Tag: Google
Doing the Wave
It was some fun watching the Saints dismantle the Patriots last night. And now I’m doing the wave. No, not the audience wave — I’m not that big of a sports fan and I do still have my basic sense of human dignity. I’m talking about Google Wave. Google describes Wave as “a personal communication […]
Read More → Doing the WaveGroups
I used eGroups back in the day. They got bought out by Yahoo in 2000 and became a part of Yahoo Groups, but I know at least one guy who still calls ’em eGroups. Sometime thereafter Google got into the game. I believe Google Groups started as a Usenet archive, but they rather quickly deployed […]
Read More → GroupsI’m #1
As of this moment, a bit of doggerel I wrote last year is the number one search result in Google for “christmas eve poem.” (Update: Five minutes later and I’ve already slipped down two notches.) (Update: 36 hours later and I’m back on top again. Didn’t realize Google fluctuated so much.)
Read More → I’m #1Experimenting with Google Presentation
Thanx to Cade for showing me the way. Note to Google: Please stop making such innovative, easy-to-use products. You’re scaring me.
Read More → Experimenting with Google PresentationNo Mojo for FONO?
According to Google, no one links to Friends of New Orleans, and that seems kinda weird.
Read More → No Mojo for FONO?GMM
Google Maps for my phone. Works like a dream. Hooray.
Read More → GMMMy Block from Space
Google Maps recently added two zoom levels to their satellite views, and made other improvements that make it even more fun to fool around with. I immediately took a gander at where I live. Here’s my block in Mid-City New Orleans: Several observations: I can actually see our back deck The imagery would seem to […]
Read More → My Block from SpaceGray State
Why does Indiana look so gray in the Google Maps satellite view? Thanks to Mr. Whybark for pointing this out.
Read More → Gray State