I’ve been making more maps using myGmaps … This map shows the free wireless (wifi) broadband points in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. The problem I’ve found is that although I can take a screen shot and photoshop in some reference points,… Continue Reading
myGmaps allows you to create your own google maps, like the flickr + google maps and various other services I’ve been blogging about recently. Here’s how to do it in just three steps… 1. Visit the conference/event website and get… Continue Reading
Sponsored by backstage.bbc.co.uk, Open Tech 2005 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference about technologies that anyone can have a go at, from "Open Source"-style ways of working to repurposing everyday electronics hardware. Taking place on 23rd July, 2005, in… Continue Reading
BBC News Online reports that "one in five young people has been bullied by mobile phone or via the internet." "Children’s charity NCH surveyed 770 youngsters and found 14% of 11- to 19-year-olds had been threatened or harassed using text… Continue Reading
In 1985 I purchased my first modem, a 300 baud Hayes, and connected it to my Apple IIe. Within a few months, a friend of mine, who was later arrested following an FBI investigation, taught me how to hack credit… Continue Reading
Take the API for Google Maps (other projects doing this), combine it with images on Flickr tagged with postcodes or longitude/latitude, and you’ve got Geobloggers . I typed in the postcode for my office, W1A 1AA: Doing this and pulled… Continue Reading
Kevin Hinde, Head of technical development for the BBC News website (http://news.bbc.co.uk not http://www.bbc.co.uk) divulges BBC news traffic statistics and even provides a network map of servers….
Reporting on the recent Search Engine Strategies 2005 conference, hosted by Search Engine Watch, Jane Wakefield of BBC News Online writes that: "The battle is set to intensify as search becomes more relevant, more personal and more localised, representatives from… Continue Reading
CNN reports that Cecilia Barnes, a woman in Oregon, has filed a $3 million lawsuit against Yahoo, alleging that the site failed to fulfill a promise to remove nude pictures of her that had been posted by her ex-boyfriend. Michael… Continue Reading
I’m always going on about the shift from global online communities to those based around geographical localities. Online dating is one of the clearest examples of this – there’s not much point in seeking out potential dates from halfway around… Continue Reading