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Toilet Signs: Waterton

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:11:12 -0700

Toilet Signs, Funny

gDay& with MATE&

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:13:06 -0700

Let the April Fool's jokes begin! :)

From the page:

gDay with MATE

Search tomorrow's web, today!

Google Australia has introduced a new feature, enabling you to search
content on the internet before it is created.

We Tell Stories

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:39:48 -0700

"Six Authors. Six Stories. Six Weeks...with Google Maps"

Short stories to be read with the aid of Google Maps.
For the first short story, "21 Steps" by Charles Cumming, read the chapters and follow the storyline as the map moves you through London.

From the site:
"I was the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time."

"One minute, Rick Blackwell is sightseeing at St. Pancras in London; the next, he's caught up in a conspiracy that takes him far away from home. Rick needs to use all his skills to find out why a dying stranger seemed to know his name - and to stay alive. In this homage to The 39 Steps, Charles Cumming takes us on an adrenaline-fuelled adventure written and designed for Google Maps."

Watch for a new story to be revealed each week, between now and April 22.

The Powder Room | The Cross-Canada Powder Room Map

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:22:10 -0800

How do you spell relief?

Review and rate public toilets across Canada
Find the locations on a map

A Dozen More Turns by SFAA -- Revver Online Video Sharing Network

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 19:20:10 -0800

With the avalanche concerns this season, this is a good film to watch to remind oneself that accidents can happen regardless of how experienced or prepared you are.

"A Dozen More Turns, a film by Amber Seyler, is a documentary about backcountry skiing, avalanches and how the "human factor" - non-scientific, emotionally-spurred miscalculations - can have dire consequences. Based on a true story about five friends, experienced outdoorsmen who collectively possessed significant avalanche training & expertise, who venture off on a multi-day hut trip in southwestern Montana. The film powerfully depicts how their pursuit of powder and desire to eek out a few extra turns ends up costing one man his life, while his best friend loses a leg in the accident."

http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.htm

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:52:52 -0800

Tis the season...

Track Santa's delivery route on Christmas Eve
and download Google Earth to watch Santa's progress in 3D
(and play some fun games while waiting for him to arrive)

Gmail Adds Label Colors

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:06:19 -0800

Yay! I have been waiting for Gmail to add more visual functionality. Looks like someone is listening :)

How one womans battle to save a dying albatross spawned a national campaign to ban plastic bags | Mail Online

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 07:01:38 -0800

a wake up call...

http://mapgirl.stumbleupon.com/review/13420833/

Sat, 13 Oct 2007 17:58:20 -0700

Microsoft Virtual Earth does oblique imagery (aka Bird's eye view)

For a list of some of the cities available for the bird's eye view,
including Madrid, Copenhagen, and Stockholm,
see the Windows Spaces Live Blog or Mapperz Blog

http://mapgirl.stumbleupon.com/review/12796823/

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:38:36 -0700

Who would have thought...

(or at least it is pretty darn close)

They were saying this was going to happen,
but it was kind of hard to believe it would considering
the C$ was worth about 40 cents less than the US$
not so long ago.