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Noticiero Fox Sports Web - Primera edición 08/07/08

Nos juntamos con Oscar, Maximo, Matt, Joe, Steve, yo y por ahi apareció victoria… A la playa me voy señores

Google Labs has a pretty nifty new application that tracks limo cars. Since it’s still in the works I took the liberty to send the google folks some feedback to improve the product.

Check the product here: http://labs.google.com/ridefinder

Here’s my feedback

1. Preferred location:
   1. Detect user location via their IP
      1. If I am in NY the google map should point to NY
      2. ISSUE: If the user’s ISP is in another state or country, 1 won’t work
   2. To solve 2, there should be messaging to select a preferred location. This location should be cookie saved
   3. if cookie is disabled, the user should be prompted to sign-in
   4. The reason why I am not requiring users to sign-in at the beginning is because we want the product to benefit as many unregistered users as possible. If the business goals were to drive registrations, the these requirements would have to change accordingly.
2. Auto-update (vs user-driven)
   1. Markers geo-location should change automatically every 5-10 secs
   2. distinguish moving markers vs stationary
3. Car status
   1. Is the car empty or loaded?
   2. Ideally, user would be able to call the car directly before it leaves the area of interest
   3. Short of being able to call the car, the car should have an ID that can be referenced with the dispatch
4. Marker brand
   1. design taxi/limo icons to replace the typical google marker

Mamute en LREI, originalmente cargada por pazcu.

Mamute fue la escogida por Luna para su projecto. Esta foto con una descripcion de lo que hace mamute con los caballos y palabras que derrochan amor por su abuela esta colgada afuera de la clase de luni.

Lukas is 2!

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mi baby!!!!

Este canto a Oshun will knock your socks off… If you have listen to this music before, let it sink in for a few minutes and enjoy the build and falling in a meditative trance. Ache!

this was a raw film about “el barrio” / east harlem when the big cats were are the helm of their careers. I am talking about legends such as Hector Lavoe, Larry Harlow, Ray Barretto, Cheo Feliciano y muchos mas…. I caught a little bit of the leftover of this movement in the mid and late 90s. A relic worth watching for all those latin music lovers.

This site is pretty cool. It allows you to create playlists and share them with your friends and public. What I don’t know is how they get the rights to so many songs…. they must have a deal with the right holders… very impressive as most of the tunes i searched for were free to listen to and to download.

I have been thinking about how to best utilize kinetic energy in our daily lives. Probably most people got their first kinetic led flash lights for xmass this year - i got 2 and gave 3! Anyway, my thoughts have been focused on the plethora of chargers we need nowadays to charge up our cellphones, ipods, psps, etc… If you can charge an LED flash light why not charge your phone? We should not depend on electrical outlets if we are able to transfer unused kinetic energy and put it to a good use.

What I would like to see in the coming years is a kinetic gadget that will eliminate the need for conventional chargers. By strapping it to your arm, leg or simply nestling it in your pocket, this green device will maintain all of your portable electronics energized. The idea being that we create energy by moving our body parts but once it is used it gets dissipated into thin air. This green charger will transfer the energy generated by our muscles and converted in 9volt current.

Maybe there are engineers out there that can give me a better understanding on how this could be done. I have seen some instances of this technology, but take a look a this industrial designer’s vision. That’s what I am talking about!

Howdeo.tv has a new look. Still working on new functionality that will enable the site to be more communal and generate the stickiness needed.