Alfred's musings

I've seen one of these virtual presence/teleprecence robots at a Google meeting before... but is was a bit futuristic and without huge real life value... but this made me think again: Original article...   This Texas student has a weakened immune system, and this robot now attends class and interact with friends and teachers without the risk of catching anything nasty. Awesome use of technology. And what I like a lot is that it's not space age tech... it's web cams and wheels and wifi... stuff we've all got to grips with already.  Go Lyndon!

Google I/O is the premier Google developer event, and is always sold out *very* quickly! Very. Keep an eye on the registration site... as soon as it opens, you should be booking your seat. Don't say you've not been warned! ;)

I've got a Nexus One and Nexus S, and just *love* my Android. My personal favourite games certainly all involve the science engine... Angry Birds (who has not played this??!) X Construction (but quickly reached the end of the challenge) Spaghetti Marshmallows  - in fact this inspired me to do this for real in the 3d non-virtual world! Slice It If these appeal to you too, and you've found other great games, let me know!

I know it's just an advert, but I lovvit! I vividly recall my dad (while secretly pressing the key fob on his Jetta 1), kicking the tyre... and experiencing the "magic" of the car unlocking itself!

Manu brilliantly captures some of the funnies we encounter every day... And his latest cartoon is so brilliant , I want to copy it :) Enjoy, and thanks Manu! PS. I'm not specifically referring to copying search results... but that too!

I love having the ability to blog on the go. Somehow I encounter more inspiration with the stimuli outside. And now thanks to the fresh Blogger for Android from Google, that just became easier.

As I've switched to using my CR-48 exclusively, I was expecting and indeed have encountered a few usage scenarios where I had to rethink and change my habits. Today I wanted to send a screen shot of subset of a spreadsheet (a Google doc) to someone via email. And... it was remarkably easy, despite expecting it to be a pain. A screen shot came courtesy of ChromeOS CTRL+"next screen" (f5?) - that I've found using the CTRL+ALT+/ help window. The screenshot was landed in my "downloads" folder, which popped open to guide me nicely. Next challenge was cropping it. I've jumped into Picnik (installed as Chrome Extension), and uploaded the relevant picture (from /user/downloads), cropped it, and saved a local copy to attach to the email. All in all, the process took me a minute, which included figuring-out time.  Another great experience.