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arbitrary thumbtacks on maps.google.com
Does anyone know how to get Google maps to locate a thumbtack at an arbitrary point on a map? I recall directions from Brevity on how to get it to draw an arbitrary route, which is a nice touch, but I’d like to be able to say “The thing I am talking about is HERE” […]
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area 51, mysterious circles
Internet discovers irrigation while looking for Area 51. (See the comments of the linked post.) Someone really needs to convince BoingBoing that those irrigation circles are something mysterious.
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Fun with Google Maps
So Google Maps now has a satellite mode. Now, Americans have had various access to satellite imagery for a while, through Terraserver and related sites, but good high-resolution coverage of Canada other than Toronto is pretty rare. But Google has high-res imagery for Ottawa and Montreal, and medium-res for most of Ontario, so here are […]
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omg sekrit!!
While looking on the Vatican’s website to find out if there was any news about Schroedinger’s Pope, I found this. Don’t tell anyone!
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Only so many gags to go around
Well, this is odd. Today’s Foxtrot and Get Fuzzy: I thought “April Fool’s joke” at first, but I didn’t see any other comics with the same gag. Anyone else see any? Edit: Here’s another, Pearls Before Swine: Definitely an April Fool’s joke, I think. Any other comics?
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Bike locks
Consider this one a poll, if you want. I didn’t want to make everyone write their answers in tiny boxes, so I didn’t use the poll feature to do it. How do you lock up your bike? Why do you do it that way? Why not something more convenient and less secure, or less convenient […]
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new bike!
I bought a bike today! I’d been thinking of buying a new bike since last summer, because my road bike (Giant Peloton 8200) and Candice‘s hybrid (Trek 7100) weren’t really so great for riding together — I couldn’t go on gravel paths and found it uncomfortable to keep my speed down, and Look pedals don’t […]