Monthly Archives: June 2007

its about time!

Google Maps finally allows you to modify the route when you get directions.  You can click-n-drag anywhere on the blue direction line to move it to another street.  The interface is pretty slick.  I’m actually surprised it took this long.

facebook

Crap.  You know, I never gave “social networking” sites much thought.  I didn’t think it would have enough draw.  Now we have the start of social analysis based on which site you use, myspace or facebook.  Many bands now have a presence on myspace, and I’ve popped in to check them out… never tried facebook.  [...]

heros of gaming

Its definitely nice to see Ragnar’s characters getting a little love.  Zoe and April come in 4th on a list of top 25 Video Game Heros.  I don’t think it is without merit either.  The Longest Journey and Dreamfall have some of the deepest and satisfying protagonists in gaming.  I still need to try Indigo [...]

incredible

Check out this link. I haven’t figured out if it wraps or not…
[Ed.  Try this link]

comments in limbo, new amp

Sorry about that. When I changed hosts, I was able to start using Wordpress’ Akismet plugin for spam, and didn’t realize that it had different rules for comment moderation. All comments should be out there now =)
Things are still crazy here… adjusting to a new job, acclimated to a new apartment… you know, [...]

pale blue dot

When I was about 9 or so, my grandmother gave me an old hardback edition of Carl Sagan’s Cosmos. That was really the start of my interest in space in general and my love of theoretical literature from the likes of Graham Greene and Stephen Hawkins. Its pretty woefully out of date [...]

moving

In the middle of phase 1 of 3… bbiab.