The World
Feb212005
The World If I had a gazillion squared dollars, I’d want to buy a piece of The World. 300 private islands laid out to resemble a world map. Now that’s what I call blingbling. (via: plasticbag)
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Microsoft announces upcoming IE7 release
Feb172005
Despite previous proclaimations that there would be no new version of Internet Explorer until their next generation operating system, codenamed “Longhorn” is released, Microsoft has recently reversed that position and announced that it will be working on Internet Explorer 7, which will be more focused on fixing security problems. Too little, too late. The King is dead. Long live the King.
WordPress 1.5 “Strayhorn” released
Feb152005
The latest and greatest version of WordPress is out. WordPress 1.5 (the “Strayhorn” release*) has more new features than you can shake a stick at. The release has been pretty quiet so far — no announcement yet on the WordPress Development Blog or on Photomatt’s site. But several people noticed the update on the Downloads page and picked up on it. I’ve been running this site with the new code for a while now, and … Continue reading
Google Maps Lat/Long Bookmarklet
Feb102005
I still haven’t had time to dig into Google Maps enough to make my dynamic GPS coordinate thingy. But here’s a quick bookmarklet that can report the coordinates of the center point of the map currently displayed: GMap Coords Just drag the bookmarklet to your toolbar, then click it when you’re viewing a map.
Google Maps Dissected
Feb092005
Joel Webber has an excellent dissection of how Google Maps works under the hood in his Mapping Google article. Welcome to my blogroll. Highlights: Communication with the backend server is done with a hidden <iframe> and some javascript trickery (not with XMLHttpRequest, as Gmail uses). Data arrives from the server in XML and is transformed into HTML by client-side XSLT. This is a bold move, and serves to further demonstrate what can be accomplished in … Continue reading
Google Maps
Feb082005
This isn’t exactly hot off the presses, but Google has launched Google Maps, which seems pretty nifty, so far. There are a few things I can think of that could use improvement, but it is just a beta, after all. Improvements I’d like to see: When listing several locations, it would be nice if you could snap to just one particular one, and elminate the others. When doing a “local search”, it will change your … Continue reading
GeoURL Reloaded
Feb062005
I just learned about the return of the GeoURL service. Actually, it doesn’t appear to be a re-launch so much as a re-implementation, according to what I read over on Daniel Schaller’s site. It’s pretty sparse right now, so get out there and register your blogs to start finding your neighbors! (via: Mike Little)
Google’s sense of humor
Feb022005
A few minutes ago, I was checking the status of my Google AdSense account. I have a friend who I think could benefit from that program as well, so I used the “refer a friend” link to zap him a note. After my message was sent, I received the following choices: Your email is on its way to your friend What would you like to do next? Share the word about … Continue reading
Server update
Feb012005
Earlier today, I upgraded the webserver on this box to the latest versions of Apache, PHP, mod_ssl, and a few other things. I still need to go back and do some tweaking, since the a lot of configuration file paths were different from my previous compiles. Currently, I’ve got a hodgepodge of symbolic links and config file hacks acting as a bandaid. If you notice anything misbehaving, please let me know.
Happy birthday to me
Jan312005
Lexar 512MB JumpDrive Peter Gabriel, Hit/Miss Yesterday was my birthday. The whole family went out to dinner at The Bitter End for some seafood. I had the “Sesame Crusted Salmon”, which was good, but not as flavorful as I had expected. But they did give me some of their banana bread pudding, which was quite tasty. This was our second time there, it’s definitely one of our favorite local restaurants. After dinner, we went home … Continue reading