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After 4 years of hard work, IBM's Watson is finally scheduled to appear starting tonight on Jeopardy. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC3IryWr4c8 Find out more about Watson, visit the IBM Watson webpage. Nova's episode about Watson. (In Houston, set your DVRs to record at 11:30 pm on Local CBS Station KHOU) … [Read more...]
I recently visited the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, to view an exhibit of Ansel Adams works titled Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light. The show ran from May 29 through November 7, 2010. In total, I made four trips to the museum to see this exhibit. Ansel Easton Adams was born in early 1902 to parents Charles and Olive Adams in San Francisco, California. As a boy, his family traveled to Yosemite (which had become a national park in 1890) when he was about 14 years old, an experience which … [Read more...]
Have a little thing for the “Man in Red”? Wait no longer, die hard Marvel fans, with a little help from Zumobi, there’s an APP for that! Although there are members of my household, dying to get their hands on this bad boy, I have not yet had the pleasure of testing it out. However, I was able to get a little sneak peak into the highly anticipated game and we are definitely looking forward to it’s release. Here’s what Zumobi has to say about it... Marvel Launches Iron Man … [Read more...]
Keyword-targeted ads based on the content of a webpage can sometimes go wrong. It must be frightening for a New Media advertiser to realize that their product or brand is being advertised on a page that details allegations of its shortcomings. Gives new meaning to the term "negative advertising". JOE CHILDS and THOMAS C. TOBIN, staff writers of the St. Petersburg TImes, are writing a scathing expose of the "church" of Scientology. Based on extensive interviews with high … [Read more...]
Nostalgic for the Polaroid look? Wishing for the ability to make snapshots look like Polaroids? There's a fast, easy-to use solution. All it involves is an upload, a brief wait, and a download. Check out http://www.rollip.com/ which takes you to a site by Rollip. Click the website to start; this takes you to a page of original images and Polaroid "look" variations that take you back to the days of slight color mismatch, over and under development; atmospheric effects and the … [Read more...]
I have never been a big fan of Facebook. I don't like the idea that all my private thoughts and information become public property. But I joined. For some reason, we are all crazy busy. I am booked solid until mid-September. Digitalapplejuice haven't been updating as often as we should because, bless us all, we are making money in an otherwise difficult economy. As a result, Facebook has become a quick way to keep up with the other writers, upload a quick image of our last gig or post a link to … [Read more...]
After a year and half of Digitalapplejuice.com, I have learned 3 things about keywords. 1. Keyword stuffing is just bad SEO. There are thousands of websites and consultants out there that promise to produce immediate results with their almost mystical knowledge of SEO and their clairvoyant understanding of the use of keywords. They will talk of keyword density and keyword combinations, alt text keywords and on and on and on. The truth is much more complicated than this. If you are not … [Read more...]
We joined Entrecard a while back. I met Bill Weaver of The Artist Center through Entrecard. He is doing a good thing- encouraging artists to find their niche market. We syndicate his web content with his permission. For the most part I have ignored the whole Entrecard mishagoss. I really didn't like the complication of clicking on card and then the next and then next. After being on an upswing for most of 2008, our traffic started falling off the beginning of this year (2009). For the … [Read more...]
The folks at Mozilla have quietly trumped all the other browsers (with a notable exception) in the area of more correctly displaying colors in photos. So quietly,in fact, they aren’t enabling it in their browser without a minor hack of the registry. Firefox by default in NOT color manged! That aforementioned notable exception? Safari, of course. Cross-platform (OS X AND Windows), Safari just works – no registry hacking required. Turning on Firefox is very easy. … [Read more...]
It's Time To Geek The Vote! Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, found himself grossly criticized by the "Dancing With The Stars" judges last night. Wozniak and Karina Smirnoff performed a chachacha ands smiled through downright cruels barbs from the judges. "I don't know if it was hilarious or delirious," Italian judge Bruno Tolioni said, prompting audience members to boo him. "It was like a Tellytubby going mad at a gay pride parade. You should have kept … [Read more...]
I wish I could say it was brilliant but it wasn't. I wish I could say Watchmen sucked, but it didn't. It was just meh. The best thing I can say about it is that it will probably make a gazillion dollars. It's not The Dark Knight. It's not 300. It is better than V for Vendetta. And as the bard would say, therein lies the rub. The real problem is the nature of storytelling. Zack Snyder may have given the world 300 (the movie) but the narrative was classic Frank Miller. His vision is … [Read more...]
In 1977 while hanging out with some friends in Philly, I inadvertantly left my camera at an outdoor lunch joint near Second and South. Having shared a few bottles of Merlot (to wash down the double cheese steaks with onions and mushrooms) I hadn't realized the camera was missing until later in the evening and by then, I figured I was out of luck. In those days, there was no craigslist on which to post lost & found, and I had no idea of the name of the place where we'd eaten lunch (see Merlot … [Read more...]
