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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Disney on Ice (100 years of Disney)
Duh - I couldn't find my camera, but I found this photo on Flickr from someone else who saw Disney on Ice at the Verizon Center.
Becca had a great time although personally I thought that the Previous Disney on Ice show we saw (Disney Princesses) was better.
This scene was one of the two highlights of the show.Here they are are recreating the "It's a Small World" attraction from Disney World.
The other highlight was the battle scene from "Mulan."
We went on President's Day, Feb 19.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Great Google tools
http://www.slate.com/id/2156382/pagenum/all/#page_start
Google Notebook. I bookmark several new pages a day at home, at the office, and on my laptop. I then waste a lot of time trying to sync and manage my bookmarks. Google Notebook makes this one-click easy by adding a button to the bottom of my Firefox browser. When I find a page I want to remember, I click the button, and a small note-taking window pops up. I can then paste selected text or type my own notes. Like with Docs & Spreadsheets, my notes are saved on Google's server. They're centrally collected, sharable with others (if I want), and available from any browser—I just log in to my Google account to see them. I started using Google Notebook to collect pages and notes for this article. I can search my own notes or search all other users' shared notes at once. There are three dozen saved and/or commented-upon Slate articles in the system already.
Google Reader. If you don't already use RSS to speed-read your favorite Web sites, this browser-based RSS reader is a good starter kit. Instead of surfing to each of your favorite sites to see what's new, Google Reader lets you scan an inboxlike list of new articles and blog posts from all of your favorites. The major shortcoming with Google's reader is that it isn't designed to be used offline—I like to go through both my inbox and RSS on buses and trains when I can't connect to the Web. Once again, an installed desktop application is functional in places where Google's broadband-dependent version isn't even accessible.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets. It sounds boring until you try it: a browser-based word processor with most of your favorite features from Microsoft Word. Fonts, formatting, spelling, images, search and replace, word counter, comments, and the track-changes feature that's the main reason my editors demand I use Word in the first place. Google Docs saves to HTML, Word, and PDF formats, among others. Best of all, Google's word processor starts saving the file to backup servers as soon as you start typing—you don't have to remember to save it yourself. Files are automatically stored online, where you have the option of sharing them with other users. (You can also save them to your desktop.) I've used Google Docs to edit a Wired article with a co-author three time zones away. Eagle-eyed futurists have spotted a more surprising use: Co-workers in adjacent seats can edit the same file at the same time instead of hunching over each other's screens.
AND check this out: a we-based powerpoint-like tool:
http://show.zoho.com/jsp/zoho_login.jsp
Google Notebook. I bookmark several new pages a day at home, at the office, and on my laptop. I then waste a lot of time trying to sync and manage my bookmarks. Google Notebook makes this one-click easy by adding a button to the bottom of my Firefox browser. When I find a page I want to remember, I click the button, and a small note-taking window pops up. I can then paste selected text or type my own notes. Like with Docs & Spreadsheets, my notes are saved on Google's server. They're centrally collected, sharable with others (if I want), and available from any browser—I just log in to my Google account to see them. I started using Google Notebook to collect pages and notes for this article. I can search my own notes or search all other users' shared notes at once. There are three dozen saved and/or commented-upon Slate articles in the system already.
Google Reader. If you don't already use RSS to speed-read your favorite Web sites, this browser-based RSS reader is a good starter kit. Instead of surfing to each of your favorite sites to see what's new, Google Reader lets you scan an inboxlike list of new articles and blog posts from all of your favorites. The major shortcoming with Google's reader is that it isn't designed to be used offline—I like to go through both my inbox and RSS on buses and trains when I can't connect to the Web. Once again, an installed desktop application is functional in places where Google's broadband-dependent version isn't even accessible.
Google Docs & Spreadsheets. It sounds boring until you try it: a browser-based word processor with most of your favorite features from Microsoft Word. Fonts, formatting, spelling, images, search and replace, word counter, comments, and the track-changes feature that's the main reason my editors demand I use Word in the first place. Google Docs saves to HTML, Word, and PDF formats, among others. Best of all, Google's word processor starts saving the file to backup servers as soon as you start typing—you don't have to remember to save it yourself. Files are automatically stored online, where you have the option of sharing them with other users. (You can also save them to your desktop.) I've used Google Docs to edit a Wired article with a co-author three time zones away. Eagle-eyed futurists have spotted a more surprising use: Co-workers in adjacent seats can edit the same file at the same time instead of hunching over each other's screens.
AND check this out: a we-based powerpoint-like tool:
http://show.zoho.com/jsp/zoho_login.jsp
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