kraneland...

Mug Shot - sans open mouth

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:55:00 +0000

Loyal readers, you'll be pleased to know that I'm actually capable of taking a photo with my mouth closed. :-)

We just launched a new website, where the David Krane bio page demonstrates that such a feat is possible...!

Cool Google-Inspired Contemporary Artist...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:58:00 +0000

I've had the great pleasure to recently get to know Ken Solomon and his work. His latest show just opened at the Josee Beienvenu Gallery in Chelsea. Love that he's obsessed with Google Image Search results pages, and Facebook profile oddities! My personal fav is his Air Jordan/Lichtenstein mash-up... (also, a similar take, styled after the work of Piet Mondrian)

Peter Kafka/AllThingsD.com did a nice feature on Ken's work here...

Remembering Rajeev Motwani

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:06:00 +0000

Official memorial website celebrating the life and legacy of Rajeev Motwani went live late last week.

Friday's memorial service was unforgettable (see the official program, for more info.). The Mercury News covered it very well on the front page of Saturday's paper. Om Malik's follow-up post on the importance of living life is also not-to-miss.

We've moved: @kraneland

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:32:00 +0000

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...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:50:00 +0000

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

Experience Wii

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:04:00 +0000

Literally!

Cool ad...

Across the Universe...watch this!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:02:00 +0000

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

Three is the new two...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:16:00 +0000

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

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:01:00 +0000

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...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:53:00 +0000

...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...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:53:00 +0000

Holy wow...these are cool pics!

More MB Air craziness...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:57:00 +0000

Would you make the same decision?!

MB Air

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:25:00 +0000

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

The flu has arrived...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:01:00 +0000

...says the Google Doc. Details here.

Happy Birthday, LEGO!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:44:00 +0000

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

Simply awesome...!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:34:00 +0000

Step 1: Visit www.google.com
Step 2: Input these search terms: find chuck norris
Step 3: Click "I'm feeling lucky"

Note the site restrict!! ----> "pages from Chuck's Beard"

Attention Bay Area oenophiles!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:07:00 +0000

This one is for you...

If you like drinking wine and discussing its attributes, we might be looking for you.

With our expansive (and continuously expanding) wine list, we need someone who can take a few hours per month to sample our new wine offerrings and compare/contrast with our existing wines. You will jot down your thoughts which will then be included in the monthly Educational Memo that is sent to our servers. While we need you to dissect individual wine notes for each wine, more importantly, we will need you to tell us what you believe the differences are between, say, the 7 different Pinot Noirs that we may offer.

A perk of this position is that you will be able to attend many of the wine and liquor events exclusive only to restaurant insiders as a rep of our restaurant. Spirits (and free food!) are almost always served at these events. Attendance isn't mandatory (and won't be compensated) but will be made available to you should they pique your interest.

If you are interested in this position, please send a quick email detailing your interest and qualifications for this position. Please also include what you are asking for as fair compensation.

Invisible Octopus...wow!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:07:00 +0000

Weirdest discoveries in LA...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:54:00 +0000

Was in S Cal for the day today. Lots of absolutely random things caught my eye...but these two "artifacts" share the title of the weirdest things I saw in Los Angeles.

If you're at a loss for what to do w/that spare elephant foot you have lying around your garage...here's an idea. The guy told me that the foot was rather "old," so I shouldn't really be concerned about animal cruelty! Whatehvuh!

Lovely Valentino dress meets a tub of tar. Yes, TAR. This particular "artist" also happens to have applied tar to things like a set of candelabras, and also to a bust of the former creative director of Italian furniture designer, Cappellini.

Congrats, Dad!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:07:00 +0000

Featured on the Oregon State Univ. home page today...

Krane Honored by OSU's University Honors College

CORVALLIS, Ore. The University Honors College at Oregon State University has selected Ken Krane as its '2008 Eminent Professor,' an award given in recognition of outstanding instruction to the university¹s honors students.

Krane is a professor emeritus of physics and has been active in teaching University Honors College courses since the program¹s inception in 1995.

"Ken Krane exemplifies how bringing OSU¹s best faculty together with highly motivated and capable students can leverage learning for those students, and for the broader OSU student body who enroll in physics," said Bill Bogley, associate dean of the UHC.

An innovator in science education, Krane most recently has worked to build a bridge between physics education and the curriculum for students at OSU on pre-medical and pre-engineering tracks. He has also supervised National Science Foundation-sponsored physics workshops at the university that focus on helping new physics faculty become better teachers.

In 2004, Krane was recognized by the American Association of Physics Teachers with its Millikan Medal, presented for outstanding instruction.

Krane chaired the Department of Physics at OSU from 1984 to 1998. He has written or edited nearly 20 books and monographs, as well as dozens of research articles.

Silence, explained... sort of

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:03:00 +0000

It has been awfully quiet around here as of late. For that, I apologize. It's a mix of the usual excuses...two kids, busy job, lots of outside distractions ---- and a focused attempt to spend a bit less time connected to the Net each day. The iPhone prevents me from succeeding at that last point. Genius device, in so many ways. And the Google experience on it keeps getting better.

Let's see if we can't pick up the pace of this blog a bit...

On Pavarotti...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:12:00 +0000

The world lost one of the greatest musicians of all time today...rest peacefully, Luciano.

Wyclef visits the Googleplex...

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 04:34:00 +0000

Damn. I missed this.

Beaver baseball repeat!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 05:36:00 +0000

They did it again!! Go Beavs! Back-to-back national champions...WOW!

1.6MW -- live!

noreply@blogger.com (David) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 05:11:00 +0000

We're live...solar everywhere at the Googleplex. In fact, we believe it to be the largest commercial installation of its kind in the U.S. Solar panel production stats published here... 9,468 kilowatt-hours and counting!

The NYT has an excellent article about a related PHEV announcement we also made today...