New Sony MP3 player S2 Sports Walkman all about working out

Sony's new mp3 player the S2 Sports Walkman coming out in mid September is fully stocked with tools to aid your work out - it counts your calorie burning, acts as a pedometer, and a stopwatch to time your trip.  It also allows you to set music playlists for different paces of workout, and then it intelligently selects which songs to play by how hard you're working out.  The last function leaves me confused - if you shake the player three times, it will turn on or off; how does running exactly effect this?

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Geotag Flickr photos easily with google maps loc.alize.this bookmarklet

My brother pointed me to a firefox extension that does this, but here's one for all browsers: loc.alize.this is a tool embeds a google map directly into your flickr page on a photo, enabling you to search for and click on a map spot; then it geotags your photo with latitude and longitude for display on maps. 

For the next step, when I figure out how to load geotagged photos on google earth and google maps for full display, i'll lay it all out.

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Pictures from Backpacking in the Seven Devils Mountains, Idaho, Summer 2006

I have posted pictures from my backpacking trip to the Seven Devils Mountains on Flickr.  The crowning achievement of the trip was climbing He-Devil Mountain, at 9400 ft; though not the highest point, it's the farthest distance from its base in the US, since it rises out of Hells Canyon, directly adjacent.  Across the 8 of us on the trip, almost 2500 pictures were taken, so this set will likely grow over time, but it's starting with 150 assorted shots.

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Off to backpacking the Seven Devils Mountains in Idaho

I'm off to backpacking the Seven Devils mountain range in Idaho, so there won't be any postings for a while. No cell phones, no computers, only 10,000 foot peaks and glacier lakes for the next week!


Check it out on Google Maps


see you all soon,
Kevin

2006 Wildwood Beach Ultimate Frisbee Tournament videos

Google finally started to put live the videos we took of the "Swedish Mankini Team" in action at the 2006 Wildwood Beach Ultimate Frisbee tournament.  Search for kskobac at Google Video, to see everything thats available.  If you download the video and play it with Google Video Player, it will be higher quality.

AOL to give 5 GB of video for free

In the same week that AOL announces it's going to give the AOL services to the broadband masses for free (dial-up will still be a paid service), they announced that anyone with an AIM account can get a free 5 GB web space account on Xdrive.  This is way ahead of box.net and other services, who provide only 1 GB of free service, and challenges Google (the rumored Gdrive) to bring to the table something of the same.  The big question will be file size limits, since that currently limits box.net's use in even transfering large powerpoint documents from the office to home.  On the other hand, if i can upload a zip of 200 pictures and give my friends permission to download it, all for free, uncompressed, that is something market changing.  What's known so far:

• 5 Gigabytes (GB) secure online storage at no cost
• No charges for uploads or downloads
• Ability to store any type of file, including photos, music, video, and documents
• Drag and drop interface between online storage and hard drive
• Access to files through any Web-connected PC or mobile device
• Permission-based file and folder sharing
• Online collaboration via shared files
• Scheduled automatic backups
• Automatic upload of e-mail attachments from providers including AOL Mail, AIM Mail, or any non-AOL POP3 or IMAP-compatible mail providers
• Full-resolution photo storage
• Easy access to AOL Pictures for professional prints and photo gifts

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2006 Wildwood Beach Ultimate Frisbee Tournament pictures up

The pictures from our 2006 Wildwood Beach Ultimate Frisbee Tournament are up on Flickr.  Videos are on their way as soon as Google approves my account!

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Riya getting a makeover, almost ready to search the visual web

Riya, the facial recognition photo site that i've spoken about several times, is in the process of turning itself from a specialized photo storage site into a full visual search engine that intends to be able to take an image and look for all similarities throughout the web.  The founders are slowly rolling out the new Riya by scalling back what information is shown on your personal pages right away and simplifiyin the homepage to look entirely like a search engine.  Now with a very Googlle-esque simplicity, they expect to bring to the table "search by color", "search by cameraphone", "search by similar image", and "search by sketch."

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