We've moved: @kraneland

Earlier today, a friend inquired via my Facebook page as to why this page has gone silent for so many moons. The simple answer -- the convenience of (even more) modern publishing has grabbed my attention.

@kraneland is where I hang my hat most often these days.

(www.twitter.com - for those who are left wondering what this means!)

I'll continue to check in on this space from time to time...

Defunct...

Harry McCracken lists the 12 greatest defunct tech magazines of all time.

Experience Wii

Literally!

Cool ad...

Across the Universe...watch this!

Worth viewing in Blu-ray, if possible...wonderful film!

Three is the new two...

So we're told. Nanoseed is scheduled to join Ari and Ella's playgroup in mid-January '09! LB is feeling great...and we're both preparing to play zone defense, 24 x7.

Google Design Principles

Read the full post on the User Experience Team blog...

1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people's trust.
10. Add a human touch.

Happy Passover...

...to those that recognize this holiday! Reminds me of how Gmail saved the day a few years ago, and enabled us to have a wonderful (yet brief) seder!

Calling all NASA fans...

Holy wow...these are cool pics!

More MB Air craziness...

Would you make the same decision?!

MB Air

Two interesting tidbits, shortly after the much-hyped introduction of this beautiful (yet not ideal) machine -- here and here.

The flu has arrived...

...says the Google Doc. Details here.

Happy Birthday, LEGO!

We're honoring the 50th anniversary of the LEGO Brick on our home page today...

Larry and Sergey have always had a thing for LEGOS:

* A programmable plotter , Larry built out of LEGOS, years ago. He said the following on his Stanford webpage, while in grad school:

Legos and other lesser construction toys have been quite important to me. I have constructed numerous amazing contraptions out of Legos. I built a four foot wide inkjet printer out of Legos (and a few things from the hardware store and a bunch of electronics).

I attriubute (his typo, not mine) a great deal of my understanding and ability with mechanical devices to Legos and similar construction toys.

* Early hard drive enclosure (10, 4GB drives), encased in "faux" Duplos (see them in action)
Note: Sergey says they couldn't afford the authentic LEGO product!

* LEGO-infused photoshoot, as part of this TIME Mag cover story