Archive for April 3rd, 2008





LGGI becomes ERDAS…again

Apr 3rd, 2008 | By Jesse

I have to admit that I JUST started calling Imagine and other Leica Geosystems Geospatial Inc products “Leica Imagine”. Now I have to unlearn this behavior as they have rebranded as ERDAS, Inc. 1) In my opinion this is a great marketing move, at least for those of us who have used the software for [...]



More on Surface Computing

Apr 3rd, 2008 | By Frank

We reported a few months back about Microsoft’s Surface Computer. Popular Mechanics features a good video news item/discussion about surface computing in general, and specifically about Microsoft’s Surface product. The earlier videos were rather sparse on details and their vision for the product. This new video gives a little more detail. [...]



The joy that is ‘Corner Gas’

Apr 3rd, 2008 | By Jesse

Wanda: a blog?
Hank: Yeah a blog. It’s short for web log. Web because it’s on the internet and log because umm…
Brent: They were originally printed on wood.
Hank: Right.
Wanda: Well why waste this on us, when you can put it on the internet and have the whole world ignore it.
(Sue quote: When I sit here [...]