A few blog posts

First for the American Idol fans out there...

http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/03/22/who-is-idols-crying-girl-and-where-did-she-come-from/

Jennifer and I were some of those wondering about the crying girl. It was interesting how much time they spent on her and that they gave her tickets to the live show because she cried in the dress rehearsal. I wonder if this will inspire a host of "copy cats" in hopes of getting on TV.

This other post is completely unrelated. It's a system similar to Screen Crayons that was developed by Trent Taufer and Dr. Olsen in the lab where I worked as a graduate student at BYU. This only works on websites through FireFox but seems to be interesting technology. The total experience is less rich and complete than Screen Crayons (at least from the video) but the marking technology could be used to complement some of the ideas included in Screen Crayons.

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/03/22/make-a-note-on-any-website-with-firedoodle/

It is Done

Well, I defended my thesis this morning and other than showing up a little late due to a major lack of parking, the presentation went well and now I just need to get it submitted to the department, college and library and I'll be officially done! It's been a long time in coming but it feels good to be done. I'm sure Jennifer is happiest of all!