Monthly Archives: March 2007

netvibes

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I’ve been using netvibes for a few weeks now and wanted to take a moment to recommend it. My netvibes page/portal/site is now indispensable – I can keep an eye on my favorite blogs, my Gmail account, Flikrstreams, etc. Clicking on the image above will take you to a Flikr page where I’ve marked the screen capture up a bit. Another great web app I fell over recently was Pandora (I know, I know, I live in a cave) – you give it an artist or song name and it starts streaming music similar to your seed selection. A great way to expand your horizons – in a rational world, the music industry would be showering the Pandora folks with cash. I’ll leave you with a Youtube clip I first saw about 3 weeks ago – it’s getting huge linkage, but one more won’t hurt. Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us:

Michael Jekot

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I stumbled across Michael Jekot’s web site this morning and saw some paintings that I like quite a bit. The Porsche 917/Auto Union portrait above is especially resonant – I saw 917s race at Watkins Glen way back when. Although I prefer the Martini paint job (even then – the lure of psychedelia >grin<) the Gulf colors are likely the canonical version. The Auto Union silver arrows are also faves of mine – a perfect blend of function and just enough form to cover.

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