Archive for category Apps
Census Hack of Google Maps
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps, Google-fied on June 21, 2005
I’m unofficially keeping up with all things google.
This time a fellow combined 2000 census data with google maps.
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46 Best FREE Software Utilities
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps on April 27, 2005
The “best of the best” of freeware collected and reviewed in one place.
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Azureus
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps on April 23, 2005
So I’m a bit behind the times. I’m only one guy. I was searching for a site I discoverd months ago that archived an ass-load of Daily Show episodes. I didn’t find that. I did find Azureus.
For this week?s How-To we?re going to show you how you can use RSS and BitTorrent to find and download your favorite shows, automatically, using free software.
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Disclaimer
Make sure you check with your local, state and country?s laws?In some cases you may be downloading (and uploading) copyrighted material. So far, there hasn?t been a legal case that we know of where broadcast TV networks have stopped or wanted to stop BitTorrent downloads of their shows, but we have heard that pay networks like Showtime, HBO, etc. have sent letters to some individuals for sharing recorded TV. This is all new territory for the most part, and it will be interesting to see what happens and if the TV networks realize that this could be their future distribution chain.
Never miss an episode of your favorite show.
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Gmail Drive
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps on April 21, 2005
In case I haven’t posted on before. Here it is for the first time…again.
If you need a little extra space or need to transfer files from one computer to another, both with internet access, check out GMail Drive Extension, a handy little app that allows you to create a hard drive icon on your desktop that links directly to your GMail 1-2GB of free online storage!
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Become Your Own South Park Character
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps on April 19, 2005
Only the gods know why you’d want too. But here it is.
Google Video Search: Beta
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps, Google-fied on April 14, 2005
Google’s next bid on world domination involves video searches:
At present, Google Video allows you to search within an expanding archive of TV content — sports, docs, and news, mostly. But today, with the launch of the company’s Video Upload Program, Google has begun accepting video content from anyone who cares to upload it. Submitted content won’t be available for viewing right away, the Google faq says — they’re just now starting the gathering phase. And yes, would-be sharers must consider certain legal and technical details.
In review, I have tracked several Google innovations:
1) Gmail
2) Google Moz browser
3) Google SMS
4) The Google-Famous Libraries Project
5) Google Maps
6) Google Maps via Satellite
And that’s not counting pre-existing features like Froogle, Google Image search, Google News, Google Local, and etc and etc.
You can’t tell me they’re not aiming for world domination
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Google’s Satellite Maps bring Surprises
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps, Google-fied, Technology on April 13, 2005
…it is possible to see in the satellite image the complete layout of the streets and infrastructure of Black Rock City, the makeshift town around which Burning Man, a countercultural festival held late each summer, is built.
burning man
icebreaker
bombsBut the unexpected appearance of the pre-event Burning Man construction is hardly the only surprise in Google’s database of satellite images. And other satellite imagery companies say that they, too, are often startled by what they find when they analyze the hundreds of shots they take daily.
Notable surprises include a just-erupted volcano, violent scenes from Iraq (a bomb going off in Baghdad and a firefight in Najaf) and even a 747 landing in Tokyo, something difficult to capture given that the satellite is moving at 17,000 mph.
Much larger photos are on the Wired site.
I just tracked my apartment and my route to school. It’s neat and disconcerting at the same time.
Space Imaging allows you to search the entire globe using satellite views.
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Dummy Text
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps on April 11, 2005
“Greeking” is dummy text used by designers when they don’t have real copy to work with. You’ve seen it: “Lorem ipsum dolor sit…”
I usually use “blah’s” but this is more colorful.
“Greeking” available in normal or hillybilly/Matrix/Technobabble/classic Latin flavors.
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Craigs list for rent ads merged with Google Maps
Posted by mistergroonk in Apps, Google-fied on April 9, 2005
An insanely wonderful hack of Google Maps and Craigs List:
I hope that noise is still running when I graduate and am ready to leave this joint.
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