RasterWeb!Today we’re sitting in front of a computer with an email client running, and an IM client running (that’s all normal) as well as a landline phone, a cellular phone, and an FRS radio. The email client and IM are for work, and the phone is the “home phone” and the cellular phone is really just an SMS receiving device, and the FRS radio is for the sick child upstairs to request nursing services.
Devices provided by Panasonic, Motorola, and Nokia. Software provided by Mozilla and Fire.
(Thanks Rorschach!)
Yesterday I spent over 2 hours driving, over 3 hours flying, and about 4 hours waiting. Oh, also had a brief meeting in between all that.
And I must say, I thought the Carl’s Jr. at BWI was bad, but I think the Taco Bell there might be worse. In contrast, the Burger King at MKE was actually decent.
I was unable to connect to any open wifi networks in Maryland, though I did find a couple. The signal strength where I was showed zero for all of them. (Some of them may have been FBI honeypots, but I can’t talk about that.) At BWI I finally did locate a 120 volt outlet, there was some Australian guy using it with his laptop, I asked if there was wifi, and he said yes, but it wasn’t free. :( He proceeded to make fun of the Apple yo-yo power adapter, and shortly after that he got up to leave and said he would see me later, though I sort of doubt that.
Anyway, another fun trip… glad to be back home!
You already know about Google Maps, right? Of course you do…
But did you know it took me about 5 minutes of hacking on the WordPress Geo plugin to make it work with Google Maps, and chances are if you see a link below with some weird numbers prefixed with “lat/lon” and you click on them, it’ll take you to a Google Map showing you, well, a map?
Of course it’s beta, just like Gmail. Sometimes I think the only thing not in beta at Google is search.
(Ready to be acquired? Use the template below.)
By now you’ve heard that [SERVICE NAME] has been acquired by [BIG COMPANY]…
Rest assured, we’re all staying on board through this transition, and are very exicted at the changes in the coming [WEEKS/MONTHS (pick one)].
Don’t worry, we won’t change the great [PRODUCT] you love, we’ll just have more resources available to do great things!
Since we started [SERVICE NAME], we have been approached by [VC’s/SLOW MOVING COMPANIES/COMPETITION] wishing to [INVEST IN/PURCHASE/CRUSH/COPY (pick one)] us, and I think we’ve done a great job over the [MONTHS/YEARS (pick one)] but as we’ve grown, it’s been a strain to keep up, so when [BIG COMPANY] made use an offer, and wanted us all to come on board to see things through, we couldn’t say “no.”
(Tweak as needed. You may need to add more “reassuring” text at the end, depending on your user-base.)