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Jackie Robinson Steals Home

December 30th, 2008  |  Published in Photography  |  Comment


Jackie Robinson Steals Home, originally uploaded by stechico.

One of the primary reasons why I’ve grown to love the Dodgers.

Baseball World Series

Subway Series: Brooklyn Dodger Jackie Robinson charging wildy fr. 3rd base as unwary NY Yankee catcher Yogi Berra squats behind Dodger batter during Jackie’s steal of home plate in the 8th inning of the 1st game of the World Series at Yankee Stadium.

Location: New York, NY, US
Date taken: September 28, 1955
Photographer: Ralph Morse

This photo is from the LIFE photo archive hosted Google here. It’s very nice of them to do this as more people can reflect back to the great images that Life has taken over the years.

Street With A View Project

December 13th, 2008  |  Published in Events  |  Comment

This is fun. Check out this community project which added something to the Google Street View of their street. The project was Street With A View.

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A Longer Walk on Google Maps

November 22nd, 2008  |  Published in Technology  |  Comment

It was cool to find out that Apple released an update to iPhone 2.2 today. After going through the process, I couldn’t wait to try out the new features—specially the ones involving Google Maps. They were: Street View, and public transit & walking directions.

Things were fine when all of a sudden… a “things that make you go, hmmm” moment. Check out the walking direction that I was given 2-blocks away from the Transbay Terminal.

Right?! I know. This deserves to be in Seth & Amy’s Really!?! skit during SNL’s Weekend Update.

Gmail Themes

November 20th, 2008  |  Published in Technology  |  Comment

My account finally got updated with the new Gmail Themes! Looks pretty cool and should provide users some spice in their email time.

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Google’s Project 10^100

September 25th, 2008  |  Published in Events  |  1 Comment

Project 10100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.

Here are the points in order to participate:

  1. Submit your ideas by October 20th. You may do so by using this submission form.
  2. Voting takes place on January 27, 2009. Google will be picking the top 100 ideas, of which 20 semi-finalists will be selected through public voting. From there, Google advisory board will then select up to 5 final ideas.
  3. After the final ideas have been picked, Google will bring them to life. They will commit $10-million to implement the projects.

I like how Google is doing this. Hopefully, its successful enough that not only a lot of people conceive great ideas but also help the World. If any, I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if those 5 or so finalist show up on TED Talks.

More details available at project10tothe100.com. Good luck everyone! Let’s change the World positively.

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