Journey diary, part 1

September 5, 2007 in Uncategorized
Tags: los angeles, plane, travelling

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First day of the South Pacific Island-Tour. A short flight from Vienna to London and a rather long flight from there to Los Angeles. A short note on the plane and the crew: Whenever you can, take Air New Zealand. I have never ever before experienced such a nice flight. The crew was [...]

YouTube-style embeddable maps

September 3, 2007 in Uncategorized
Tags: embed, google, howto, maps

From Google LatLong: YouTube-style Embeddable Maps: Adding a map to your website or blog is now as easy as embedding a YouTube video. No programming skills are required, and there’s no need to sign up for a Maps API key. All it takes is three simple steps:

Go to Google Maps and pull up the map [...]

September 2, 2007 in asides
Tags: adsense, blogger, flight simulator, google earth, links

Google Earth Flight Simulator
Some time last week, Google expanded Google Earth with Google Sky. As fascinating as Google Sky is, that’s not the focus of this post. What I’m talking about is a flight simulator embedded within Google Earth.
In a nutshell: Download the newest Google Earth and press Ctrl+Alt+A (Win) or Command+Option+A (Mac).
Google ads between [...]