Tom Stocky

It's not clear how far away from reality this is, but certainly an interesting idea ... - Tom Stocky

"As you walk, the PEG harvests the kinetic energy that you’re already generating and converts it into usable power for recharging your handheld electronic devices." - Tom Stocky

This is pretty cool, though I wonder how much power it's able to harvest -- I couldn't find any specifics on the site ... - Tom Stocky

"Here's a satellite's-eye view of the exceptionally severe winter storm in the Eastern US that dropped several feet of snow on Feb. 6 and 7 ... The image comes from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite." - Tom Stocky

I'm home for the week. My car is still plowed in and we're now expecting 8"-10" more on Wednesday. - m9m, Crone of FriendFeed

I've got a print of his "Chicago Dugout" on my wall, which I love. Ah, Americana ... - Tom Stocky

I found more about the Zurich chestnuts at http://www.justhungry.com/2006... ... I agree that the doubled-sided bags they're served in are pretty creative (and very Swiss). - Tom Stocky

This is pretty crazy -- Hornussen is a popular sport in the countryside o German-speaking Switzerland. It's kind of a cross between baseball and golf. The batter hits the "hornet" (a kind of puck) with a long whip-type thing and then the fielders try to swat it down with paddles before it hits the ground. - Tom Stocky

Experiencing a nuclear power plant first-hand was very cool. Going inside the cooling tower was pretty intense, basically a 500-foot-tall steam room. - Tom Stocky

Worth reading -- it increased my understanding of what's happening in Haiti. He links to http://www.google.com/relief... which has a bunch of ways we can help, and also makes some suggestions for how aid efforts could be improved. - Tom Stocky

"In 1903, Crayola had eight colors in its standard package. Today, there are 120, along with special packs like Gem Tones and Silver Swhirls." - Tom Stocky

This is Google's largest developer event of the year -- 80+ sessions, 3,000+ developers, 100+ demos from developers. Early registration (at a discount) is open until April 16th. - Tom Stocky

This is a concept video for what digital reading could be like in the future, with a goal of capturing the essence of what makes magazine reading great. There are some pretty interesting ideas in there. - Tom Stocky

That sounds a like a bad consulting firm. - Anika

While watching Avatar, you can feel the depth of Pandora. It's clear the creators spent a lot of time thinking about the details, and that richness comes through. Such a good movie. - Tom Stocky

Or in Papyrus! - Mark Trapp

Bunch of nice videos on there for those interested. - Tom Stocky

@Tom is there any news about availability to Europe/Turkey - Berk Günsev

The team is definitely working hard to bring it to more countries -- Vodafone is expected in the future for Europe. But right now, it's available for purchase in the US and may also be shipped to UK, Hong Kong, and Singapore -- the keyboard and display are available in the languages specified at http://www.google.com/support... - Tom Stocky

Thanks, Tom. Now, onward to a circuit-switched-free version of Google Voice! ;) - John Craft

"We're pleased to announce a new way for consumers to purchase a mobile phone through a Google hosted web store. The goal of this new consumer channel is to provide an efficient way to connect Google's online users with selected Android devices. We also want to make the overall user experience simple: a simple purchasing process, simple service plans from operators, simple and worry-free delivery and start-up. The first phone we'll be selling through this new web store is the Nexus One ..." - Tom Stocky

shoot, Canada is often not a high priority. =P - Andrew C (✔)

My recent visit to Istanbul rekindled my appetite for this stuff. So good. And thanks to Wikipedia, now I know a lot more about it. - Tom Stocky

lets have a deal. send me a nexus one and then I'll send 100 boxes turkish delight for you :) - Mustafa Burak Su

These become even funnier if you listen to the songs as you're looking through the infographics. - Tom Stocky

"We all know how hard it can be to decide which cereal to have for breakfast, what with the many dozens of delicious options to choose from. Fret no more mi amigo, with this handy flowchart you’ll no longer have to make those early morning decisions." - Tom Stocky

Honey Bunches of Oats of course! - Rob

"You know when you go to another country and have no clue what the coins of the local currency are worth? ... Designer Mac Funamizu puts an idea out there that might solve the woes of international visitors. se wedges and proportions to indicate how much the money is worth." - Tom Stocky

Currency for the hard of thinking? You could take your eye out with that quarter! - Ken Morley

This is another version of Walter Mischel's marshmallow experiment-- in the 1960s, a group of four-year olds were given a marshmallow and promised another, only if they could wait 20 minutes before eating the first one. The researchers then followed the progress of each child into adolescence and demonstrated that those with the ability to wait were better adjusted and more dependable (determined via surveys of their parents and teachers), and scored an average of 210 points higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. - Tom Stocky

@Ruchira - This girl was hilarious, I was laughing so hard that I had tears in my eyes ;-) - joergkurtwegner

all of the Chrome feature videos put together in one place =) - Tom Stocky

"66% more people than normal chose the stairs over the escalator. Fun can obviously change behavior for the better." - Tom Stocky

This is awesome, but my afterthought is that the first time is fun, but everyday, it would no longer be novel, and people would go back to the escalator. If you tried to make every set of stairs fun, you'd get a sort of 'fun fatigue' effect as well. It works well in small doses, but there's an even cheaper and easier way to fix it if you really want to: remove the esclator, use elevators for disabled. :) - Ray Cromwell

I like these videos. They're all a bit weird, but in a good way I think. =) - Tom Stocky

I like the hand crafted Chrome - Xitong Liu

fantastic! - Mustafa Burak Su

the way to go is SRWare Iron - http://www.srware.net/en... - "SRWare Iron: The browser of the future - based on the free Sourcecode "Chromium" - without any problems at privacy and security" - ovigia

finally, finally, Chrome for Mac beta is out! - Xitong Liu

I especially like this cartoon: http://www.google.com/chrome... - Hein Roehrig