Archives for "October, 2009"

Posted by robhyland on 28th October 2009
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Embedding Google Wave

One cool thing you can do with Google Wave is embed it in a page. I am not quite sure where this will come into practical use, but it is pretty cool. I have embedded a test Wave into a page on my site to see where it goes.  »Check it out

Posted by robhyland on 28th October 2009
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DM Trails on Google Maps

What I love about Google web apps is that they are constantly improving, without taking a step backwards. With some apps (facebook) I feel like they are two steps forward, one step back, but Google gradually integrates new features enhancing the user experience. Not only that, but the features don't require a learning curve. They [...]

Posted by robhyland on 24th October 2009
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Google Wave

I got my Google Wave account yesterday. I am not yet sure what I am going to do with it, but I think it shows some promise. The first thing I am wishing for is integration with Gmail. There aren't many people using Wave yet, so it will be cool when I can interact with [...]

Posted by robhyland on 24th October 2009
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The Vile Plutocrat

I really like this design. It looks really cool, and the principles are very simple. The Vile Plutocrat

Posted by robhyland on 6th October 2009
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Google Chrome

I was out with some friends last night and we were discussing web browsers. All three of us use Google Chrome as our main browser. It wasn’t too long ago that I was the only one using it and they were still on FireFox. The browser market is a tough one to get into, but I [...]

Posted by robhyland on 3rd October 2009
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Duke Energy Power Outage Map

Yesterday I was interested in a power outage in Cincinnati and I remembered that Duke Energy puts out maps displaying power outages. I Googled ‘Duke Energy Power Outage Map’ and the first result was the Cincinnati area map. I thought this was interesting since Duke is a big company based out of North Carolina (I [...]

Posted by robhyland on 1st October 2009
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Importing from Blogger

Today I had my first opportunity to import someone’s blog from blogger to WordPress. Overall it went well and it pulled all of the posts in quickly and accurately. The only issue I see is that it looks like all of the images still reside on the blogger server. This is not the end of [...]