Archive for June, 2005
This looks familiar
Here’s Sporadic Nonsense, the site of erstwhile WP diddler Shawn Grimes: This is the site of random, inordinate mouth-breather: I see a resemblance! I know, you kind of have to squint your eyes a bit, but if you work at it enough you can just make out the similar features.
Iraq War Casualty Map
An interesting use of the recently released Google Maps API is the Iraq War Casualties Map. It shows, by increments of 30, the homeplaces and details of the American casualties of the Iraq War. Pretty compelling. President Bush just made a visit near our neck of the woods in North Carolina. To be honest, I [...]
I was hoping this would happen
Remember that saucy Supreme Court ruling that I bitched about previously? The one that allows local governments to sell your property to someone else if they get a wild hair? Well, it’s finally being put to good use. A developer has petitioned to start the process of acquiring some private property for the purpose of [...]
Best Buy deal on DVDs
Best Buy is currently running an in-store sale on some Disney DVDs. I picked up the 2-disc special edition of Aladdin for $8.99.
Google Earth Causes Aneurysms
If you have not downloaded Google Earth yet you are missing out on possibly the coolest, most useful bit of geographic exploring software ever. They’ve combined the Google Maps functionality with satellite and topographic data from their Keyhole acquisition to make the most compelling piece of software of its kind. Here’s an example of some [...]
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force comes out tomorrow
For you flight simulator freaks, Falcon 4.0: Allied Force comes out tomorrow. Essentially a vastly improved version of the original with a new theater of operations, this one should be interesting. Here’s the first part of a review. If you’re in the mood to have a headache, take a gander at the keyboard layout… when [...]
Clearing music for documentaries
Article detailing pain of “clearing” music for use on a documentary. That music — even a 3 second snip of a boy saying “Everybody Dance Now” which cost $5,000 — took up 43% of the entire budget.
Supreme Court rules in favor of buttslamming citizens
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing local governments to seize anyone’s property for essentially any reason, even if that reason happens to be “business developer would like to build a hotel there.” In a case with nationwide implications, the court ruled, 5 to 4, against a group of homeowners in New London, Conn., [...]
