Posts Categorized: Technology

Some folks at Geobloggers.com have put together a really cool integration of Google Maps and Flickr. If you provide some specific tagging information including latitude and longitude you can have your Flickr photos show up in a custom Google Map. Here is an example from Chicago. This takes Flickr’s Mappr that I blogged about a… Read more »

Do you have a computer in front of you with a connection to the ‘net, and some time to kill? Check out this year’s Webby Award Nominations, and vote for your favorites in a large collection of categories. Connections Entertainment Features Living Marketplace Media Services Society There are some pretty cool sites out there to… Read more »

Adobe announced today that they will buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion! I’m very torn about this purchase. I really like Macromedia as a company and the applications that they produce. I also like Adobe’s applications. I just don’t know if I want them coming together. They both have their own areas of expertise and if… Read more »

Yes, I know two Google posts in a row is a little much… but what can I say, I love Google, and they keep adding new stuff! Do you use Google from your mobile phone or from your wifi enabled PDA? I know I sure do! Well, now they offer their “Google Local” in a… Read more »

Google has taken their already-cool maps/directions tool and added yet another great improvement. They’ve integrated their Keyhole technology to bring satellite images to the maps. So now instead of looking at cartoony maps, you can view locations or directions with actual satellite images. To view the satellite images, simply enter your address or location into… Read more »

I’m a little late posting this since I was on vacation, but Firefox 1.02 was released a few days ago. There aren’t a whole lot of changes, mainly security fixes and updates (which are always good to take care of). Here is what’s new according to Mozilla: Firefox 1.0.2 is a security and stability update… Read more »

Since I’m at Photoshop World in Las Vegas this week, I figured that I should post something Photoshop related. They showed us a cool new feature that is going to be in the next version of Photoshop in our opening keynote. I’m going to try and describe it as best I can, but it might… Read more »

Google has released an updated version of their Desktop Search that I mentioned in an earlier post. The new version adds quite a few new items to the search results. There is also a new plug-in’s area to expand the searches even further. The new searchable items include: Netscape Mail / Thunderbird Netscape / Firefox… Read more »

This afternoon I made a call that I have been waiting a long time to make. I called the Mediacom 800 number and said, “cancel all my services!” It felt so good! Then after work today I stopped by the Mediacom offices and returned my cable modem. I did a little dance as I walked… Read more »

The Mozilla Foundation has released a small update to Firefox, mainly to take care of some bugs. What’s new in Firefox 1.01: Improved stability International Domain Names are now displayed as punycode. (To show International Domain Names in Unicode, set the “network.IDN_show_punycode” preference to false.) Several security fixes. Get it while its still hot! UPDATE:… Read more »

Apple today released a small bump in the iPod line with capacity price, and color updates for the iPod Mini and the iPod Photo. They also bumped up the battery life on the Mini to 18hrs while removing the gold colored player (it must not have been a very good seller). The new updates look… Read more »

I’m a little late getting this posted, but I was able to see one of the new Mac Minis in person last weekend at Apple store in the Jordan Creek Mall in Des Moines. Like most Apple products, the pictures online just don’t do them justice. The mini was just that… mini. It is seriously… Read more »

In putting together an RSS presentation and threw together a bunch of resources that I thought might also be relevant here. What is RSS? Rich Site Summary Really Simple Syndication RDF Site Summary RSS is an XML format used for syndicating regularly updated web content (headlines, news, blog posts, etc.). Resources defining RSS: Wikipedia Answers.com… Read more »