Geo Caching!
Yesterday I went on a Geo Cache hunt and found my first one! If you don’t know what GeoCaching is head on over here and read all about it. Basically, it is a treasure hunt with GPS coordinates. When you find the cache, you can take an object and leave something in return.
I used my trusty Nokia N800 and an iBlue 737 and it looks like I had a more productive time than ThoughtFix at Tabletblog.com, which his post was the inspiration to try it.
I found this at the base of a tree with a couple of sticks and leaves on it. I left a Deutsch Mark in return for a coin that was in the container.
A Two Button Mac?
Will it Blend? iPhone.
I love these videos and this is no exception. For those of you *NOT* Faint of heart check out the Will it Blend? iPhone Video.
The iPhone Demo EXCLUSIVE!
Thank to the Typical Mac User Podcast…we have an EXCLUSIVE demonstration of the iPhone! You won’t see this anywhere else!
Heroes Con
Went to Heroes Con in Charlotte, NC this past weekend with my son and Brother-in-law. We had a good time, and again there was plenty to see. Comics, Collectibles, and artists. If you missed it this year, put it on your calendar for next…
Points of Discover(y)
Zooomr, the photo sharing website, has expanded the Discover feature of the site. Discover shows you what pictures are uploaded with in certain time periods from everyone, your friends, or your contacts in order of Awesomeness*. Previously it was limited to 20 images…Now you can view up to 100 in Discover by click in on the column headers. Very impressive, and easy to see what is going on! Check it out!
* Awesomness is an algorithm looking at 28 different criteria of a photo to determine the most interesting photos.
Cones
Went doing a little photowalking at lunch in downtown Charlotte. The heat today was making me question that decision….I had fun non-the-less.
Zooomr is Back!
Here it is after 13 days, lots of frustration, help from generous companies like Sun, Zoho, and Dell, support from the community and friends of theirs, and sleepless nights …It is here!
I like so many others have been following this effort to what was at first just a site upgrade, that turned into a FULL infrastructure overhaul has been fun, and at times frustrating (in the sense lots of us couldn’t help), to watch. Maybe Kris and Thomas can finally get some rest….after all the bugs are squashed. 😛
Zooomr almost ready to crest that hill
Well yesterday was in some ways a disater…and others not so much.
Zooomr had gotten a much need help up from Zoho, with the donation of some server room space, and from Sun Micro for the loaner server, a x4500 Thumper. Well, in an effort to get the new server online, another problem became apparent. The server needed 220v and the server rooom is wired for 110v. Well, that would be a problem.
Kristopher and Tim from Sun who personally delivered the server hung with it for most of the Day on Friday and the previous night. After some exhaustion, and I believe a lack of some focus, things seem to fall apart. Kris was understandably tired and punchy left the data center and went to the Technorati offices, Thomas Hawk was elsewhere, and users (who have been following everything on uStream for the whole 12 days so far) were getting a little frustrated for lack of information.
…and with that lack of information and frustration lead the community to create a wiki with some bullet items and information of what is going on. Additionally, Kevin Devin and I were talking on the side about what we could do, an idea popped in our heads. Why are they creating a wiki on wikidot and not on Zoho. So after I mentioned it in the chat room, and before I could do it myself, everyone loved that idea and shortly moved it over to here. (I have to mention that I like the Zoho Wiki very much)
Well, last night Robert Scoble stepped in and drove Kris back to the data center and it looks like him just showing up gave Kris a much needed shot in the arm. After a night of work, once again, it looks as though things are ready to rock and to quote Robert, “flick will be switched” on Saturday.