Web/Tech

Google Earth images are updated every 12-18 months – that’s the answer to Why isn’t Beirut burning in Google Earth? | News.blog | CNET News.com.

I got a new camera!  I’ve had it for about a week and I love it.  I ended up buying the Canon SD450.  It’s about the size and weight of the Panasonic I was looking at but without the extra zoom (it has 3x zoom) and with a viewfinder.  Now that I have it, I

I’ve been talking about buying a new digital camera for years now and it’s time.  However, comparing the all of the features is difficult.  My primary requirements are: Small.  The smaller the better as I’m much more likely to actually carry it around and take pictures.  (If my cell phone camera were better quality it

If you are as anxious for the Google Calendar as I am, you might enjoy these screen shots of the Google Calendar, TechCrunch � Exclusive Screenshots: Google Calendar, allegedly leaked by a Yahoo employee who was a beta tester. I am looking forward to a calendar that allows me to easily share my schedule and

The latest rumors say that GMail might get voice mail, Evite integration and a calendaring system.  The one I’m most excited about is the calendar!  I hope it has good sharing capabilities and good integration with existing systems. � More code foreshadowing perhaps? | Googling Google | ZDNet.com.

Google recently added a bunch of reports to its search history.  Now I can go back and see what sites I most commonly visit on Saturdays or what things I searched for the most in September.  Oh yeah, in September I was looking for sailing shoes for my sailing class.  Pretty fun stuff. Google –

My favorite podcast is Science Friday: Making Science Radioactive.  I listen to it (free) for several hours each week.  They talk about everything from embriotic stem cells to genetic testing to apes to hurricanes to string theory.  I always finish wanting to buy the guest speaker’s book to learn more …

There’s an interesting article in the New York Times Magazine about how interrupt driven our lives are, Meet the Life Hackers – New York Times.  One interesting concept was that we like the interruptions because the make us feel needed: This can actually be a positive feeling, inasmuch as the constant pinging makes us feel

Sometimes I think I’m the last one to hear about some of these tools and I wonder how you are supposed to find them all.  Del.icio.us is a website that lets you store all your bookmarks online so that you can access them from any computer. You can also share them with others (anonymously if

Maybe I should get a job as a T-Mobile rep.  I know more than the folks that answer the phone.  I called T-Mobile today to ask what roaming cost in the BVI and Puerto Rico. The first guy told me calls from BVI would be free.  The web said $2.99/min.  So I called back and