James Krawczyk

”The Senator” was Florida’s oldest cypress tree, and it just burned down this morning.

My family and I just saw it over the past Christmas holiday and it saddens me that its fallen victim to an arson related brush fire. The other tree on the property, 90 year old “Lady Liberty”, was not damaged, but nothing will ever be as majestic as the Senator.

Dang!

2 weeks ago

January 16, 2012

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The new Acura NSX hybrid concept car

From this Wired article by Matt Hardigree

3 weeks ago

January 10, 2012

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Happiness is not having to wear headphones. Turn it up!

— JPK

(Source: heyjk.com)

1 month ago

December 15, 2011

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Behavior-based, “Smart” Apps?

Why haven’t we seen more behavior-based interfaces yet?

For instance, just about every time I log into my Google account, one of the first places I go is to my Google Docs. So in the top menu bar, why doesn’t “Documents” automatically become one of my main buttons, instead of remaining buried in the “More” list?

There are lots of other places where an app or website that “learns” from what we do on a regular basis could help efficiency and ease of use. Hell, I’m surprised the iPhone can’t auto-organize your apps by what you use most.

2 months ago

November 21, 2011

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I saw this!

thedailywhat:

Everybody Needs A Hobby of the Day: On last night’s Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions final round game, contestant Roger Craig — who is best known to J!-heads as the guy who bested the legendary Ken Jennings by setting a new single-day earnings record ($77,000) — made Jeopardy! history yet again when he went all-in on two back-to-back Daily Doubles.

[esquire / tnw.]

2 months ago

November 16, 2011

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No right is absolute and with every right comes responsibilities.

The First Amendment gives every New Yorker the right to speak out — but it does not give anyone the right to sleep in a park or otherwise take it over to the exclusion of others — nor does it permit anyone in our society to live outside the law.

— New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg

(Source: Wired)