A good combination of Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth done. FlashEarth offers both services in one single web app that’s very nicely implemented.
via [TipMonkies]
Category: Geek Stuff
Hiccups
I didn’t even realize it’s been a couple of days since I last blogged. Time flies when there’s a baby around.
Murdza, now I understand why it took you so long to install that bad ass new PowerBook hard drive around the time when Savannah was born. I can’t imagine adding house renovation projects to the mix….
Bryan has been having hiccups since he was in Grace’s tummy. It’s really funny to feel the tummy tremor in an interval. And now that he’s here, almost every other meal he hiccups for a few minutes (despite gentle pats on his back). Sometimes I give him some water, and that seemed to have helped. But other times it doesn’t.
It’s worthy to note that scientists still don’t know exactly why hiccups happen though there are some interesting theories involving the diaphragm.
I do have a couple of home remedies that usually stop the hiccups immediately.
1. Take a deep breathe and hold it. Wait 30 seconds and exhale. (Usually this takes care of the hiccups.
2. Take a deep breathe and hold it. Drink a big glass of water while holding the breathe. Usually it is followed by a slight burp and the hiccup stops.
Subway Maps for iPod
Uptime on My PowerBook
I don’t think I was able to keep a Windows machine up, un-rebooted, at work (or home) for more than a couple of weeks. There’s always some updates or patches out that needed the Windows to be restarted. Or the entire system just craps out for no reason anyway…
So this is why I love my Mac… It’s been up for 33 days!
Expired Visitor’s Tag
This tag may not look much. But it’s an effective visitor’s tag with a latent expiration mechanism built right in. I got this tag when Grace was still being induced to go into labor. This allowed me to go in and out of the hospital without having to sign in again and again within the same day. But the cool thing was, after I went home for a few hours of quick nap, I found this tag with “Expired” watermark that weren’t there before. Cool stuff.
The writing says “L+D” –> “Labor & Delivery”
Tiger Rendering Issues
I guess there’s still some work to be done with Tiger… Or maybe my hardware is getting old and unresponsive? Either way… this is messed up… Menu littered with two layers of text from two different apps…. I have only seen it a couple of times though… But that a couple of times too many. But I’ll take this over virus-ridden Windows any day!
Finally, A Republican Senator For Stem Cell Research
Finally, a Republican leadership with a spine and “conscience”. BBC is reporting that Senator Bill Frist is to support the stem cell research bill that was already passed in the House of Representatives.
Maybe there are some good souls in the Republican Party. It’s also interesting to note that Senator Frist was a surgeon himself before trying his luck at politics. So there, Church and State just don’t go well… Science is the way to go.
Hairy CDs
Nothing new or particularly innovative. They do look cute though. They are available at, of all places, Home Depot.
via [Gizmodo]
Cracking Windows “Genuine Advantage” Check
Within 24 hours of Microsoft launching its mandatory piracy check during Windows update procedure, the process was cracked.
Before pressing ‘Custom’ or ‘Express’ buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:
It turns off the trigger for the key check.
What else is new? Bring it on, sucka.
UPDATE: Here is another way to do it.
[Via boingboing]
Apple Consultants Network
Found this site, Apple Consultants Network, through MacSlash. I had no idea Apple maintains a site to help promote its certified consultants. It’s a win-win-win situation. Too bad the site isn’t more publicized to the consumers. Well, maybe to pro-sumers and corporate enterprises.
Two Maps on One Screen
A developer put together a site that compares Virtual Earth and Google Maps, side-by-side. Finally now I can “use” Virtual Earth, or at least part of its features made available on this site.
What’s cool about this site is, as you drag one map and move about, the other map will refresh itself and move after your mouse is released. So this makes it easy to see the differences in the maps. And of course this entry wouldn’t be complete without a screenshot of the missing Apple Campus in Cupertino.
This reminds me of an earlier entry of someone making a Yahoo and Google search engines side by side. It won’t be long until someone comes up with a site that compares all four major mapping services on one page.
The Birth of Google
Wired is running an article on how Google came about from its two humble founders.
I especially liked this part:
[Sergey] Brin, the Russian-born son of a NASA scientist and a University of Maryland math professor, emigrated to the US with his family at the age of 6. By the time he was a middle schooler, Brin was a recognized math prodigy. He left high school a year early to go to UM. When he graduated, he immediately enrolled at Stanford, where his talents allowed him to goof off. The weather was so good, he told me, that he loaded up on nonacademic classes – sailing, swimming, scuba diving. He focused his intellectual energies on interesting projects rather than actual course work.
I guess in order to make it in the business world, working hard is no longer enough. It’s so competitive nowadays that it’s also essential to be a prodigy in something to win.