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17 Google Maps Mashups To Waste Away Your Day
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Do you prefer your mashups useful or fun? If latter is the answer, we've got a treat for you: 17 quirky Google Maps mashups that probably won't cure cancer or stop world hunger, but they're definitely interesting, at least from the "someone did that?" point of view. You might want to hurry browsing through these, though; from our experience, Google Maps mashups tend to die out almost as fast as they appear. Be sure to check our older list of must-see Google Maps mashups.
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links for 2008-05-15
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/05/links_for...links for 2008-05-15 Jemima Kiss / Newsbucket 08:30pm Ask.com buys Dictionary.com parent Lexico Search site Ask.com will announce on Thursday a deal to buy Lexico, home to popular reference Web sites Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com, a move that will
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Google Maps and Flash
http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2008/05/15/google...Google Maps and Flash May 15th, 2008 by Bryan Danny Sanchez points out that Google has created an API for Google Maps in Flash: So say hello to the new Google Maps API for Flash. The new API allows Flash developers to integrate Google Maps into their
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http://dbordo.dedalusjmmr.net/2008_06_01_arquivo.html#137237...U.S. Government Sought Customer Book Purchasing Records from Amazon.com WTF??? 17 Google Maps Mashups To Waste Away Your Day ASCII Maps Weird retro Googlemapping Is Google Making Us Stupid? ... or just ADD? Just received a letter from Borg's legal department (The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs) Me is not me, for X sake!
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TravelSkoot: Another Google Maps Mashup to Digest
http://www.imeshedup.com/travelskoot-another-google-maps-mas...TravelSkoot: Another Google Maps Mashup to Digest June 2, 2008 · Filed Under Mashable · Comment Google Maps mashups have been done and re-done… and done yet again. There is even a Google Maps social network with YouTube videos that is slowly evolving. But apparently the hype is not over just yet. TravelSkoot is a new Google map mashup site that allows users to “skoot” or plot points on a map that show travel plans, tours, or favorite places. A skoot can be created for places you’re going, places you’ve been, or places you want your friends to visit. You can even search skoots created by other users who have toured around a certain city. Already on the move? TravelSkoot can also be viewed on WAP enabled phones. The site, which is currently still in beta, can list locations by themes, i.e. concerts you’ve attended, good bagel shops in the area, and top-rated hair salons. Once you have created your skoots, you can save your widget and uploaded to your personal site, Facebook page, MySpace profile, and more. I see a few ups and downs with this skooting business. On the up side, TravelSkoot is great for creating itineraries and day-trips or seeing those created by others. It works for exploring cities you have never traveled to, and I like the feature that automatically generates driving directions if you have more than one point on the map. On the down side, however, TravelSkoot fails to show me how it stacks up against the countless Google Maps mashups; perhaps even Google Maps itself. Plotting restaurants? Driving directions? Sharing with friends? Sigh. TravelSkoot is going to have to get a little more creative then just a catchy name if it’s going to want to grab attention. Tags:
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TravelSkoot: Another Google Maps Mashup to Digest
http://www.seriouslytech.com/2008/06/02/travelskoot-another-...Google Maps mashups have been done and re-done… and done yet again. There is even a Google Maps social network with YouTube videos that is slowly evolving. But apparently the hype is not over just yet. TravelSkoot is a new Google map mashup site that allows users to “skoot” or plot points on a map that show travel plans, tours, or favorite places. A skoot can be created for places you’re going, places you’ve been, or places you want your friends to visit. You can even search skoots created by other users who have toured around a certain city. Already on the move? TravelSkoot can also be viewed on WAP enabled phones. The site, which is currently still in beta, can list locations by themes, i.e. concerts you’ve attended, good bagel shops in the area, and top-rated hair salons. Once you have created your skoots, you can save your widget and uploaded to your personal site, Facebook page, MySpace profile, and more. I see a few ups and downs with this skooting business. On the up side, TravelSkoot is great for creating itineraries and day-trips or seeing those created by others. It works for exploring cities you have never traveled to, and I like the feature that automatically generates driving directions if you have more than one point on the map. On the down side, however, TravelSkoot fails to show me how it stacks up against the countless Google Maps mashups; perhaps even Google Maps itself. Plotting restaurants? Driving directions? Sharing with friends? Sigh. TravelSkoot is going to have to get a little more creative then just a catchy name if it’s going to want to grab attention.
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TravelSkoot: Another Google Maps Mashup to Digest
http://www.techmacro.com/tech-blog/mashable/travelskoot-anot...[Mashable.com] — Google Maps mashups have been done and re-done… and done yet again. There is even a Google Maps social network with YouTube videos that is slowly evolving. (more…)
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TravelSkoot: Another Google Maps Mashup to Digest
http://www.frenzynews.com/2008/06/03/travelskoot-another-goo...TravelSkoot: Another Google Maps Mashup to Digest Jun 3 at 5:05am by Google Maps mashups have been done and re-done… and done yet again. There is even a Google Maps social network with YouTube videos that is slowly evolving. But apparently the hype is not over just yet. TravelSkoot is a new Google map mashup site that allows users to “skoot” or plot points on a map that show travel plans, tours, or favorite places. A skoot can be created for places you’re going, places you’ve been, or places you want your friends to visit. You can even search skoots created by other users who have toured around a certain city. Already on the move? TravelSkoot can also be viewed on WAP enabled phones. The site, which is currently still in beta, can list locations by themes, i.e. concerts you’ve attended, good bagel shops in the area, and top-rated hair salons. Once you have created your skoots, you can save your widget and uploaded to your personal site, Facebook page, MySpace profile, and more. I see a few ups and downs with this skooting business. On the up side, TravelSkoot is great for creating itineraries and day-trips or seeing those created by others. It works for exploring cities you have never traveled to, and I like the feature that automatically generates driving directions if you have more than one point on the map. On the down side, however, TravelSkoot fails to show me how it stacks up against the countless Google Maps mashups; perhaps even Google Maps itself. Plotting restaurants? Driving directions? Sharing with friends? Sigh. TravelSkoot is going to have to get a little more creative then just a catchy name if it’s going to want to grab attention. Go here to read the rest: TravelSkoot: Another Google Maps Mashup to Digest
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2008 - Urban
http://saltsjo.blogspot.com/2008/05/2008-urban.htmlDN Headline:Swedish - Här tändes strejkgnistanEnglish - Here the (nurses) strike sparks are lit Dinner last night: Hamburgers, sweet potato fries, pumpkin pie w/whipped cream. You Americans can run up to your grocery store and buy a ready-made pumpkin pie probably just about any time of the year. But they don’t do pumpkin pies here, so I have to make my own, which I hardly ever did in the past because you couldn’t find the cans of pumpkin. Finally (well, starting maybe 2 years ago at the big stores, not mine) they have it. And it has taken me this long to get around to making one. JUST when Hasse would much rather I make him some rhubarb crisp! Sorry, Hasse! But he would never turn away a piece of pie! Since I can’t get a yummy, flaky American style crust (no Crisco here), I tried the crust Cindy Crawford uses in her Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie recipe (originally from Saveur magazine). It’s basically the same as my grandmother used, I think, with vegetable oil. I didn't even try to flute the edges. They also don’t have evaporated milk here (for the pie), as far as I can tell, so I used a type of cooking cream (matlagningsgrädde – 15%). All-in-all, it worked out fine. Oink, oink. Google Health: Google Health’s in beta now. I don’t know… Can’t you just see the lawsuits comin’… ? I can’t quite imagine this working in America, government-sponsored OR privately-sponsored. Could be wrong, of course. The beginning and The end: Our white lilacs just before they pop open and our cherry tree blossoms just before they fall off the tree. Sunday Fun 17 Google Maps Mashups To Waste Away Your Day Images galore: Here’s the wonderful Digital Image Resources on the Deep Web including “one of the largest WWII U.S. Military photo archives” here: http://go.footnote.com/militaryphotos. WOW!: Tasmanian tiger DNA comes alive in mouse - “A University of Melbourne team has broken new ground, extracting genes from the extinct tasmanian tiger and bringing them back to life in another living creature.” The walrus, up close. Neat!: Who Is the Walrus? Clueless in Leeds: UK's 'dumbest criminal' given YouTube ASBO ban - "Andrew Kellett, 23, was branded the city’s “dumbest criminal” by Leeds City Council after posting more than 80 videos showing himself and others committing a range of offences. The videos included leaving a petrol station apparently without paying, trespassing and shouting abuse, dangerous driving and racing at high speeds and the taking of class A drugs." Stuck in my head: The past two days it has been “Chances Are” by Johnny Mathis running rampant in my brain. Don’t know why. What incredibly romantic music he made with that beautiful voice! I had no idea if he was still even entertaining and was looking for “Chances Are” in YouTube and found this one from January! He does some of “Chances Are” and some of “Misty” (spoiled only by the introduction by Katie Couric, who is not my favorite). Anyway, turns out he’s alive and well and touring. Good! Johnny Mathis _ Chances Are & Misty
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A ver, rapidamente
http://contrafactos.blogspot.com/2008/05/ver-rapidamente.htm...17 Google Maps Mashups To Waste Away Your Day: You might want to hurry browsing through these, though; from our experience, Google Maps mashups tend to die out almost as fast as they appear.
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O Guia Definitivo Para os Entediados Na Internet
http://jardelscorner.com/artigos/guia-para-entediados-na-int...Jardel’s Corner por Jardel Appelt © 2006 - 2008 Neste momento você deve estar na casa de um parente chato e conseguiu uma trégua com seus priminhos chatos ou seu cunhado. Mas mesmo assim se você ficou em casa, casa de praia ou qualquer lugar que não tenha nada de mais interessante pra fazer, aqui um guia com os sites perfeitos pra você perder tempo. AVISO: Não passe deste ponto se pretende produzir algo nos próximos dias. Kongregate O site perfeito pras suas tardes de sábado entediantes, já falamos do site quando ele ainda estava no começo aqui. É um site de jogos em flash com possibilidade de ganhar dinheiro (pra quem faz jogos), mas isso não vem ao seu caso. O caso é que o site é muito viciante, você sempre acha um joguinho legal, sem falar que ele oferece desafios (badgets) e cartas para um jogo que envolve todos os usuários (ainda em Beta), sem falar no sistema de níveis. Alguns dos jogos populares são Sonny e Fancy Pants Adventures: Mundo 2 (imagens acima). Pogo Pogo é o site de games online da EA. Bem popular entre os idosos e pessoas mais velhas nos EUA, é cheio de jogos não tão complexos, mas que exigem memória, bem ao estilo passa-tempo, se você gosta dos joguinhos do MSN vai se dar bem com o site. Ele necessita que você tenha uma conta na EA para jogar (a conta grátis), a maioria dos jogos são de graça, mas existe badges e jogos somente para assinantes, sem falar na lotação das salas e outras frescuras, tem até uma sala pra quem gosta de falar com CAPS LIGADO, enfim, também dá pra jogar “numa boa” sem pagar. Eu aconselho o jogo Poppit. Sand Game Deixando o estudo de quanto pior o game, mais viciante com razão, o Sand Game, mais conhecido como “cúmulo do tédio” é um jogo que não tem objetivos, fases nem chefões, você só fica desenhando na tela e vendo a areia, óleo, sal, água, planta e fogo caindo e interage com eles. Pode parecer bem tosco, mas como o twitter, você vai se ver perdendo muito tempo com aquilo, aconselho a não entrar, mesmo pra quem esteja muito entediado, é um jogo que provavelmente fez um pacto com o demônio pra você não parar de jogar. É o jogo perfeito pra você deixar as crianças brincando, elas não vão parar de desenhar por lá tão cedo. Mario Forever Que tal deixar a nostalgia de lado e voltar a jogar o Super Mario? Se ligar seu SNES e jogar Super Mario é um luxo que você não tem, temos a solução: Já dá pra jogar Super Mario no PC sem emulador. E uma adaptação não oficial ao original com quase 4 milhões de downloads até agora. A música também é fiel (embora a qualidade não seja das melhores) e as fases também são quase iguais ao original. Você ainda pode fazer seus próprios mapas e tem alguns jogos extras que só existem nesta versão. Se você quiser mais games de graça para PC, temos uma lista de 101 games de graça para pc, o GTA 1 e 2 e (quase) todos os jogos de 1980 com emulador aqui. YouTube Você já deve perder todo o seu tempo por lá, mas aconselho a variar e tomar uma das alternativas acima! Também não vou aconselhar nada, você já deve estar cansado dos seus amigos te mandando o último vídeo “daquele” cara dançando e do smosh. Hacks do Google Maps Usar o Google Earth, olhar as estrelas e imagens de satélite é uma coisa muito interessante se você gosta de geografia ou é somente um curioso. A nossa tag do Google Maps tem muitas coisas que provavelmente farão você perder seu tempo com imagens de satélite e o Mashable tem uma lista com 17 aplicações do Google Maps que irão fazer você perder totalmente seu tempo. Entre as aplicações está um mapa que alguém provavelmente roubou dos caças fantasmas onde mostra os locais que apareceram fantasmas e um outro em ASCI. Ouvir Rádios Online Se nada acima te agrada e você só quer relaxar ouvindo a sua música preferida, nós temos um guia de rádios online. Só escolher seu artista preferido, colocar o fone de ouvido, os pés em cima da mesa e se divertir. Se você ainda lamenta que o Pandora não funciona no Brasil e tem seu próprio site (e é meio nerd), o Tiago Madeira tem um tutorial de como usar SSH tunneling. Existem muitos outros sites por aí pra matar tempo, entram na categoria sites de tirinhas, fórums, blogs e etc, mas estes acima são os que considero melhor pra uma pessoa que não quer ver a grama crescer nem coçar o saco. Espero que faça um bom proveito do seu feriado, com ou sem jogos pra matar tempo. Você pode se interessar também por... E Mais um Jogo é Banido no Brasil - Dessa Vez o Bully da Rockstar Um Guia de Rádios Online Songerize - Querendo ouvir Alguma Música sem Precisar Baixar?
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