Before I leave for my month-long vacation to Paris and Portugal tomorrow (it happens when you've accumulated it all over the year in a new job), I thought I'd add a link to a cool website called Gridskipper, "the decadent urban travel guide. [They] Scour[ing] the globe for chic hotels, hot restaurants, sweet nightlife, and pretty people."
Tips on things to do and places to see are demarked by cities across the globe and tips are mashed with Google Maps as a result. It's been useful for my own personal research.
Not a bad place to get your bearings too when you are there. Here's Vancouver's Gridskipper site, although it would be nice to see it updated a little more often.
Wednesday, 4 July 2007
Friday, 15 June 2007
Cool Facebook app: Where I've Been
I've recently joined Facebook and like many others, I've been sucked in. Badly. (Not at work. Honestly. Open office = too many people can see my monitor = bad work impressions. And I've got waaaaay too much to do.)
Anyway, one of the coolest 3rd party applications I've tried out is "Where I've Been", a very cool little Flash map of the world. In the words of Craig Ulliott's , the developer of "Where I've Been", here's its description:
Simple and efficient. I like it. Here's a screenshot of my map - RED: where I've lived, BLUE - where I've been, GREEN - where I want to go.
Anyway, one of the coolest 3rd party applications I've tried out is "Where I've Been", a very cool little Flash map of the world. In the words of Craig Ulliott's , the developer of "Where I've Been", here's its description:
A detailed, interactive world map, [to] show everyone where you’ve been, where you have lived and where you want to go.
It includes a zoom tool with simple click and pan functionality. It also has all the US States, Canadian Provinces and other international regions; it is not limited to only countries. There is no need to create an account on any third party site.
Simple and efficient. I like it. Here's a screenshot of my map - RED: where I've lived, BLUE - where I've been, GREEN - where I want to go.
Top 3 White-Boy Rap Spoof Videos.
Yo. Because I'm down with it. And it's Friday.
1) Lazy Sunday/Chronicles of Narnia, SNL.
Best damn short SNL has put out, ever.
2) White & Nerdy, Weird Al Yankovic.
Best spoof since his "I'm Fat/I'm Bad" video of the 80s.
3) Mac Or PC, MacOrPC.org
A little long but worth it.
1) Lazy Sunday/Chronicles of Narnia, SNL.
Best damn short SNL has put out, ever.
2) White & Nerdy, Weird Al Yankovic.
Best spoof since his "I'm Fat/I'm Bad" video of the 80s.
3) Mac Or PC, MacOrPC.org
A little long but worth it.
Friday, 11 May 2007
Blogging stuff to think about....
As a newbie to the blogging thing, I'm not sure what I should write out or how. James does it well, but what can I bring to the blogosphere?
Saw this post on DCT and it has some great things to ponder for all the other blogging newbies out there.
Also, anyone tried Placeblogger?
Saw this post on DCT and it has some great things to ponder for all the other blogging newbies out there.
Also, anyone tried Placeblogger?
Thursday, 5 April 2007
Better Free, Up-To-Date Geospatial Data for Canadians?... Cool.
This made it into my inbox from a friend but SlashGeo has got the details. CanVec looks like a good replacement of the NTDB!
I had downloaded and checked out the data for Vancouver and while it's a good starting point for those needed basic maps for their data, I found that metadata showed it was 20 years out of date in some datasets (i.e. parts of the street network in Richmond BC).
If you work or go to school at UBC, you can access better vector datasets from UBC's Data Library. If you have a valid library card, you can download DMTI Spatial CanMap Streetfiles v2006.3, Postal Codes files and a plethora of other geospatial datasets.
I had downloaded and checked out the data for Vancouver and while it's a good starting point for those needed basic maps for their data, I found that metadata showed it was 20 years out of date in some datasets (i.e. parts of the street network in Richmond BC).
If you work or go to school at UBC, you can access better vector datasets from UBC's Data Library. If you have a valid library card, you can download DMTI Spatial CanMap Streetfiles v2006.3, Postal Codes files and a plethora of other geospatial datasets.
Wednesday, 28 February 2007
Don't get stuck in Seattle traffic!
Saw this posting on The Map Room blog. Went for more info on the official Google blog.
It's not quite Vancouver related but a real-time traffic map for Seattle will be handy when figuring out the best highway to take when I'm on my way to Seaside, OR for some surfing with the boys later on in a few months.
Seattlites, much empathy for you. I heard they are doing some major work on your freeways. The commute must be brutal some mornings. Heck, maybe I should just read about it here.
It's not quite Vancouver related but a real-time traffic map for Seattle will be handy when figuring out the best highway to take when I'm on my way to Seaside, OR for some surfing with the boys later on in a few months.
Seattlites, much empathy for you. I heard they are doing some major work on your freeways. The commute must be brutal some mornings. Heck, maybe I should just read about it here.
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
SERENITY NOW!
Grrrrrrr... I am really starting to hate the Publisher extension of ArcGIS 9.0. God knows how many times I've tried to "compress and lock" my shapefiles but the goddamn extension won't let me do it.
Gotta upgrade to 9.2 very, very soon before I lose it. But then I'm going to have figure out what a "file geodatabase" is.... ugh. Thanks ESRI, thanks for nothing.
Gotta upgrade to 9.2 very, very soon before I lose it. But then I'm going to have figure out what a "file geodatabase" is.... ugh. Thanks ESRI, thanks for nothing.
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Can I have this for my 32nd Birthday?
OH. MY. GOD.
Bugatti Veyron at top speed
Edited March 6, 2007: Maybe some people have too much money, and not enough brains.
Bugatti Veyron at top speed
Edited March 6, 2007: Maybe some people have too much money, and not enough brains.
Friday, 2 February 2007
Where to live? I know the answer!
Saw this post today:
Hmmm. I think my ArcReader package with the socio-economic maps will help me do that. Thanks, StatsCan. Now if I could only get my hands on the 2006 Census data.
But I gotta wait until April 2008
For those that live here in BC, HELP has some great maps to look at.
Hmmm. I think my ArcReader package with the socio-economic maps will help me do that. Thanks, StatsCan. Now if I could only get my hands on the 2006 Census data.
But I gotta wait until April 2008
For those that live here in BC, HELP has some great maps to look at.
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