0
Knight Rider Theme a la Flute and Beat Box
Posted by gregwalsh on Oct 24, 2008 in Creative
I found this while looking for a new ring tone for my phone:
New look for blog
Screenshot of new blog, originally uploaded by gregwalsh.
Here’s the new look for the blog. It is 90% Messy Desk by laptop geek. I’m slowly changing the pics at the top to be more personalized. I had a Newton Messagepad 2000 up there but took it down…I didn’t like its angle.
UPDATE: I actually made a portfolio for my web site that looked similar to this. I might re-update that with a look like this.
Making a Scary Mask
As part of my doctoral funding, I work for the International Children’s Library. I’ve been doing a lot of community building by answering the very interesting e-mails we get as well as answering and contributing to the forum.
This week, I posted a How-to on making a scary mask. It is a tie-in with the New Zealand book Sydney and the Sea Monster by David Elliot. It’s a fun book…you should check it out.
OLPC is no longer based on Sugar: ivan krstić · code culture » Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi
Part of me is bummed that the XO computer’s OS, Sugar, didn’t seem to pan out for the project. I am glad to see the project continuing on, and (hopefully), positively affecting cultures around the world.
Constructivism rules!
ivan krstić · code culture » Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi
Use Your DS As An Interactive DisneyWorld Tour Guide | Game | Life from Wired.com
This looks like the best use of a Nintendo DS until Final Fantasy Tactics DS comes out. As Susan Arendt wrote on Wired’s Game|Life:
Disney is currently field-testing the use of DS Lites as an interactive tour guide and map for its Magic Kingdom resorts. Most brilliant idea ever? Quite possibly.
Having just come from Disney World, I know how helpful it would have been at the park. A small screen to tell you how to get from Laugh Floor to PotC as quick as possible or where to buy a Rice Krispy treat would have been awesome.
Use Your DS As An Interactive DisneyWorld Tour Guide | Game | Life from Wired.com
Extreme Makeover: Greg Edition
The episode in Port Deposit Maryland aired last night. My co-workers and I went up and helped on Day 4. I was on the team that built the plane. This is a link to the project. BTW, the thumbtacks as rivets…that was my idea. So was moving the flight sim gear down. The designer wanted the screens to be up by the windshield but I told him it was too cramped and the kid would get eye strain.
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition - Extreme Makeover Home Edition - Projects - ABC.com
Where is Greg - April 2007
I’ve been away from my blog for a while now. In the last 60 days, I’ve given four different presentations across the country (6 in the last 90 days). Fortunately, two were pretty similar so I didn’t need to re-work the content too much.
A recap of my presentations for the year:
January 17th - I was at the Baltimore chapter of the Society of Technical Communicators (STC) and presented on new technologies and their use in communication. The topics included blogs, wikis and podcasts.
January 19th - Presented to Danya International about Creative Uses of New Technologies. Topics included Squeak, blogs, wikis, podcasts, One Laptop Per Child Initiative, and games in learning. They’re a great company and are doing really exciting things.
March 10th - I was at the DC chapter of STC. My topics were the same as Baltimore but because it was a progression, I gave the workshop/talk three times in a row!
March 14th - I presented a lecture on using games for learning at the Vuepoint Live conference in Las Vegas. This was a fun talk because most of the audience members worked in corporate training and were very excited about games they could use in their projects.
April 18th - Last week, I went to Bloomsburg University’s Institute for Interactive Technologies’ Corporate Advisory Council. I gave a quick 45 minute talk about the experiences I’ve had switching from a resource (internal) model to an out-source model to create online learning at my current employer. [link]
April 25th - I presented at the 7th Annual Training Forum entitled “The Power of Play: Effective Training Through Games and Simulations.” My co-speakers were Karl Kapp [link] and Steve Sugar [link] My biggest audience yet…I think there were more than 200!
This guy is awesome
Pendleton Ward is possibly one of the most creative/imaginative artists I’ve seen on the internet. I wish I had thought of this movie.
[link]
I could see him making a sweet Parapa-like game.
Possible Summer Cabin? - A Low Impact Woodland Home
A guy in Wales built a house in a hill. No big surprise…people have been doing that since the 70’s. The cool thing is it cost around $3000 and looks like a Hobbit house. I’m not sure I could live there permanently, but, it would make a sweet vacation home.
Odd sign at Baltimore Inner Harbor #1
Posted by Greg Walsh on Aug 26, 2006 in City Living, Creative
Originally uploaded by gregwalsh.
This is very odd. While we were walking home from the O’s game, Ann and I saw this sign. At first, I didn’t think anything of it, maybe it was part of Baltimore’s new Get In on It campaign. After looking at it, I’m guessing its some sort of experiential art project.
Here’s what it says:
Interstate
Interface
Mon - Sun 3pm
Face this direction
and I will face you
so we may share a
moment together
Send a photo with its date to interstateinterface@gmail.com
and I will send you one in return
Very odd. See the other sign posting for continuing oddities.
Location: 500 or so steps from the SE Corner of Light and Pratt before you cross to the Harborplace side.