The plan is for photographers around the country to capture images centered around five concepts on that day:

*  Families & Kids
* Active…]]> Plugged In with Jim Collins 2008-06-30T17:47:59-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/piclens-photo-plugin/

The PicLens plugin works with your browser to turn photos into easily viewable streams.

The best use for this tool so far is in concert with image searches from the top search engines. Instead of leafing through pages, you can slide through…]]> Plugged In with Jim Collins 2008-02-04T21:12:54-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/library-of-congress-opens-flickr-page/ The Library of Congress has opened up a Flickr page. Actually they have 173 pages of pictures at last count. For more on what the LoC is up to check out the Library of Congress Blog.

“Search is part of the fundamental infrastructure of the Internet. And we are making it open source.” says…]]> Plugged In with Jim Collins 2008-01-07T23:27:12-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/spirit-air-offers-32-cent-fares/ Spirit Air is offering fares from 32 cents from multiple Florida cities. the sale ends “Friday January 4, 2008 at 11:59 p.m.” according to their website.

You should probably register if you plan to attend.

The biggest complaint about solar power has always been that it…]]> Plugged In with Jim Collins 2008-01-02T10:06:16-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/year-in-photos/ I could spend hours looking through great images. So below are various links to the year in photos.

You can turn your Flickr page into a photo calendar of your year by adding date-taken-calendar/ to the end of your Flickr photo page.

My photo calendar url ends up…]]> Plugged In with Jim Collins 2007-12-31T17:25:14-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/mars-and-the-moon-put-on-christmas-show/

Look at that dot to the right of the Moon. People in the office have been wondering all night what it is. The current thinking at NASA is that it is Mars.

Mars and the Moon are opposite the Sun in the Earth’s sky right now…]]> Plugged In with Jim Collins 2007-12-23T22:20:13-05:00 http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/news/story/amazon-releases-kindle-wireless-reading-device/ The new Kindle wireless reading device from Amazon.com promises to hold over 200 book titles and allow readers to purchase and download books on the move.

The device connects via the existing cell phone network and does not require the user to purchase access from a service provider.