This is the web home of Collin Summers. It contains list of links, blog posts, videos and other stuff I have found useful or at least interesting… Much of this is technology and business related… a few are related to old houses… and others are just fun (at least to me)…. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-7899218-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @cwsummers)http://www.collinsummers.com/<p>East or West Brain? <a href="http://bit.ly/dngIc4">http://bit.ly/dngIc4</a> It’s amazing how differently we all see the same thing and sad how sure we are of our view.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/814409547http://www.collinsummers.com/post/814409547Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:05:24 -0500<a href="http://goto.spotfire.com/silverspotfire/">TIBCO Silver Spotfire | Data to Dashboards to Everyone in Minutes</a>: <p>A web based BI tool.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/814281043http://www.collinsummers.com/post/814281043Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:15:29 -0500<a href="http://www.gapminder.org/desktop/">Gapminder Desktop</a>: <p>Nice tool to create highly visual graphs with motion for presentations.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/813558816http://www.collinsummers.com/post/813558816Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:33:51 -0500<p>RT @waxpancake: I’ve seen it three times, but just found out Sid appears in Toy Story 3 as a garbage man, voiced by the same actor. http …</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/750683153http://www.collinsummers.com/post/750683153Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:30:10 -0500<p>RT @chrismessina: The command line lives! Introducing GoogleCL: <a href="http://j.mp/cdLqWM">http://j.mp/cdLqWM</a> Project home: <a href="http://j.mp/googlecl">http://j.mp/googlecl</a></p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/712755346http://www.collinsummers.com/post/712755346Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:56:14 -0500<a href="http://www.vandykes.com/">Van Dykes Restorers</a>: <p>Nice selection of parts to upgrade or restore an old house.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/659395565http://www.collinsummers.com/post/659395565Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:32:17 -0500<a href="http://fastmac.com/usocket">U-Socket</a>: <p>An outlet with a 5V USB socket.  It’s more energy efficient and a bit on the geek side, what’s not to like.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/655336200http://www.collinsummers.com/post/655336200Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:30:06 -0500<a href="http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index.html">Air Video</a>: <p>Allows streaming of video for Windows and Macs to iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/624258572http://www.collinsummers.com/post/624258572Sun, 23 May 2010 01:32:11 -0500<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/UQeOL-zoTkU/">Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Being Played Out Live On Twitter And Foursquare. Awesome.</a>: <p><a href="http://api.tweetmeme.com/share?url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/07/ferris-bueller-twitter-foursquare/&style=compact&source=techcrunch&service=bit.ly&service_api=techcrunch:R_0381170e330c42dda299f92709e0ef5c"><img src="http://api.tweetmeme.com/imagebutton.gif?url=http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/07/ferris-bueller-twitter-foursquare/&style=compact&source=techcrunch&service=bit.ly"/></a></p> <p><img title="ab" src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/ab.png?w=630&h=381" alt="" width="630" height="381"/></p> <p>I can almost hear Ben Stein saying it right now. “<em>Bueller?… Bueller?… Bueller?</em>“</p> <p>It’s been almost <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091042/">25 years</a> since Ferris Bueller took his day off from school. And yet, the legend…</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/580855929http://www.collinsummers.com/post/580855929Sat, 08 May 2010 03:24:39 -0500<a href="http://www.mockflow.com/">MockFlow: Free online Wireframe Tool (with OfflineSync) for Software and Websites</a>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/469389482http://www.collinsummers.com/post/469389482Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:34:47 -0500<a href="http://meetordie.com/">MEETorDIE - Where Lousy Meetings Live on Forever</a>: <p>Everyone should use this tool as they plan meetings.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/400540761http://www.collinsummers.com/post/400540761Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:14:21 -0600<a href="http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/5289.html">Why Your Employees Are Losing Motivation</a>: <p>Obvious management advice for some and, unfortunately, not so obvious to others. (via <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/lifehacker/full/~3/Vrsn_CENgYk/make-sure-youre-not-de+motivating-your-team">Lifehacker</a>)</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/400536609http://www.collinsummers.com/post/400536609Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:10:29 -0600<a href="http://duplicatefilessearcher.net/">Duplicate Files Searcher - find duplicate files and calaculate MD5 or SHA hashes</a>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/399325796http://www.collinsummers.com/post/399325796Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:16:10 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kx8xvtFayp1qz9a5ko1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A Nokia ovi ad on my iPhone #adfail just register to download for free?</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/368069789http://www.collinsummers.com/post/368069789Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:33:11 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwzq5fI2PB1qz9a5ko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My wife’s friend Jill made this painting of our house. She does awesome work.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/359033051http://www.collinsummers.com/post/359033051Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:08:03 -0600<p>follow @<a href="http://twitter.com/jason">jason</a> + @<a href="http://twitter.com/contests">contests</a> to win a free Apple Tablet #freeappletablet</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/356824552http://www.collinsummers.com/post/356824552Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:30:31 -0600<p>If I were Conan I’d team up with @<a href="http://twitter.com/Leolaporte">Leolaporte</a> and or @<a href="http://twitter.com/Jason">Jason</a> and go to the web with his own show</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/343083758http://www.collinsummers.com/post/343083758Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:25:06 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CoolTools/~3/g-VEnCurtDw/004153.php">Rack Ruler</a>: <p>What true geek doesn’t need one of these? </p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/338627108http://www.collinsummers.com/post/338627108Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:51:27 -0600<a href="http://ajaxian.com/archives/qbasic-on-javascript?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ajaxian+%28Ajaxian+Blog%29">QBasic on Javascript</a>: <p>Time to break out some old code from the early 90’s :)  I’ve got a 5 1/4” floppy somewhere full of it.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/335354643http://www.collinsummers.com/post/335354643Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:49:13 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z2mf8DtWWd8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z2mf8DtWWd8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8&feature=related">TV ad - retrospective montage “Everybody Hurts”</a> <i><b>VERY GRAPHIC.</b></i> What can and does happen when you drive drunk on drugs etc. Don’t do it.</p>http://www.collinsummers.com/post/333541373http://www.collinsummers.com/post/333541373Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:30:37 -0600