On-Campus Brewery

      1 min read      Rural Issues

The Wisconsin State Journal has a nice article today about the small brewery that’s been established at my alma mater University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Sadly, the brew pub wasn’t around in my time at school, being established in 2002 when a new student center was built. College kids today have it so good!

links for 2008-03-13

      1 min read      Technology

[Action Verbs](http://www.writeexpress.com/action-verbs.html) A list of action verbs that might be good for use on a CV. (tags: [CV](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/CV) [resume](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/resume)) [COLOURlovers :: Color Trends + Palettes](http://www.colourlovers.com/) A web site that can help you create color palettes based on photographs. Very simple. (tags: [design](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/design) [colors](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/colors)) [LuckyOliver » Stock Photos and Illustrations for a Dollar (Royalty-Free Images)](http://www.luckyoliver.com/) A new stock photo web site with a good selection, great prices. (tags: [stock](http://del.

links for 2008-02-28

      1 min read      Technology

Spykee Starting this year’s Christmas list a little early. A very cool robot that you remote-control through your laptop with a wi-fi connection. (tags: webcam wifi robot)

Privacy? How quaint!

      1 min read      Ireland · National/International Politics · Technology      Professional · Technology

****Bernard Goldbach has a good post up on his blog about one of the dangers in traveling with a laptop. As someone who regularly travels internationally with my laptop, this has been a big, and growing, concern to me. The United States’ Transportation Security Administration can be truly draconian in their approach to travelers. Those who run afoul of a screener, for whatever reason, can be subject to pretty unbelievable treatment.

links for 2008-02-26

      1 min read      Technology

[jaxtr - home](http://www.jaxtr.com/) Free international calls through a web site widget. (tags: [phone](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/phone) [VOIP](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/VOIP)) [VisionWorks' Breakthrough Solutions](http://www.vworks.org/News/default.htm) A good newsletter on rural economic development from the University of Arkansas Extension. (tags: [comm](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/comm)) [LefseSoft - geoXtract - Extract, Transform, and Load Your Data to Google Maps and Google Earth](http://www.geoxtract.com/index.php) Easily publish your own Google maps. (tags: [maps](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/maps) [googlemaps](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/googlemaps))

links for 2008-02-24

      1 min read      Technology

CodePlex - Open Source Project Hosting Microsoft’s open-source portal. (tags: opensource microsoft .net)

Biggest Aviation Event in the World!

      1 min read      Technology

Every year Wisconsin plays host to the biggest aviation event in the world. The Experimental Aircraft Association annual fly-in usually hosts more than 700,000 visitors over the week-long event. I had the great luck to work at the show a few times when we were exhibiting our attempt to create a collision-avoidance system for light aircraft. EAA has produced a video that I think does a good job capturing the spirit of the event.

links for 2008-02-21

      1 min read      Technology

[Social Entrepreneurship Ireland - Irish Social Enterprise - Social Entrepreneurs Ireland - Home](http://www.socialentrepreneurs.ie/) An organization dedicated to supporting social entrepreneurs in Ireland. (tags: [social](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/social) [entrepreneur](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/entrepreneur)) [NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.org | remixing the web for social change](http://www.netsquared.org/) (tags: [web2.0](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/web2.0) [nonprofit](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/nonprofit) [community](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/community)) [Scribus :: Open Source Desktop Publishing for Linux, Mac OS® X and Windows®](http://www.scribus.net/) (tags: [publishing](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/publishing) [design](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/design)) [Visualizing Information for Advocacy](http://apperceptive.com/infodesign.pdf) A short primer on using graphics to convey information.

links for 2008-02-20

      1 min read      Technology

Conversation Week 2008 Celebrating the power of conversation to change the world. (tags: activism)

A Good Play for Web Traffic

      1 min read      Ireland · Marketing

This Irish getaway spot has launched an interesting competition to build their web traffic. Glengarriff Lodge in County Cork is giving away a one weekend Luxury Self Catering stay at their beautiful lodge. In addition to being a beautiful, historic lodge, the folks at Glengarriff are also working to make their business eco-friendly and sustainable. A great marketing idea my friends at Hidden Valley Lodge should consider!