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December 20th, 2006, by Rich, in Google, Google Earth, Nice Things.
Sometimes nice things come back and surprise you. Last year, just after I’d upgraded to Google Earth Plus, I was looking for some good Santa-stuff in Google Earth (so I could show my younger relatives something interesting on what is otherwise a very dull computer), and I spotted a shape: looking around Northern Europe I realised the nice crinkly edges formed a good pair of antlers. More…
August 17th, 2006, by Rich, in Family, Google Earth, Nice Things, Video, killay.
The recent demolition of Killay House left a lot of memories without an anchor. It was a familiar shape to the thousands of people who travel on Gower Road daily, and it had been so for over 120 years. Growing up in Heol Glasnant (where the houses are tall), and going to school in Hendrefoilan (futher up the hill) meant that the old building was always in our line of sight when we looked across the bay to the view’s focal point, Mumbles Head. I understand that before NCH sold the site there was talk of getting the building protected: why this didn’t happen is not something I know. More…
April 7th, 2006, by Rich, in Advertising, Google Earth, Silly.
Immitation, I am told, is the most sincere form of flattery, so the story going around that Maxim have created the first advert that can be viewed from space could be a rather swift homage to my iPod gag… or they were planning this for a long time and I inadvertently pulled the rug from under their feet. Oops. More…
April 1st, 2006, by Rich, in Google Earth, Silly.
Just to make sure there are no confused people out there, the giant iPod space advert is actually a tailings storage facility; part of an active goldmine in Paddington, West Australia. More…
April 1st, 2006, by Rich, in Advertising, Google Earth, Tech.
I think this may be an exclusive! It’s Apple’s 30th birthday next month; and they’re planning something big to mark the occasion.
Today I learned from a trusted source that Apple is poised to make history next Saturday when it unveils the worlds first advertisement that can be seen from space.
March 20th, 2006, by Rich, in Google, Google Earth, Religion, Silly, Society.
I’ve mentioned previously about how the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) may be leaving us clues about His impending manifestation on Earth. I think I just spotted another, and it’s rather significant. More…
March 20th, 2006, by Rich, in Google Earth, Hurricane, Travel.
It looks like Mission Beach (where we spent an amazing week living a rainforest lodge in 2002) may have been very badly hit by Cyclone Larry last night. More…
March 18th, 2006, by Rich, in Google Earth, Misc.
Penyrheol Comprehensive School (where I used to do an evening football class, and a team which our school rugby team played against regularly) has been razed to the ground by fire. More…
December 3rd, 2005, by Rich, in Google, Google Earth.
Just a quickie this, because there’s so much to look at. Google Earth has just had a major data update for the UK. More…
November 18th, 2005, by Rich, in Google, Google Earth, Nice Things.
The data from Google Analytics has started to roll in, and the highlight (from a purely human point of view) is certainly the map view which shows where on Earth everybody who visits this site comes from. More…
