Category Archives: Geek

My Pretty Pony

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So I put a picture of My Pretty Pony up in my cube at work today. I’m pretty sure the only way I can get away with it is the fact that it was a picture my four year old daughter colored for me. Try explaining to her that Daddy doesn’t want a picture of My Pretty Pony in his cube. Can you color a rocket ship or a dinosaur for me instead? So, the picture hangs proudly in my cube – well, it’s not prominent and front-and-center, but it’s there. Laugh if you want, but *I* know why it’s there.

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My first article at TipMonkies!

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Yes, it’s up. It’s essentially a repost of my Foobar 2000 post from yesterday. It’s funny how writing for a quality, respected site like TipMonkies is different than writing for my own site. I don’t put a HUGE amount of time into the things I post here. I try to make them coherent, grammatically correct, spelled correctly, at least a little bit interesting, and that’s about it. I had to do a whole lot more for the TipMonkies post. Not sure what that means exactly or what my point really is.

Way back when, I used to write for The Adrenaline Vault. It’s kinda like that – except no free games.

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Fun Google Maps Hacklet – Label Links

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Found this on the Google Code Page. I haven’t seen it posted anywhere else yet and it was posted on Google on August 8 (maybe I missed it when it made the rounds already). From the Google API page:

“I traded some email with the Maps team and I saw something in a link they sent me that I wasn’t familiar with. To best explain this, first load this map from Berkeley to Google in a separate browser window. Note in the “End Address” section, the Google. Now load this map of Sydney and note the label inside the callout.

If you look at the urls, you’ll see a (text) argument appended to the url. This is a lightweight way of linking to Google maps without touching on the maps API. As you can see, you can arbitrary labels to your links like this chocolate shop or this restaurant. Have fun! ”

Cool – an easy way to add quick comments to a map. Here is my first quick attempt. My Alma Mater.

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