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Google + Holocaust Museum on Darfur Genocide

April 11, 2007 By 1 Comment

Darfur GenocideGoogle has teamed up with the Holocaust Museum to create a complete interactive map that can be viewed in Google Earth which shows the ongoing slaughter and torture of millions of people in Darfur. You’d have to be living under a rock not to know this was going on, but it seems the “civilized world” is willing to turn a blind eye to Africa.

Anyway, if you don’t yet have Google Earth you can get it here. Once you have it, here is the interactive map which includes photos, videos and testimony.
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Google’s Free Local Phone Search: 800-GOOG-411

April 9, 2007 By 2 Comments

1-800-Goog411Google has launched an experimental service called Google Voice Local Search which makes local-business searches accessible over the phone.

And it’s free. Google doesn’t charge you a thing for the call or for connecting you to the business. So stop dialing 411 and paying those astronomical Cell phone charges!

Here is a sample call I made to demonstrate:

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To try it yourself, just dial 1-800-GOOG-411 (1-800-466-4411) from any phone.
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Excellent Google Earth Demo Videos

April 7, 2007 By 2 Comments

Big Red WagonI’m a big fan of Google Earth because frankly it lets you do things that no other software has ever allowed before. That, and the fact that it’s completely FREE! (Thanks Google!)

Google Earth will allow you to plan trips, see the planet from a satelite view, and generally waste time. It is also required for some of the posts on my blog which offer a virtual tour of famous places.

Here are a few quick videos that demonstrate exactly why you should download and install this free software if you haven’t already!
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Google Translate WordPress Plugin

March 25, 2007 By 67 Comments

Google Translate Vertical
The Google Translator plugin allows WordPress to add a number of alternate languages to your blog.

This plugin is derived from Scott Hough’s WP Translate, but makes a number of changes:

  • The Google Translate service is used, which does a much better job of maintaining page layout then Babelfish.
  • Height and width attributes are included for all images.
  • ‘rel=nofollow’ has been added to all links to prevent search engines from following them.
  • Alternate text for all images have been improved.
  • The plugin fully validates under XHTML.

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Google Maps Now Displays Traffic Congestion

March 4, 2007 By 2 Comments

Google Maps displays Houston TrafficGoogle Maps shows real-time information about traffic for most major US cities. To see this, switch to the map or hybrid mode and click on the new traffic button.

Google Maps will add a layer that colors the roads in green, yellow, red, or gray. The colors represent how fast the traffic is moving:

  • Green: more than 50 miles per hour
  • Yellow: 25 – 50 miles per hour
  • Red: less than 25 miles per hour
  • Gray: no data available

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Google Sunrise and Sunset Mapping

February 20, 2007 By 1 Comment

Daylight MapI’ve come across a couple of sites which serve to provide real-time updates about which parts of the planet are currently dark, and when exactly sunrise is going to occur.
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Use Google Maps to Calculate Walking Distances

February 14, 2007 By 2 Comments

Geo DistancesIf you are one of those folks that has a set walking or jogging path that you like to follow, but you don’t know exactly how far you’re covering you can use the new Geodistance.com site to help you answer that very question.

It’s quite simple to use… just zoom in on the Google Map until you’re at the magnification level desired. You can click and drag the mouse to move the maps, then when you’ve got the map where you want it in the screen simply click on the starting point to insert a starting pin and then begin clicking along the route.
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Athiest Banned from YouTube

February 9, 2007 By 10 Comments

Nick GisburneReligion is one of those topics I normally don’t want to touch with a 10 foot pole. I’ve found that no one ever agrees when it comes to this topic. Heck, I’ve seen Christians arguing with one another over the meaning of a particular passage of scripture, so you know no good can come of a debate with an Atheist.

Having said that, I was very disturbed to learn that some YouTube staffer decided to ban a member on religious grounds. Nick Gisburne, an outspoken member of the YouTube community recently posted a video comprised solely of a slide show of quotes taken from the Qur’an. All of the quotes deal with the negative aspects of being a non-believer – such as going to hell, being killed and burning for eternity.

Clearly this video illustrates just one side of the discussion, and I would imagine an appropriate Islamic response would have been a video depicting passages of love and peace from the same book. But no one had the chance to issue such a response.
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Rendezvous Video Google Mashup

February 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment

For those of you that recall the video I posted previously of the famous film about a car speeding through the streets of Paris, here is a link to a site that has actually created a real-time Google mashup showing the route taken by the driver. It’s pretty cool…

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