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Lara, 13 months, enjoying the Manhattan Children’s Museum...

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 19:27:16 -0500

Lara, 13 months, enjoying the Manhattan Children’s Museum on 83rd Street.

Holiday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sun, 02 Oct 2011 14:29:37 -0400

Holiday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Lara, 8 months old, in her new high-chair. I think she likes it.

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 13:29:09 -0400

Lara, 8 months old, in her new high-chair. I think she likes it.

Our new family car. A Mercedes ML350.

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:51:14 -0400

Our new family car. A Mercedes ML350.

A family trip to Curacao and a day trip to “Klein...

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:37:00 -0400

A family trip to Curacao and a day trip to “Klein Curacao”. Klein Curacao was an amazing kite surfing spot with no other kiters present when we were there. Cristal clear and calm water. This was also Lara’s first trip ever.

A clear definition of “nerd” and related monikers...

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 16:34:42 -0400

A clear definition of “nerd” and related monikers that are relevant in my profession.

Our daughter Lara is a proud new tongue owner.

Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:56:41 -0400

Our daughter Lara is a proud new tongue owner.

DSC00881.JPG on Flickr.3 months old Lara, loves to smile.

Sun, 03 Apr 2011 22:33:28 -0400

DSC00881.JPG on Flickr.

3 months old Lara, loves to smile.

FPV

Sun, 30 Jan 2011 17:13:05 -0500

A remote controlled plane (Zephyr) with video equipment that transmits the live picture to an RC pilot many kilometers away. The plane also carries an HD camera (GoPro) that records the picture for later viewing. These are austrian alps, I believe.

Welcome Lara Nilson

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:05:00 -0500

On 12/26/2010, the snow storm Sunday, our daughter Lara was born at Mount Sinai Hospital weighing 8 lbs (3.6kg).

Happy holidays

Fri, 24 Dec 2010 18:44:00 -0500

Tim and Lilian wishing you happy holidays and a fantastic new year!

Thanksgiving at Aedhmar’s and Kelvin’s!!! Mmmmm,...

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:06:35 -0500

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Thanksgiving at Aedhmar’s and Kelvin’s!!! Mmmmm, Mmmmm, good!

Berklee Today cover story about my career in the digital music...

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:35:00 -0400

Berklee Today cover story about my career in the digital music industry — Berklee College of Music’s quarterly magazine.

Download the PDF of the article

Our July 2010 trip to Fortaleza, Cumbuco, Jericoacoara, and...

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:50:00 -0400

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Our July 2010 trip to Fortaleza, Cumbuco, Jericoacoara, and Fleixeiras, Brazil. Made with iMovie on the iPhone 4.

More endless Brazillian beaches. Jericoacoara, Ceara, Brazil. ...

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:42:00 -0400

More endless Brazillian beaches. Jericoacoara, Ceara, Brazil. On the right, our little rental car. On the left, my 12m North Vegas Kite waiting to be put to the test in 22+ knots of wind.

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Cumbuco, Brazil. Kite surfing paradise of endless empty beaches.

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:07:00 -0400

Cumbuco, Brazil. Kite surfing paradise of endless empty beaches.

Status Board "InfoWall"

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:02:00 -0400

Like many, I thought Panic’s status board was a great idea. Sony Music’s D2C group produces countless artist web sites, runs over 70 90 artist stores, and has lots of data, sites, and screenshots to share with staff and visitors.

Inspired by Panic’s single display view, our execution of the status board is comprised of this hardware:

3 47” Sony FWDS47H1 pro displays with a super thin bezel and DVI input, rotated 90 degrees
1 Mac Mini
A USB to DVI converter to add 1 more DVI out to the Mac Mini’s existing 2 video ports

Software: I wrote a rails app that our staff has access to which enables posting of new “slides”. Each slide is comprised of the individual 3 screens. Each screen can have:

An uploaded image (of a full resolution of 1080 x 1920)
HTML, to load URLs via an iframe — such as live feed RSS pages, stats, charts, web sites, etc.
Or provide a URL that takes an automatic screenshot at the full resolution. This feature is powered by a separate screenshot web service we have for other reasons.

The server-side app lets you create new slides, edit existing slides, move slides to the playlist, re-order the playlist, specify how long each slide displays for, etc. The Mac Mini runs a main Chrome window that loads a JS app which loads the JSON data for the playlist, checks if the playlist updated or not, opens 3 new browser windows, and manages the slide transitions and timers. To hide the mouse pointer, we use Doomlaser’s Cursorcerer.

This execution is a hybrid slide show app as well as a live data dash board for stats, a map for where our last sale occurred in real-time, our most recent artist web sites (live), etc.

Here are some screenshots for the RoR app.

New D2C “InfoWall”. 3 Sony Pro screens using a...

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:55:18 -0400

New D2C “InfoWall”. 3 Sony Pro screens using a Chrome browser and Rails app to show screen shots, images, and web pages.

NYTimes: Apple to Shut Down Lala Music Site http://nyti.ms/c2m0Cm

Sat, 01 May 2010 14:40:31 -0400

NYTimes: Apple to Shut Down Lala Music Site http://nyti.ms/c2m0Cm

Toco in the wind on Westend Ave.

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:21:00 -0400

Toco in the wind on Westend Ave.