According to google maps with their canada-wide street view you can go pretty damn far, on dirt anyway. Sweet. The place. I also love how there’s a real photo of the shack. I bet five bucks it was taken by … Continue reading
Google finally said No to Chinese censorship. Every other internet based company that’s walked through the great wall of China has been bending over “blocking” all the bad things that the Chinese government wants to hide from the people. Google … Continue reading
It only took us about 2 hours and a bit to get there from our hotel, but we managed to walk to the Golden Gate bridge. Here’s the route; http://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=37.79656,-122.42177&spn=0.035675,0.083084&t=h&z=14&msid=110167326379544067687.00044e7ecf94e433dd9f3 It looks pretty straight forward, but let me tell you … Continue reading
In preparation of the TTC strike, i went to give my legs a workout. I ended up going pretty far. I walked around and saw lots of entertaining things. I made a google map to see how far I went. … Continue reading
Rogers’ new notification system for users who have exceeded their “limit” of bandwidth is a gigantic breach of privacy. When you reach 75% of your limit Rogers network will intercept your requests to view web pages and redirect that request … Continue reading
Yep, Hoax. Well, apparently it was true at first – but that was likely a few months ago. I’ve now received two emails with this and they both included the same beef of a message: These little guys need homes. … Continue reading
This is pretty damn cool: http://www.google.com/corporate/solarpanels/home Although it’s very scary that all that juice only covers 30% of their very own requirements. I especially like the parking lot panels, it’s a nice touch. Shade for your cars and power for … Continue reading
Google is the world’s fastest and in my opinion best search engine. They’ve been expanding on what they do for years, quietly, to select people by invitation only. Gmail is their email system and shook up the competition when it … Continue reading
::THUMB:Picture%203.png:right:left:: I drove in on Friday, it took 2h 15m. It wasn’t even ‘horrid’ traffic. It was fairly normal and just damn slow. I’m glad I take the train on a regular basis, cuz I certainly wouldn’t drive for shit. … Continue reading
According to Google’s official press releases, they’ve purchased YouTube.com for 1.65 billion dollars in shares. This is by far the biggest and possibly most insane purchase Google has ever made in their competitive lifetime. I’m not sure exactly what to … Continue reading