Blog de Puree

I was amazed this morning when I heard on the radio that Google.com and Amazon.com are using satellite imagery and teamed their social networking tools to assist in the rescue search for downed aviator and millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett. To me, this is the epitome of using web-based tools and crowd-sourcing to the ultimate advantage. [...]

We made more progress on our stone wall this week. A colleague and good friend of mine lives near some deserted granite quarries in Gloucester. After talking about the slow progress of our stone wall, she offered all the rocks I could fit in my car from the huge pile of rock and granite near [...]