Welcome to Kitty City - Uhh what? So weird.

This is one of the oddest things I've seen in a while...Oddly hilarious, to me, anyway.

Welcome to Kitty City - new video from Cyriak:

Googlecast: Google getting into the Cable TV biz?

This is interesting. Google getting in to cable TV? Seems odd, though they are about to deliver 1Gbs internet services to Kansas City (Kansas & Missouri). It appears to me that shoving down a full cable service through that fiber is an easy next step.

Google reportedly looking to get into the cable TV business:




Google "is considering a plan to offer paid cable-TV services to consumers," the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Google recently hired former cable TV executive Jeremy Stern, who is reportedly leading talks with media companies. But a Google cable TV service is still only a possibility.
"Google has discussed distributing major TV channels from companies like Walt Disney Co., Time Warner Inc., and Discovery Communications Inc. as part of the video service, though the discussions were exploratory and no final decisions have been made," the Journal wrote.


A cable service would be separate from the Google TV, which is comprised of software and hardware to stream YouTube and other Internet content to the television screen. Google has been known to bring numerous speculative projects to market, too, only to kill them off when they fail. We're still waiting to hear what Google's plans are for SageTV, which Google purchased for its DVR and Slingbox-like capabilities. But given Google's reliance on advertising money, television could be an important market for the company after all. Still, competition will be robust; Apple, which already has its own Apple TV media streaming device, is rumored to be expanding its own push into the television market as well.

WebGL provides a seamless Google Maps experience

WebGL allows web developers to build interactive 3D graphics within a modern browser (Chrome/Firefox). It basically allows websites to use your graphics card just like a desktop app or video game would. If you have a compatible browser and video card, you can head over to Google Maps and enable a WebGL experience. Using vector graphics, Google Maps with WebGL seamlessly zooms in and out without waiting for image tiles to load, transitions from maps to satellite images is snappy and swooping around the map in three dimensions feels natural.

This is how the future of web applications is going to look. Fast, reliable and nearly indistinguishable, in experience and performance, from their desktop counterparts.

See the video below for a demo.

Peel a head of garlic...FAST!

I LOVE garlic. Any method to, quickly, get more of it in my dishes is much appreciated.
Image from JJ Harrison
Check it out!

Stuff I've been missing, and a fun video

Lots of things running through my mind these past few weeks. While exciting, I have a really important project going on at work that is consuming most of my idle thoughts. People camping out on Wall Street in protest of crimes committed by some of the biggest banks and, this weekend, at places all across the nation including here in Kansas City at Liberty Memorial. Facebook is changing the way we think about social networking.  The change is so radical and fresh that I now take a real interest in curating my online identity, which, while annoying at times, is a really good thing to do. Republicans are busy bloviating while President Obama is making promises again. Government shutdown scares. Typhoon in my family's home country, the Philippines. Premiere week on television and the end of summer.

Wow, plenty going on. Taking some time this weekend to get away for a bit. Should give me time to write about my thoughts on some of the things that have happened lately. Until then, here is a video favorite of mine. Enjoy!




3 Minutes from Ross Ching on Vimeo.

Don Draper invented FB Timeline

In case you missed it before the original was removed, Don Draper Presents Facebook Timeline. A hilarious mash-up of one of Draper's best scenes and FB Timeline. Check it out before it slips away again!

The Quantum World

Get your science on...auto-tune style. Go ahead, nerd out.

Gather 'round the Google+ hangout and watch some YouTube

Twitter / @YouTube: You can now start a Google ...

Yep, that's right. You can now start a huddle and watch YouTube videos with your friends!

The opportunities here are great. Maybe give a video presentation over the web and have a real conversation with your participants. Or, you could just waste time with your buddies watching cats do cat things.