In case you just can’t get enough of the satellite pictures on Google Maps, here’s the perfect site for you: Google Sightseeing. They’ve picked out a lot of interesting places to see like Niagra Falls, Golden Gate Bridge, Hoover Dam, and lots more.
This is the last time I’m going to mention Google Maps, I promise…
How could I have missed this? I used to check the Astronomy Picture of the Day religiously.
Back on April 1, they showed a picture of Water on Mars. Those rocket scientists sure are clever.
Is regular Tetris a little too hard for you? Maybe you should try Tetris 1D. That’s right, One-Dimensional Tetris.
I’m playing it even as I type this post. As a matter of fact, my score just passed 40,000. I think I’m really getting good.
On second thought, maybe not. I just looked at the High Scores. The top score is 943,718,400. It looks like I’ll be up all night playing…
I saw some pictures like this the other day on Flickr and I couldn’t wait to try it out myself. Luckily, Paige is usually a willing subject. Here she is relaxing in the chair and watching the baby:
This time she’s sitting on the couch and standing up and smiling:
These are actually pretty easy to do with a digital camera and a few minutes of editing. First, take two pictures of your subject without moving the camera (a tripod really helps here). Then layer one image on top of the other in something like PhotoShop or The GIMP. Finally, erase the area in the top layer so that the image of your subject shows through from the bottom.
The other day I was raving about how cool Google Maps is. It seems they’ve gone and made it even better.
Now you can get Satellite imagery at the same time. Just click the Satellite link in the top right corner to see switch. For example, here’s our house. Unfortunately, it’s pretty low resolution. It’s pretty easy to see the airport and the highway, but that’s really about all it’s good for.
The resolution is a little better around the major cities. Here’s Preston Rd. at 121 in Frisco. It’s neat that you can see cars in the parking lot at the mall. But, that picture is obviously pretty old, since I don’t think there are any vacant lots in that area anymore.
Oh well, I’m sure they’ll have have high resolution, real-time images before long. Then you’ll be able to watch me mow the yard…
In case you forgot, Paige’s birthday is April 15th. She’ll be… ehh… one year younger than me. Obviously, she deserves lots of gifts for being an all around great wife and mother. I told her yesterday I was going to buy everything on her wishlist. Of course, she refused. Since I don’t want to get on her bad side, I’m trying a different approach.
I’ve already done my part to make sure she has a happy birthday. If you want to help out, here’s a link to Paige’s Amazon Wishlist. If you ignore the ottomans, there’s really not much left to buy. Just some kitchen gadgets and a few books. I think 11 days should be plenty of time to empty that list.
So, whether you’re a friend or just visiting the site to read the tutorials, help me out by picking up an item or two…
Yesterday night Paige, Matthew, and I went over to Ben and Paula’s house to visit their new baby Jackson Paul Alsup. He was born on March 24 at 2:23pm, weighted 8lbs 9oz, and was 21 inches long. This was the first time we had Matthew and Jackson together, so we took a few pictures.
Here’s a better picture of just Jackson. You can see that Ben is bringing his boy up right. That’s Ben with the “Dukes of Hazzard” t-shirt on.
Oh well, I guess that’s a better influence than the “Southpark” shirt he used to wear…
I’m guessing no one reads these posts anymore since I didn’t get any comments about what I wrote yesterday. It’s obviously an April Fool’s joke, but I though it was pretty funny. I’m sure there’s some poor soul out there right now afraid to touch their keyboard. Hopefully they won’t try hire me to clean up their computer.
In other news, I took another trip to Sulpher Springs today, this time for the District UIL meet. Our Computer Science team took second place. Not too bad considering we never even practiced after school. Jeremy took third place individually, which means he will advance. Unfortunately, only the first place team gets to go on, so the rest of the team will stay home. I’m still debating whether I’ll go or not.
Researchers have now discovered the first computer virus that can spread to humans. It spreads through contact with keyboards on infected PCs. An earlier version of the virus infected cats and other whiskered animals last year as they walked across the keyboard. You can get all of the details of the virus in this article at SC Magazine.
The first computer virus that passes from PCs to humans has been discovered in the wild. Leading anti-virus firms are putting users on high alert after Malwarlaria.B was spammed worldwide in the early hours of Friday morning.
Be sure your anti-virus software is up to date before you open any e-mail.
Got some time to kill? Here’s a game that should take care of it for you. It’s called N. You can get it at page.
You only use three keys on the keyboard to play – left and right arrow keys to move and shift to jump. But because of the physics built into the game, the possible moves are pretty much endless.
It takes a little getting used to, but give yourself about 10 minutes of practice and you should be flying all over the screen.
The best part is watching the poor little ninja explode when he gets shot or hits a mine. There are 300 levels to the game, so you’ll have plenty of chances to witness this first hand.