Did anyone see the new google Map for the Triangle area? It's insane, they have a 360 degree real streetviews of alsmost the entire raleigh-durham-chapel hill. wow is all i can say

3/10/2008 11:22:49 AM

guys, ya'll realize it's just private companies that go around and do this then sell the data to Google right?

3/10/2008 11:28:57 AM

i don't care who pays for it, im just saying i can see the number on my mailbox and almost tell license plates of my neighbours cars! i've been trying to spot my ride out there but no avail so far. hopefully with google's deep pockets they keep adding more cities.

3/10/2008 11:41:19 AM

But yes, this was mentioned and discussed a bit on the last page.

3/10/2008 11:54:46 AM

Quote :

"has weather stopped displaying on calendar for anyone?"

It's been dead for me too for about a week.

3/10/2008 12:27:25 PM

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001072.html

you guys see this story? >.<

Quote :

"I was looking for a way to back up my gmail account to a local drive. I've accumulated a mass of important information that I would rather not lose. During my search I came across G-Archiver, I figured what the heck I'll give it a try. It didn't really have the functionality I was looking for, but being a programmer myself I used Reflector to take a peek at the source code. What I came across was quite shocking. John Terry, the apparent creator, hard coded his username and password to his gmail account in source code. All right, not the smartest thing in the world to do, but then I noticed that every time a user adds their account to the program to back up their data, it sends and email with their username and password to his personal email box! Having just entered my own information I became concerned. I opened up a browser and logged in to gmail using his account information. It still worked. Upon getting to the inbox I was greeted with 1,777 emails with account information for everyone who had ever used the software and right at the top was mine. I decided to go ahead and blast every email to the deleted folder and then empty it. I may have accidentally changed the password and security question to something I don't remember as well, whoops, my bad. I also contacted google to erase this account as I didn't see a way to delete it myself. "

3/10/2008 2:18:57 PM

>.<

indeed

3/10/2008 2:45:52 PM

^^^ I use http://www.wunderground.com 's RSS feeds in GReader instead of the calendar - a lot better imo

3/10/2008 11:07:24 PM

They've moved Google Sky from Google Earth into the browser now like Maps
http://www.google.com/sky/

It has the same API as Maps does, so you can create mashups for Sky now too

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/03/organizing-more-than-one-worlds.html
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-03-13-n73.html
http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2008/03/google-sky-on-line-launches.html
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/03/google_brings_sky_from_google_earth.html

3/13/2008 7:03:12 PM

http://code.google.com/edu/

wish that was around while i was in school.

3/19/2008 1:13:25 PM

The little person that you drag around in Street View, is a leprechaun now, and he stands on a clover when you set him down.

3/21/2008 2:34:15 PM

they added another 13 cities to Street View, and added Yosemite National park too
* Albuquerque, NM
* Anchorage, AK
* Austin, TX
* Cleveland, OH
* Fairbanks, AK
* Little Rock, AR
* Madison, WI
* Nashville, TN
* Rockford, IL
* Richmond, VA
* Spokane, WA
* St. Petersburg, FL
* Tampa, FL
* Yosemite National Park, CA - http://tinyurl.com/2tsymd

can look at Redwood trees - http://tinyurl.com/3chvq6

Street View functions are now included in the Maps API too
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/services.html#Streetview

3/27/2008 4:35:02 PM

Google Docs enabled offline with Google Gears now
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080331-google-docs-pulls-head-out-of-the-cloud-goes-offline.html

3/31/2008 9:53:31 PM

Ever since Google bought YouTube it's just been going downhill, I mean, click on the some of the featured videos on the UK site ... utter trash!

http://uk.youtube.com/

3/31/2008 10:27:33 PM

anybody getting a 404 on a New! Gmail Custom Time link in gmail?

3/31/2008 11:20:32 PM

i imagine that link will be live at midnight

3/31/2008 11:37:35 PM

^^^ i'm, ummm, not sure Google owning YouTube really has much to do with the suckage of the videos

and if you're see a new link in Gmail that doesn't work, it's probably an error or leak before it's officially April 1

3/31/2008 11:42:02 PM

^Please click on one of the videos before you comment.

3/31/2008 11:44:29 PM

haha google strikes again!

4/1/2008 5:10:45 AM

^^ ah, i was clicking on the Promoted Videos. whoops. gg google. that's much better than the Custom Time page - that one is pretty weak compared to previous years

4/1/2008 6:34:43 AM

btw, April 1 2008 is GMail's 4th birthday....... and it's still in beta. hows that for a joke? I think the Gmail team has singlehandedly redefined the concept of a software beta

4/1/2008 7:06:14 AM

you can do a version of custom time yourself, how do you think i got through college?

4/1/2008 7:17:26 AM

ah, here's the real one. more on par with previous years as far as depth - http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

4/1/2008 7:27:32 AM

Google makes my day, every April fool's day. Fiber to the toilet was one of my favorites- but Virgle and custom time is right up there.

4/1/2008 3:29:16 PM

FYI, in response to the Google Sky: http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/

4/1/2008 5:53:54 PM

they released the Google App Engine yesterday
http://code.google.com/appengine/

looks like it includes a web-centric SDK and a free hosting environment (for small apps, for pay if they get too big)
http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/gettingstarted/
http://appgallery.appspot.com/

4/8/2008 8:11:42 AM

^ already in waitlist status

4/8/2008 8:26:47 AM

anyone have a grandcentral invite

4/8/2008 9:11:06 AM

^ would also like a grandcentral invitesdf

[Edited on April 8, 2008 at 12:28 PM. Reason : a]

4/8/2008 12:28:36 PM

There are no more invites at this time.

4/8/2008 12:57:45 PM

Sorry, I've exhausted my invites. I'll let you guys know if any more surface.

4/8/2008 9:39:22 PM

4/8/2008 10:39:03 PM

i've got some more gmail invites if anybody needs some

4/8/2008 11:28:15 PM

Google Earth 4.3 is out with some pretty significant updates. It's not on the official Google Updater yet, but this blog has direct links to the download and an overview of the new features, including day/night mode, new navigation, more photo-resolution 3D models (including Raleigh) and Street View

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/04/google_earth_43_-_first_look_-_how_to_download.html
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/04/google_earth_43_first_impressions_a.html

here's part of Raleigh with "street view bubbles"


and sunrise in Denver

4/15/2008 10:35:04 PM

here's a video of the new features

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/04/video_demo_of_google_earth_43.html
the day-light feature interacts with the 3-d terrain and building models

4/15/2008 11:08:10 PM

^^ WOAH! ~!!!! I LIVE TWO BLOCKS SOUTH OF THE CAPITOL!!! AND WORK IN THE WTC! (the building to the left of the cap that has the reflection of the sunrise... in Denver)

[Edited on April 15, 2008 at 11:21 PM. Reason : .]

4/15/2008 11:19:50 PM

In the video @ 3:10 ... he demos the integration of StreetView and 3D Buildings view in Raleigh.

HQ version of the vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4LfKcn3WxE&fmt=18

[Edited on April 15, 2008 at 11:28 PM. Reason : .]

4/15/2008 11:26:41 PM

holy shit, they actually modeled a construction crane in downtown raleigh

4/16/2008 12:10:07 AM

they're still making announcements for new features in G Earth 4.3
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/04/3d-buildings-galore.html
Several foreign cities now too, including Munich and Tokyo!


they also released Google Website Optimizer, which you can link in with AdWords and Analytics
http://www.google.com/websiteoptimizer

4/17/2008 10:08:37 PM

this is interesting. you can view traffic conditions and accidents at specific points in the past now
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/04/new-ways-to-beat-traffic-with-google.html

4/17/2008 10:57:42 PM

Dude Crashes Bike On Google Street View (PICS)
http://kensingtonvictoria.com/blog/2008/04/22/dude-crashes-bike-on-google-street-view-pics/

4/24/2008 10:16:30 PM

i'm flying the f16 from raleigh to charlotte right now.

4/25/2008 4:34:35 PM

this would be awesome for google earth:
http://www.3dconnexion.com/3dmouse/spacenavigator.php

Anyone used one before?

4/29/2008 1:06:55 AM

so i was running yesterday and the google street view camera (or rather a mapping service that had the wacky camera on the roof of a suburban) drove by i think i got caught on candid camera

[Edited on April 29, 2008 at 1:51 AM. Reason : .]

4/29/2008 1:50:31 AM

^Awesome! I used to have daily sightings of one of them in the Mtn View. Especially whacked out the locals before the project went public.

4/29/2008 3:23:34 AM

^^^ the guy who runs the Google Earth blog has used one for a while and raves about it. (incidentally, he is from Raleigh)
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2006/11/3dconnexion_and_goog.html
http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2008/04/space_navigator_for_notebooks_revie.html

4/29/2008 7:02:47 AM

from page 1:

Quote :

"im waiting for a google IM client.. you know its coming."

back in 2004...ahahaha. Hello, GAIM!

4/29/2008 8:08:54 AM

errmmm.... i'm not sure you know what GAIM is....

4/29/2008 8:27:19 AM

<carl face>

4/29/2008 8:31:32 AM

hahahha


whaaaaat

4/29/2008 8:43:39 AM