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Acronym of the week: YAGMMWSN

October 31st, 2005

It means: Yet Another Google Maps Mashup With a Silly Name. Found it while referring to Frappr (in Beta of course), but I bet you can use it with another 327 examples.

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GeoWebChats

October 31st, 2005

Sounds like a new Web 2.0 company name but it’s not, it’s actually something cool you should take a look at. Imagine Google Maps and geo referenced buddies in chat room. It’s a great concept.

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Web 2.0 company generator

October 28th, 2005

After in the infamous Bullshit generator, now there’s the Web 2.0 company generator. Signs of times.

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MGMaps

October 28th, 2005

 Demoimage2MGMaps is a Java application that runs on most MIDP 1.0 devices, including most modern mobile phones. It display imagery from Google Maps an MSN earth. Supports all the basic stuff scrolling, zooming, bookmarking, maps and satellite images and has some neat advanced features including a decent local cache and proxy support. It’s released under Creative Commons and the development is very active. A must have

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iBelieve

October 24th, 2005

 Archives Scott Wilson Ibelieve Ipod First I thought it was a joke but then I read better and it’s real. “iBelieve is a replacement lanyard for the Shuffle that doubles as a crucifix. We always knew that the cult of Apple wanted our souls, but now we can showcase the ritualistic reality”. (via Gizmodo)

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AMASS, cookies for the Web 2.0

October 23rd, 2005

This neat project caught my attention during my daily RSS browsing through the hundreds of Web 2.0/Ajax related posts hanging around. Cookies have always had huge limitations for persistent client-side data storage. With the advent of more complex and richer applications running on your browser, new solutions are emerging. AMASS is the first real solution I’ve seen.

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Home movies, the PRO way

October 20th, 2005

This guy makes awesome 16:9 cinema quality movies, “Spirit of Baraka” style (best documentary I ever saw, get it.), using a mini-DV camera and very low-cost equipment. With the advent of the digital editing for anyone and the new HDV cameras coming out, I wonder where we’re heading to in the next years.

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Be afraid of… laser printers

October 20th, 2005

Be very afraid when you use your corporate printer to print your new 400 pages PDF book. You’re being tagged and you may be tracked down by your boss if he reads this.

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Mobile Wifi AP backpack

October 20th, 2005

 Images Bedouin Pack This is cool. Wherever you are you can share your Internet connection with you neighbors using your backpack. If there is enough people hanging one of these around you can virtually have Internet access repeaters all across town. “WiFi.Bedouin is a wearable, mobile 802.11b node disconnected from the global Internet.” LINK

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Playmobil Security Checkpoint

October 18th, 2005

Bruce Schneier has a nice tip for a christmas gift for your kids. Daniel J. Solove has a very funny review on the product: The Airline Screening Player, hours of fun.

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