Posted in Travel on October 20th, 2005 No Comments »
OpenStreetMap.org is aiming to produce a collaborative street map of the world from people using GPS systems. Here’s a map they’ve produced of the data for London showing where people walked/drove etc. i.e. the thicker the lines, the more popular the route.
[via BoingBoing]
Posted in .NET, Computers, Programming on October 5th, 2005 No Comments »
I’ve been working on a 30gb Xml file today, importing it into one of our systems. There are always problems working with files this big - how do you get just a small segment to test on? how can you view small regions of it, or search it?
Most tools available for Windows aren’t up to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5th, 2005 No Comments »
Just how do IKEA name things? Here’s how, apparently… http://www.margaret-marks.com/Transblawg/archives/000302.html
[via surferbill]
Posted in Computers, Google, Internet on October 3rd, 2005 No Comments »
One of the few pages from a set of Gmail power tips, this page shows you how to use Plus Addressing. Essentially it lets you have many email addresses based on your single gmail one, and then filter/block them at will. i.e. you don’t have to give out your real email address to companies. Of [...]
Posted in Holidays on October 2nd, 2005 1 Comment »
Holiday over, the city highlights…
Athens - Having dinner on a roof terrace in the light of the Acropolis.
Sofia - Gatecrashing a British Embassy pub party and drinking free beer. Mmm, free beer. And getting free shots from the cute barmaid…
Belgrade - The taxi being push started by the drivers’ mates into a stream of traffic. [...]
Posted in Holidays on October 1st, 2005 No Comments »
Checked into the hostel and went straight out for food and beer. Had some Dutch hotchpotch - stew and potato with carrots - which filled us up perfectly.
Then headed off to a Jazz bar. Nice. Although the band seemed to be more into mellow rock (Sting, Peter Gabriel) than jazz. E went home after the [...]