Entries for week beginning October 9, 2005
➠ October 15, 2005
Placeopedia.com - Connecting Wikipedia articles with their locations
This? Is wicked cool. Using Google Maps to present an easy interface for the geocoding of Wikipedia articles.
➠ October 14, 2005
NBC Survey regarding ‘The Office’
Screenshot of one of the questions asked during an NBC survey related to "The Office".
The fact they're asking these questions make me dread any potential "re-tooling" of the series.
iStockphoto.com : royalty free stock photography community
Cheaproyalty-free stock photos. Better than searching Flickr for CC’d images which allow commercial use!
Presentation Zen
Blog dedicated to getting your presentations up to snuff.
➠ October 13, 2005
Google Adds Tagging
Tag your previous searches so you can find them again. Handy, but needs a better UI (perhaps embedded into the Toolbar?). I want to be able to specify *just after doing the search* that I want to tag the resulting site, rather than having to go back in history.
Bank of America | Keep the Change
BoA campaign which rounds up your debit card purchase to the nearest dollar, and deposits the “change” in your savings account. Smart plan for them, since it’ll encourage people to use their debit cards for “small” purchases (see the example of “cup of coffee”). Pain in the arse for me, if it means that I’m stuck in the queue behind said person paying for a sodding cup of coffee with a debit card.
HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software
Hurrah for Mark Pilgrim! Quick instructions on getting a fair use from your DVDs.
Daring Fireball: Brief Observations Regarding the New Stuff Announced at Today's Special Event
Some bullet points of interest about Apple’s announcements today. I’ll take this time to make my guess: A video-capable “Airport Express” with Remote Control, and an online movie store announced at MacWorld.
➠ October 10, 2005
ShrinkwrappedGarbage
As I go through my CD collection, merrily re-ripping, I occasionally come across a CD such as this, purchased in 2001, but still in its shrinkwrap.
As I recall, I had downloaded MP3s of the album prior to release, but still went out and bought the CD in order to assuage my conscience (and because it was only $12 from the good folks at Newbury Comics).
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