I’ve mentioned Google Maps before, but I thought I’d point out that they just added a “hybrid” feature where you can overlay maps and satellite images. I’ve been saying they should add this. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who thought so because they finally did it.
As much as I loved Voltron and the Transformers as a kid in the 80’s, I’m sorry to see that they’re both being made into movies. You know that these things are always terrible when they go back and make a movie years later. Check it out on Yahoo! News.
What did I do with my weekend? Well, part of it was spent in Rhode Island at a Davy Jones (from the Monkees) concert at Misquamicut Beach. It was definately a small town event, but that was a large part of what made it fun!
Also at the concert was Pete Best, a man who no one has heard of, but was the original Beatles drummer.
They had an opening act, but he’s not worth metnioning here. The other opening act was “The Beach Bums” which was a local group that seems to be an extenion of the Misquamicut Business Association. They were good. They should have been the official opening act instead of the other not so good guy:-)
I took a ton of photos which will be online at some point possibly, but until then here’s one…
James Doohan, better known as the lovable engineer, Scotty from Star Trek died yesterday. According to the BBC, his ashes are going to be sent into space.
Read the article here.
Using I set up my site with Google’s new service, Google Sitemaps. It should result in better indexing of my site by Google. This means you’ll get more accurate results and some of the lag I’ve mentioned before will no longer be a problem when I make changes.
Everyone knows that Google is the best site to use for searching, but Google is slowly becoming a huge company that offers a wide array of services. the coolest new one that I’ve seen recently is Google Earth. It’s not web-based, but is an application you can download and install. If you’ve used Google Maps, you already know that Google bought out Keyhole and now has satellite imagery available. Google Earth takes this one step farther. In this program you can zoom through maps, and use them in all kinds of ways. It even has 3 dimensional representations of buildings so you can fly through cities.
It’s tough to explain all the useful features, but once you download it it you’ll see how much fun it is to play with even if you don’t have a serious use for it.
Oh yeah, and it’s free. Get it at http://earth.google.com.
The Dukes of Hazzard is a classic show. Ever since it’s been back on television on CMT, my DVR has been working overtime recording it for me. But what prompted it’s sudden comeback is the new motion picture that’s been made. I honestly figured it was probaly going to be terrible since all of these movies usually are. Bow I have someone else’s opinion to back up my hunch.
Cooter from the REAL Dukes of Hazzard seems to agree and he’s actually read the script! Check it out at cootersplace.com.
Well, I told emily I’d post a link to MuggleNet at some point and what better day than today. To is the day that the newest Harry Potter book is being released. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is being released tonight at midnight.
So in honor of that and for Emily, I’ll point out that a great place for Harry Potter info is MuggleNet.com. Another good place would be the author’s site at JKRowling.com
I’ll be waiting until the book comes out in paperback in like a year or whatever because I’m not quite the rabid fan that many people are (and I’m cheap). 😉
Wow, why didn’t they have these when we were growing up?! Imagine all the sibling fights it would have stopped.
Most of you probbaly already know what a problem spyware is, but here’s an article that attempts to quantify the magnitude of the problem. remember that I’ve posted some info to help you avoid it and remove it in Michael’s Guide.