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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 11:24pm CEST
Democrats launch McCainpedia May 20th, 2008 The primary season hasn’t ended, but Democrats have already begun the online battle against Republican presidential nominee John McCain with the launch of McCainpedia. The site is a wiki about McCain, but it’s funded by the Democratic National Committee. The goal? To “centralize research material, allowing the general public to use it as they see fit,” according to the site’s “about” page. In other words, the McCainpedia is a one-stop shop for talk
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 11:20pm CEST
Google Health: Great idea, but scary as all get out May 20th, 2008 Google has launched its personal health portal, Google Health. It’s a clear and straightforward hub where users can store their medical information, and look up information on conditions and medications relevant to them. See the video for the pitch from product manager Roni Zeiger, a physician who left his practice to run this project (although he still keeps his hand in, as it were, by doing urgent care medicine on weeke
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 8:21pm CEST
Exploring Etria, installing Guild Echelon, recruiting members, and equipping a party took most of our first day; surviving the Labyrinth’s first floor took the rest. Once we had arrived in Etria, our first move, I argued, should have been to seek an audience with the Radha, but V just had to pen our guild in the ledger. There’s no stopping her when she gets an idea into her head, so we made the Explorers’ Guild our first destination. I didn’t mind too much, as the building is tucked into a co
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 7:14pm CEST
It’s interesting to think about George W. Bush’s comments to the Knesset last week in terms of electoral strategy; he’s clearly hitting Sen. Obama, but why? Republicans have been chasing Jewish votes for years to no avail, and it seems highly likely to me that the Obama camp has already sewn up all of the states where this can go well– unless you really think New Jersey might flip? So this is about Florida–a hefty bet, since Sen. Obama has basically already announced that he’s going to run
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 6:40pm CEST
Behind the reported events of last week’s earthquake in China, a story of a citizen journalism was emerging. Ronen Medzini, an Israeli student, affected by the earthquake in the Chengdu area was quoted by the Associated Press on the crisis in the area. Medzini’s role in reporting the disaster, which was quickly picked up by other mainstream media, was in itself newsworthy - he reported the devastation around him in a text message sent to the AP, a citizen journalist breaking news on a mobile.
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 6:20pm CEST
The much anticipated Noise Maps version 2 was released by our favorite government agency, DEFRA, last week. This version includes a noise source filter (road, rail, industry and air) - which ‘kind of’ works - and day and night switch. The maps spread beyond London to ‘agglomerations’ of over 250,000 people…everyone else will have to [...]
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 6:05pm CEST
On October 1, 2008 come join us for a full day conference on how to use visual mapping to your advantage in your organization. Learn how to take visual mapping to the next level and see just how powerful a tool this can be, to help you reach your personal, academic, or business goals. The conference will be hosted and led by Brian S. Friedlander, Ph.D. and his professional team of preeminent visual mappers who include: Adam Clayman, Stephanie Diamond, Chuck Frey, Arjen Ter Hoeve, Kyle McFarlin,
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 5:37pm CEST
Last week, Microsoft released a substantial upgrade to their Live Search for Windows Mobile service by offering location-aware search. Now you can use Windows Live search with any built in or bluetooth GPS unit to give context to your Windows live searches. Here are just a few ways that you can use it: Perform a search for restaurants or locations near you. Get turn by turn directions to those results Integrates with Microsoft Virtual Earth and allows you to see your locations See the locat
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 4:56pm CEST
Google Health beta test begins May 19th, 2008 Update 12:50 p.m. PDT: I added more detail. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Google on Monday launched a beta test of its Google Health service to archive medical records and find medical services. In some areas, Google’s expansion from just search takes on incumbent powers; Google Docs, for example, competes with Microsoft Office. But Google Health competes more with a tangled mess of regulatory and privacy complexity. “Personal health records
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 4:52pm CEST
Hot on the heels of last week’s Knight News Challenge winners, two foundations have released details of journalism projects to receive funding. New Voices - a project from the University of Maryland’s interactive journalism institute - has awarded funding of $17,000 each to 10 citizen media start-ups. The recipients include: Cool State Online, a Californian project to set up micro bureaux covering news from the Asian and Latino communities; The Appalachian Independent, an online newspaper for
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 4:48pm CEST
Bebo president Joanna Shields: We’re not just for kids anymore May 19th, 2008 Bebo’s core demographic might be teens and young adults in the U.K., but president Joanna Shields said that now that the social network’s acquisition by AOL is complete, it’s time to start expanding. Now that she’s in charge of AOL’s “People Networks” division, which encompasses Bebo as well as the AIM and ICQ instant-messaging services, her goal is to expand the service’s reach and bring it up to par with bigger
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 4:48pm CEST
Bebo president: We’re not just for kids anymore May 19th, 2008 Bebo’s core demographic might be teens and young adults in the U.K., but President Joanna Shields said that now that the social network’s acquisition by AOL is complete, it’s time to start expanding. Now that she’s in charge of AOL’s “People Networks” division, which encompasses Bebo as well as the AIM and ICQ instant-messaging services, her goal is to expand the service’s reach and bring it up to par with bigger rivals like Fac
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 4:42pm CEST
Encoding coordinates for efficiency The folks over at Soul Solutions published an article (Encoding for performance, Soul Solutions) outlining the steps for implementing an “Encoded Polyline Algorithm Format” (Encoded Polyline Algorithm Format, Google) - an algorithm for reducing the data overheads when sending long lists of coordinates over a network. I have been aware of this for a while, but - unfortunately - have not had the opportunity to put it into practice. The duo over at Soul Solu
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 4:24pm CEST
British Prime Minister Unveils Climate Mapping Technology climate change, digital earth, mapmaking No Comments » British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a new climate mapping system at the annual Zeitgeist event, according to 24dash. The site uses Google Earth to display climate modelling information from the government, Met Office, Hadley Centre and British Antarctic Survey. Brown describes the site as “a new mapping of the world that tells us what is happening now to our land, our seas
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 4:19pm CEST
Google adding display ads to image search May 19th, 2008 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.–Google is beginning an “experiment” that incorporates graphical ads with image search results. “What we’re announcing today is a new suite of image-related experiments. We’re pairing images with images for the first time–display ads with image search,” product management director R.J. Pittman said at a Google media event at company headquarters here. Google got rich off of text ads that appear next to text
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 3:41pm CEST
Great story in today’s New York Times about maintenance/repair issues with subway elevators in the New York City Transit system. Umibot finds this interesting because it draws attention to the hidden world of attribute data. While spatial elements (station points, entrances, routes, etc…) are valuable, attribute data allow users to act on information–hours of operation, are elevators in operation (today), real-time scheduling/routing, parking facilities, etc…Last week we announced our mass tran
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 3:37pm CEST
Dans le cadre du Mapping festival 2008, une plusieurs lieux on été investi dont le Musée d’art contemporain de Genève (mamco) , Les photos ci dessus sont quelques dispositifs extrait de l’exposition dans l’ordre : 1 / “The analog color field computer” de Gregory shakar (usa) En dessous de chaque écrans des gros potard en métal, comme ceux de l’ampli de mes parents, en les tournant on change la fréquence sonore et la couleur….En dessous de chaque écran de grand caisson d’i
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 3:21pm CEST
Live at Google for ‘Factory Tour of Search’ May 19th, 2008 We’re live at the Google “Factory Tour” in Mountain View today. Marissa Mayer, VP of search products and user experience, will be speaking, as well as Carter Maslan, from Google Maps, R.J. Pittman, GM of search properties, and Johanna Wright, Google Search product manager. The talks commence at 9:30 a.m. PDT. For the as-it-happens report, see my live blog below and the official video stream here. I recommend you open the video
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 2:55pm CEST
Noise Maps Have you ever wondered where the the noisiest and quietest areas in the UK are? The Department For Environment Food and Rural Affairs have a new site where you can see what an area is like before you buy there. We have the Freedom Of Information Act to thank for letting us into these secrets that are gathered by government departments and retained on records. Enter the type of noise you want to know about ie train, airplane, car etc and you can search regions in England getting
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 2:43pm CEST
Danny Simmons wrote a marketing piece about the project he's been working on for so long: "Why use the Entity Framework?". I don't expect Danny to be unbiased towards his own work, so at first I just ignored it: Microsoft produces these kind of 'use our stuff, it's better than sliced bread'-articles a dozen times a day. However, this particular article seems to be a discussion subject and is supported by non-Microsoft people on other blogs, so it's time to stop ignoring it and start to refute
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:39pm CEST
Google opens ad network to outsiders May 19th, 2008 Google will open its ad network so certified partners can serve advertisements and track ad data–a move designed to make it easier for advertisers to run campaigns across multiple companies’ networks. “This will empower advertisers to work with approved third parties to serve and track display ads, including rich-media ads, across the Google content network through AdWords, giving them more options, flexibility and control over their ca
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 12:52pm CEST
Crop management with Spot Infoterra France (filiale d’EADS Astrium) et ARVALIS - Institut du végétal en partenariat avec l’Institut Technique Interprofessionnel des Oléagineux Métropolitains (Cetiom) et l’Institut Technique de la Betterave (ITB), proposent depuis plusieurs années l’utilisation d’images satellite pour le pilotage par les agriculteurs des cultures à la parcelle.
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 12:35pm CEST
Joost: New hires, lots of video, still no Web-based version May 19th, 2008 Some critics declared video service Joost kaput when big-network rival Hulu debuted last spring, far exceeding expectations. But Joost, founded by the team behind Skype and Kazaa, wants you to know it’s still going strong. The company announced Monday that it now has more than 7,000 hours of video programming available and that it has hired former Dailymotion employees Danny Passman and John Schultz. They have joine
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 12:20pm CEST
Javascript: Unicode Characater Mapping Published by abahadilah under Pemograman, Web Terinspirasi SC Unipad. Abah membuat halaman unicode character mapping menggunakan javascript. Sapa tahu bermanfaat. Selamat mencoba! Klik disini untuk mencobanya Unicode Character Mapping
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 12:00pm CEST
ClearContext tames Outlook May 19th, 2008 The Outlook plug-in Xobni has been getting a lot of press recently, but it’s not the only Outlook helper out there. On Monday, ClearContext, which has had a paid, enterprise-level e-mail organizer for a while now, is releasing ClearContext Personal, a free, de-featured version of the product. ClearContext isn’t Webware, but since I’ve covered Xobni here, I’d be remiss to ignore it. CEO Deva Hazarika acknowledged to me that ClearContext person
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 11:43am CEST
AskLaila, one of India’s hottest search engines will now be available on your mobile phones via a WAP based app and also an SMS service. Any mobile subscriber with GPRS connectivity can log in to the mobile WAP site (m.asklaila.com) and find what he/ she is looking for. For subscribers who do not have GPRS connectivity or GPRS enabled phones, the SMS search option is always there. Users can send their search query to a specific short code and get results for local search. Presently, the se
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 10:38am CEST
I have just come across these Mind Mapping templates that follow the Getting Things Done Methodology. They are quite simple but good to make a start with. They are based on MindJet MindManager. Download the Mind Maps directly from here.
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 9:54am CEST
I took this shot when I went home from work yesterday. Its merged from 3 images to enhanced the dynamic range. The longest exposure was 15 sec. The result is not too bad, I´m pretty satiesfied with DP1´s long exposure images, they are really clean.
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 9:48am CEST
Suite au post de Matsiya sur l’utilisation du SchemaTypeRegistry afin de permettre la “conversion” des objets SOAP issus d’un Web service en Classes AS3, je me suis lancé à quelques expérimentations. L’utilisation est en effet très simple et permet un mappage des Objets SOAP de type ComplexType vers les classes objets AS3 de son choix, juste en indiquant son namespace et le nom de l’objet tel qu’il est décrit dans le fichier WSDL du Web service. Prenons un exemple : Imaginons qu’un Web service
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 8:16am CEST
TEXT EFFECTS - see under “animation” for more. drop shadow & white stroke drop shadow & white stroke in PSE putting on the style - includes how to load them into PSE glass text in PS - styles attached too warp text - includes writing on a circle text in a circle for most versions of PS text in a circle - PS CS and above flowers etc in text plastic text plastic text in PSE sparkly text getting glitter in PSE glitter in CS3 PHOTO EFFECTS Sheri’s basic photo editing
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 5:59am CEST
I’m glad that I decided to stay the 2 extra days following Where 2.0 in order to attend WhereCamp 2008, held at Google’s offices. Frankly, I don’t think you could come up with a better venue. Dusty, Ryan and Anslem did a great job of pulling it all together. We lacked for nothing; WiFi, food, beverages, good conversations, and talks. It was a real trip to be amongst some of these true geo/mapping gurus, which led to some great discussions. A few memorable ones: The 4th dimension: Time Are t
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 3:02am CEST
Wetpaint Injected brings user content to old-fashioned Web sites May 19th, 2008 We’ve covered the wiki company Wetpaint’s experiments in expanding its products several times over the past two years. The company has had a solid wiki service for consumers since 2005. It has continued to improve the core product by layering in the capability to embed widgets in wiki pages (now pretty much a standard feature), and it’s even tried to meld wikis with social networking through a Facebook app. To
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 3:00am CEST
Get lost in map data: Policymap May 19th, 2008 After the Where 2.0 conference, I had a chance to catch up a bit with Jaron Waldman, the CEO of Placebase, which makes the demo site Pushpin that I covered from the conference. He had another demo to show me, but this one is a bit more useful: PolicyMap. Made for Placebase customer The Reinvestment Fund, it’s a collection of real estate, civil, and financial built into a mapping and charting engine. It can locate superfund sites; show you
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:57am CEST
EasyTZ Your World Time Zone Converter and Time Zone Map.
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:41am CEST
Several years ago, I wouldn’t have been sitting at my Mac on a warm spring day. Instead, I would have been out cruising the hundreds of miles of Denver-area bike trails on my RANS V-Rex recumbent bike. During those rides, I kept track of my distance, average speed, and other statistics with a Garmin eTrex Summit GPS, but had no way to analyze my performance. Since January of 2007, Montebello Software has shipped Ascent, an application that analyzes data from exercise computers. If that exe
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:23am CEST
Scenario: You are playing Call of Duty 4 and your little sister wants to get on myspace. You want to play COD4 soo bad also. So you get on the internet to see if there is a mod about getting to play call of duty 4 in a window. You find this thread.:o Mod Requirements: Call of Duty 4 You have to be able to read. Windows NO LINUX! Mod Files: Readme.txt config_mp.cfg config.cfg This mod makes you be able to play COD4 in window(ed) mode instead of just full-screen. ENJOY!! Scre
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:14am CEST
Filed under: Software Several years ago, I wouldn't have been sitting at my Mac on a warm spring day. Instead, I would have been out cruising the hundreds of miles of Denver-area bike trails on my RANS V-Rex recumbent bike. During those rides, I kept track of my distance, average speed, and other statistics with a Garmin eTrex Summit GPS, but had no way to analyze my performance. Since January of 2007, Montebello Software has shipped Ascent, an application that analyzes data from exercise
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:11am CEST
The Chopping Block: Led ZeppelinIt seems hard to believe these days seeing as they've had a hand in pretty much every musical subgenre of the last 30 years, from gangsta rap to hair metal to electronica but in the early1970s, Led Zeppelin was a punchline among Chris Wallace doesn't want Katie Couric's jobAccording to the Hollywood Reporter, Chris Wallace is on the short list for replacements if more likely when Katie Couric departs the CBS Evening News anchor desk. Wallace, son of the CBS eld
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Posted: May 19th, 2008, 1:01am CEST
Well, I’ve been meaning to get this project started for quite a while now and recently (about 10 weeks ago recently) I decided to start writing it. It is a book that is aimed towards those that are, or wish to become mappers with the Source engine. If you haven’t already realised, Source is my game engine of choice. The book will be able to take a beginner and teach them all they need to know in order to produce good maps. The book will also cover theoretical aspects of mapping, such as what m
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