Katelyn M. Thompson’s Blog

Long story short… I woke up this morning to plan my caching run, and came to find the site down. Come to find out, there was a fire at the data center which resulted in water from the sprinklers disabling the power generators and knocking out power to the facilities. In addition to geocaching.com, bing travel [a Microsoft product] was down. Also, the local television channel is housed in the building. They had to begin broadcasting from a sister channel, and their 6 o’clock news did happen, however it was a little different.

First off, I didn’t realize that you could print magnets, but then again I shouldn’t be surprised, you can print just about anything these days.

Over at Konigi, they have come up with the idea of printing UI features onto magnets, allowing them to brainstorm the best layout for a page. Could be useful, but also very fun, just like those fridge word magnets.

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The wheelchair is something that hasn’t really changed that much in the last few years. These designs from Jake Eadie show that a wheelchair can be versatile and have two positions, one of sitting and another of standing.

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Thanks to @awirtanen, I found this site, which also displayed the baseball site which I posted about earlier: Information Aesthetics.

One thing that I’ve always been fascinated in is how we can integrate technology into our homes to make doing things around the house easier. One thing I’ve always thought about is having a sound system with speakers in every room. Going beyond that to the future you have devices that monitor things you do in the home and the status of different things. For instance, a device that knows what is in your refrigerator to help you with your grocery shopping, or as this video of the Smart Home shows, a recipe suggester.

Ever since the movie Smart House was shown on The Disney Channel, these technologies have really fascinated me. Although the things in this video are not the most high tech, they do seem feasible at this point. I also like how a lot of the technology is designed for the elderly or disabled, allowing people to live more independently.

Smart Home video

One thing I’m passionate about is technology. Another is drawing attention domestic violence and working to end it. This advertisement for Amnesty International does both.

I’ve been looking for a way to organize all these cords once I have a desk. Here’s a cool solution from FredFlare.com

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via SwissMiss

I need to get me some pins, but also the resume t-shirt. That way no matter where I am, I’m always ready with my resume!

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I thought that this was really cool. Obviously power strips are a problem. The cords and such, they just get all tangled. While although The Node doesn’t solve all the problems, it seems like a fun alternative.

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A classic test of awareness, used to promote a campaign to raise awareness for cyclists in the UK.  The original:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4]

And they have also made others similar to this. This one was my favorite:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubNF9QNEQLA]