown

Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride is Saul from Homeland.

2013-05-13 23:51:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

+Eric Schmidt on Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me playing "Try Googling that, Bigshot."

Hilarious, as usual.

#npr  

2013-05-13 17:05:56 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Looking for apartments/rooms in SF is an amusing experience:
"Many of us are healing practitioners, ranging from various yoga practices, energy healing, massage therapy, theta healing, shamanistic practices, etc."

2013-05-13 16:58:58 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Breaking: Swedish National Prosecutor says culture-sharing must be punished harshly by the courts, because "it funds terrorism".

In a remarkably ignorant statement, the Swedish National Prosecutor has appealed a culture-sharing sentence to the Supreme Court with the motivation that sharing culture and knowledge "funds terrorism". This follows a verdict from the Appeals Court that would have put an end to the witch-hunt of people sharing culture in Sweden, as it had handed out a sentence that was effectively too low to justify further persecution. In appealing to the Supreme Court, Kerstin Skarp of the Swedish National Prosecutor's Office has shown every conceivable bit of ivory-tower ignorance.

http://falkvinge.net/2013/05/13/swedish-national-prosecutor-says-culture-sharing-must-be-punished-harshly-because-it-funds-terrorism/

2013-05-13 03:52:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Somebody call the burn unit.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10049454/Dont-make-fun-of-renowned- Dan-Brown.html

2013-05-12 23:34:17 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity, recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World. Space Oddity

2013-05-12 17:15:28 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

As you might know, almost every movie is shown dubbed in Spain. Yesterday, the best Spanish dubbing actor died.

He dubbed parts like:
- Roy Batty in Blade Runner
- Darth Vader in Star Wars
- Clint Eastwood's roles in Dirty Harry, Heartbreak Ridge and up to 30 other of his movies
- Terminator in Terminator 2
- William Shatner's voice in all the Star Trek movies
- Roger Moore's voice in 007 movies
- The Lion's King father

See the link for some videos (note: it might freak you out to see Clint Eastwood talk with a Spanish voice :P)

RIP

2013-05-12 03:44:58 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

I guess everyone has seen this by now, but it's so funny I'll share it anyway :D

2013-05-11 17:40:10 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Some of those made me laugh so hard ... until you realize those come from actual people out there who really think this way ...

2013-05-11 17:33:52 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

No leaks! We're bringing Tom & Chris back inside. In two days Tom, Roman & I return to Earth in our Soyuz. This is an amazing place & time.

2013-05-11 05:40:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Boston goes Google

Also FTA:
"Boston is not alone in making the change. The US Department of the Interior, the state of Colorado, and Princeton University have, too. (The New York Times, owner of the Boston Globe, is also planning to move to Google software from Microsoft Exchange.)"

2013-05-10 20:45:01 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

ISS disaster movie trailer! Gravity- Official teaser trailer. 

2013-05-10 04:00:25 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

And on we go :)

2013-05-10 03:40:02 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Haters gonna hate.
Backers gonna back.

Can't wait for the movie to be out!

2013-05-10 02:12:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

I have some happy news.
http://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_museum_saved

2013-05-09 17:42:35 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 1 +1s)

As usual:
- Don't enter your credentials on random websites
- Use two-factor authentication
- Use sensible passwords

2013-05-09 17:17:32 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Today is "bike to work day" at Google, and some interesting contraptions have shown up in the Googleplex :D

2013-05-09 17:01:46 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Terribly funny and sad at once. Hyperbole and a Half comes back.

2013-05-09 15:06:21 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-09 14:55:37 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Google I/O companion app. Best companion since the companion cube.

2013-05-09 04:34:00 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Just finished reading Green Mars. On to Blue Mars now.

2013-05-09 04:07:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"We're profitable in Q1 despite spending quite a lot." — Tesla CEO Elon Musk