Posted in google, web20, efficiency on Feb 28th, 2007 1 Comment »
Every time I needed to find out traffic conditions, I would have to go use Yahoo Maps. No more! Google Maps now includes traffic for major cities! All green in Sacramento this afternoon, but check out New York at rush hour - ouch!!
Now if they just release an updated API that lets us definte driving […]
Posted in travel, science on Feb 28th, 2007 No Comments »
When I was a kid, I had a book called “Science Made Stupid,” which described eclipses thusly: An eclipse of the moon is when the earth passes between the sun and the moon. An eclipse of the sun is when the moon passes between the sun and the earth. And an eclipse of the earth […]
Posted in people, blogs on Feb 27th, 2007 No Comments »
Jesse just created a new blog, Foodaism: It’s not just a way of life, it’s a religion. I helped him get setup with Wordpress, my blog management system of choice. Should be a fun site when it gets rolling.
Posted in travel on Feb 26th, 2007 4 Comments »
Several months ago while googling around looking for cheap ways to make international calls, I stumbled upon a strange service called Futurephone. You called this number in Iowa, and then dialed your international code and phone number, and boom, you’re talking for free (assuming you have free long distance).
Well my girlfriend is abroad again and […]
Posted in rss, google, web20 on Feb 21st, 2007 No Comments »
As more and more of the websites I read started offering RSS feeds, I tried out a lot of different readers to aggregate them so I could spend more time reading about cool stuff than waiting for ads to load on their respective web pages. Over the years, the software has always gotten better, especially […]
Posted in people on Feb 21st, 2007 3 Comments »
This guy’s 15 minutes just started - student newspaper to LA times to digg to the world. Andy’s a Mac Genius and film student, and gave up paying rent for living in his truck. Not something I’d do personally, but I can appriciate the freedom. Go directly to the source, bypassing the media blitz/spin:
http://gotruckyourself.blogspot.com/
