In: Geek Finds
9 Feb 2011Chatter.com: twitter for biz More helpdesks to checkout: OTS helpdesk, civic CRM Google Art Project: like streetview for inside museums. Zoom in on artwork! Cake PHP The Fall by Gorillaz was done almost entirely on an iPad Tiny arrows super short URL generator that uses unicode characters.
In: Geek Finds
31 Jan 2011Ubiquisys Attocell “In essence, this would allow a 3G smartphone from one country to use their international web connection to tunnel a cell call through — presumably free of charge — and definitely bypassing those nasty roaming fees that are incurred when ringing through an overseas cellular network.” via engadget Bomb Sniffing Lasers – when [...]
In: Geek Finds
28 Jan 2011Mockingbird: javascript prototyping tool https://gomockingbird.com/ Olark: support chat tool embedded with gmail chat / google talk. http://www.olark.com/ GitHub: Opensource repository. “social coding” https://github.com/ Prezi: Powerpoint alternative now for iPad http://prezi.com/ PBS iOS app. I highly recommend Nova’s Making Stuff: Strength–Nanotubes and Spider silk! my.mckinley.com It’s a great looking site, all built on Drupal – social [...]
In: Books
19 Aug 2010O’Reilly, the publisher of excellent tech guides and MAKE magazine, has just put out their latest guide: Cooking for Geeks Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food. It’s now on my wishlist.
In: Geek Finds
16 Jul 2010Microsoft has come up with a simple tech fix for the festering problem of figuring out which direction to insert batteries into a device. Forgo the cryptic symbols and dark spaces, and simply put them in any direction you want. Via wired.
In: Green
29 Mar 2010Once again, the Ann Arbor Public Schools and the Climate Savers Computing Initiative at U-M are providing free electronics recycling. Schools and businesses can drop off items Thursday and Friday, April 22-23, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washtenaw Intermediate School District, 1819 South Wagner Rd. The general public can drop off items [...]
In: Transportation
10 Mar 2010Google has added cycling maps to its list of map options. Look for the Bicycling option right along with the other transportation options: walking, car or public transit. The route it comes up with from the Deli to the Bakehouse is pretty straightforward: link Google does offer the following caveat: “Bicycling directions are in beta. [...]
In: Collaboration|News
2 Mar 2010Google is planning on launching an experimental, ultra high-speed (over 1 gigabit per second) network, and test it in location(s) across the country. “The level of community support” will be one of the key criteria used by the Google decision makers. You can do your part by nominating Ann Arbor at A2Fiber.com
Here’s a great mashup of data put together by MetroBike and the Bike-Sharing blog overlaid in Google Maps. It shows the locations of bike sharing programs across the globe: Check it out.
In: Geek Finds|Good Stuff|News
19 Nov 2009Not to be confused with Google’s Chrome web browser, or its mobile phone platform, Chrome OS is Google’s web centric operating system for laptops and desktops. Lifehacker has a great preview worth checking.
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