This is what prog-rock classics have come to, is it? Just shoot me now.

I’ve been playing with a fun little mashup between Flickr and Google Maps called geotagging. It actually has wider implications beyond this, into GPS and so on, but the Flickr connection is what drew me in. Let’s say I have a photo on Flickr, like this one:
What I can do is go to a tool like BeeLoop geotagr or YUAN. CC Maps and navigate their implementaion of Google Maps to the location where the photo was taken. Then you copy and paste the tags from geotagr, or better, let Yuan CC Maps automatically update your tags in Flickr, including putting a link in the description so that others may also find the location. Very cool. You can even see on the satellite view the two tones of the water where the rivers meet.

The Complete List of Losers (full article here)
1. America Online (1989-2006)
2. RealNetworks RealPlayer (1999)
3. Syncronys SoftRAM (1995)
4. Microsoft Windows Millennium (2000)
5. Sony BMG Music CDs (2005)
6. Disney The Lion King CD-ROM (1994)
7. Microsoft Bob (1995)
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (2001)
9. Pressplay and Musicnet (2002)
10. dBASE IV (1988)
11. Priceline Groceries and Gas (2000)
12. PointCast (1996)
13. IBM PCjr. (1984)
14. Gateway 2000 10th Anniversary PC (1995)
15. Iomega Zip Drive (1998)
16. Comet Cursor (1997)
17. Apple Macintosh Portable (1989)
18. IBM Deskstar 75GXP (2000)
19. OQO Model 1 (2004)
20. CueCat (2000)
21. Eyetop Wearable DVD Player (2004)
22. Apple Pippin @World (1996)
23. Free PCs (1999)
24. DigiScents iSmell (2001)
25. Sharp RD3D Notebook (2004)

fake:
Pjotro – The man with the musical suit
real:
McRorie – One Man Band – Live

ELP Laser Turntable: Plays Vinyl Records without a Needle

For about the price of a new Ford Focus, you can dig out your old copy of Brain Salad Surgery and enjoy it anew, knowing that (thanks to the magic of 21st Century Laser Beams) you’re not causing any additional wear and tear on the vinyl. Or you could just play the CD.

Another fine canine flick.

Al Gore, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler

Originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Taking the “Global Warming is Bad” position in the Point – Counter Point portion of SNL’s Weekend Update, former US VP Al Gore. He also opened the show.
(more on Flickr)

“Julian Beever has made pavement drawings for over ten years. He has worked in the U.K., Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Germany, the USA and Australia.” Among the pavement drawings displayed on his site are these “anamorphic illusions drawn in a special distortion in order to create an impression of 3 dimensions when seen from one particular viewpoint.”

Raccoon in the blue spruce

Originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

This morning, without even having to get out of bed, we were treated to the sight of this raccoon, scrambling up the blue spruce that fills the view from our window. He may have been after the nest the mourning doves have made, but if so he was going in the wrong direction.

Click picture for large sizes(Flickr.com)