tech brain farts.com: July 2005

Flickr

Thursday, July 14, 2005

Now this is really cool. This is a website all user from all over the world to share there photos with one another. The company was just reportedly acquired by Yahoo and I believe the functionality will be embedded (for lack of a better word) into Yahoo Photos. So you are probably thinking, yeah yeah so what is so different about this. Well for example during the recent London bombings, some of the many Flickr members were able to post their first hand pics of our the neighborhoods affected. You users of this site were able to then get photo accounts of the scene from other sources than CNN, CBC, etc. Very COOL ! Check it out when you have some time....

URL : http://www.flickr.com/

Google does the planet Earth

Monday, July 11, 2005

You thought Google Maps was amazing, check this out !! Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Trust me, it is definately worth the download...

URL: http://earth.google.com

**Be aware that this app is VERY processor intensive, you may want to follow the suggested hardware criteria pretty closely !**

Live Plasma : Suggestion Engine

Monday, July 04, 2005

Live Plasma is a new way to broaden your cultural horizons according to your taste in music and movies. Essentially it lets you select a movie, director, actor/actress or artist/band, and the engine actually suggests and graphically maps other similar items. It works quite well, believe it or not...

URL: http://www.liveplasma.com