Gadgets

• January 8, 2009Gadgets, general

  CES ‘09 Location Tech – Thursday

  Another day, another bunch of location tech announcements. Garmin rolls out nuvi 865T, ditches 8×0 series – via Engadget Sony shows off GPS packing 1080p camcorders – via Engadget SPOT […]

• January 7, 2009Gadgets, general

  CES ’09 location tech – Wednesday

  It is early January and the (last) MacWorld keynote is over, so it is time to see what is coming out of CES in Las Vegas. Here is the roundup […]

• January 7, 2009Gadgets, general, Human Geography

  GPS Based Tax

  Hot Hardware (a most excellent computer/techie site, by the way) is reporting an interesting proposition by the Governor of Oregon. Apparently Oregon is having a bit of financial difficulty, what […]

• December 20, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  Computer Friends

  A late night YouTube run is often just what the tech support prescribed…

• December 9, 2008Cool Stuff, general, Software, VirtualEnvironments

  Synthin’ with Photosynth

  As I’m sure many of you remember, I have been a fan of Microsoft Research’s Photosynth since we saw the first tech previews back in July 2006. Today I finally […]

• November 20, 2008Gadgets, general

  Daily Show – Magic Wall Conspiracy

  We’ve talked about these devices before and they’re pretty cool. They were used a lot in this past election. The Daily Show with John Stewart has a pretty funny take […]

• October 27, 2008Cool Stuff, general, GeographyAwareness

  Corn Mazes – Fun for all!

  Even though it’s a little late in the season, I couldn’t resist posting about a fun harvest time adventure for all ages – corn mazes! You can find people making […]

• October 24, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  Saturday Night Live’s own version of the Magic Map

  I finally got a minute to post this video from SNL, and it’s hilarious in it own right, but also because it’s exactly what we all would do if we […]

• October 15, 2008Cool Stuff, general

  They have you already….

  I just couldn’t resist another great comic from xkcd….

• September 25, 2008Gadgets, general, LBS, Navigation

  GPS Signals Can Be Spoofed

  Researchers are Cornell have discovered that GPS signals can be spoofed! By placing a signal near the receiving device, gradually the navigation device would accept the spoofed signal as real. […]