Monthly Archives: December 2007

Tech Car – Prius

Posted on December 21, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I had a chance to ride in a “drive by wire” car today.  Buzz finally took possession of the Prius that he ordered in the spring. This car is truly a technological marvel.  The key doesn’t need to be inserted … Continue reading →

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USB Ports… Gone

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I don’t know if this is another Vista problem or if it is a problem with the iPod Touch.  Last week my mouse stopped working.  I noticed it right after I plugged in the iPod, but didn’t know if it was … Continue reading →

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Creative Commons Plus

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

Creative Commons has announced CCPlus.  +  This is not a new license, but a method of facilitation to acquire more use of a non-commercially licensed CC protected work.  In theory, the gold link would take a potential user of the … Continue reading →

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AddThis

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I was looking for a way to make social bookmarking even easier when I found AddThis.  I downloaded the WordPress Plugin and added it to my blog.  Now you can click the Bookmark icon located in the right sidebar and … Continue reading →

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Trippermap

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Alvin Trusty

I found this Flash-based Flickr mashup.  It works more like the old flicker map did.  The nice thing is you can specify a tag and it will show all your photos for that tag.  Here is my “remarkableohio” set all … Continue reading →

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