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"));var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-3989295-1");pageTracker._initData();pageTracker._trackPageview();ElephantsCrossing is a tumble log of links, pictures and other interesting items found on the internet and collected by me. More about »Included are feeds from flickr, del.icio.us and diggHere is a short list of some other places you can find me online:TwitterPownceMy BlogLinkedinSome of my favorite findings:1, 2, 3Twitter UpdatesTumblr (3.0; @jensenrf)http://www.elephantscrossing.com/<a href="http://digg.com/general_sciences/Poll_US_Taxpayers_Want_More_Funding_for_Scientific_Research">Poll: US Taxpayers Want More Funding for Scientific Research</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40846002http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40846002Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:42:22 -0500<a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Youtube_to_hand_over_all_user_histories_and_IP_addresses">Youtube to hand over all user histories and IP addresses!</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40846003http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40846003Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:42:22 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6Deke9YMt0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S6Deke9YMt0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Dodge Commerical (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/icehcky8" target="_blank">icehcky8</a>)http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40783979http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40783979Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:24:54 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJensen/~3/325454016/thank-you-dmjuice-for-write-up.html">Thank you, dmJuice for the write up!</a>: Today I was extremely amazed and humbled to be featured on <a href="http://dmjuice.com/" target="_blank">dmJuice</a>. The <a href="http://dmjuice.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080702/JUICE03/807020314/1115/JUICEARCHIVENEW" target="_blank">article</a> is a result of a simple email response to a <a href="http://twitter.com/juice_brianne/statuses/831468830" target="_blank">tweet</a> from Brianne Sanchez, a staff writer for the Juice. I am…http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40779028http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40779028Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:29:35 -0500<a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Google_Yahoo_spiders_can_now_crawl_through_Flash_sites">Google, Yahoo spiders can now crawl through Flash sites</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40688896http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40688896Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:26:21 -0500<a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/860092/">Aug 23, 2008: BarCamp Des Moines at Adventureland Inn</a>: Come join us for the 2nd Annual Des Moines BarCamp. We are currently in the planning process so continue to check back for updates here and on our pbwiki page (<a rel="nofollow" href="http://barcampdesmoines.pbwiki.com/" target="_blank"><a href="http://barcampdesmoines.pbwiki.com/" target="_blank">http://barcampdesmoines.pbwiki.com/</a></a>…http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40605164http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40605164Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:00:55 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJensen/~3/324326887/digg-rolls-out-recommendation-engine.html">Digg rolls out Recommendation Engine</a>: <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Yesterday Digg announced that they are rolling out a Digg Recommendation Engine. This is a great and much needed play in the growing Digg community. Assuming the majority of users have similar…</div>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40596647http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40596647Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:41:00 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/PCICR0ktqawgpzqnwwXrXJNz_500.gif"/><br/><br/>via <a href="http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/funny-graphs-californians.gif" target="_blank">graphjam.files.wordpress.com</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40591803http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40591803Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:48:49 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=31f6d42343&photo_id=2628240777" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=55430" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=31f6d42343&photo_id=2628240777" height="225" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://flickr.com/photo_embed.gne?id=2628240777" target="_blank">Flickr Video Embed: The backyard</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40591732http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40591732Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:48:02 -0500<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="263" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/player/d2fbc838/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/player/d2fbc838/" width="400" height="263" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/jensenrf/videos/4/" target="_blank">Viddler.com - Your videos - Currently Viewing “The backyard”</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40591173http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40591173Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:42:02 -0500<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RobJensen/~3/324265353/1000-tweet-and-some-twitter-tools.html">1000 Tweet and some twitter tools</a>: <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">With the ringing in of my 1000 tweet I thought this would be a good time to step back and review how I’m using <a href="http://twitter.com" target="_blank">twitter</a>. For those of you not aware twitter is microblogging service turned…</div>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40589748http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40589748Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:25:09 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/PCICR0ktqawer86qMDMpOFiw_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>via <a href="http://www.snorgtees.com/images/ImHugeInJapan_Fullpic_1.jpg" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.snorgtees.com" target="_blank">www.snorgtees.com</a></a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40586643http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40586643Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:53:47 -0500“She lets us know first that they are building a IOWA data center, which is huge for Iowa. Google has one in Iowa too.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://gigaom.com/2008/06/30/microsofts-internet-infrastructure-its-big-plans/" target="_blank">Inside Microsoft’s Internet Infrastructure & Its Plans For The Future - GigaOM</a></em>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40578146http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40578146Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:30:37 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nM4I4dBw4DQ"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nM4I4dBw4DQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>Cathedral vs. Bazaar (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/ReV20" target="_blank">ReV20</a>)http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40556257http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40556257Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:25:34 -0500<a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/830845/">Jul 23, 2008: Digg Meetup Chicago at Smart Bar</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27190024@N03/2604855090/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2604855090_364005a0e5.jpg" border="0"/></a><br/><br/>Digg is coming to the Windy City for our official Chicago Meetup! Join us at SmartBar in Wrigleyville for good conversation and tasty libations. We’ll be sharing some updates and giving you…http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40516777http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40516777Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:17:56 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="267" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1233352&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1233352&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1233352&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="267"></embed></object><br/><br/><a href="http://blog.digg.com/?p=127" target="_blank">Digg the Blog » Blog Archive » Recommendation Engine rolling out this week!</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40504299http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40504299Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:52:38 -0500<a href="http://bananasandcoffee.com/">Bananas & Coffee dot com! - An experiment involving data visualization, css, potassium, and caffeine.</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40496188http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40496188Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:14:53 -0500<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/PCICR0ktqauu6376QCMwr1fx_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>via <a href="http://blog.makezine.com/2619213845_7a5f2fdccf_b.jpg" target="_blank">blog.makezine.com</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40433674http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40433674Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:29:35 -0500<a href="http://technorati.com/claim/5fc9h5zgf5" rel="me" target="_blank">Technorati Profile</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40371330http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40371330Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:16:36 -0500<a href="http://digg.com/general_sciences/10_Things_You_Didn_t_Know_About_You_12">10 Things You Didn't Know About You</a>http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40296055http://www.elephantscrossing.com/post/40296055Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:34:29 -0500