Places to take your kids
GeekDad has some places to your kids, all in the sciency/MAKE spirit too! Places to go with your kids Google MyMap by Scott Nagle – [via] Link. Related: MAKE shops – Link. Cool MAKE places – Link. MAKE playlist – Link.
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GeoRSS with Google and MyMaps…
Brady over on Radar posted up about GeoRSS, a very simple to use OGC format that extends RSS by adding location data, can now be consumed via Google Maps and the Google maps API – here’s a blurb from Google… To start we now support GeoRSS as a data format for geographic content in Google […]
Cables and cogs
Likely handy for someone out there, cables and cogs for drawings. Mike writes – …I went to my library of brushes and found my cogs. I had developed a set of gears for a flash project that is still in development, and several hours of research is still necessary but this is an interim stage, […]
DISCOVER Magazine – 1992 to present
DISCOVER Magazine now has all their archives to view (for free) from 1992 to present – [via] Link.
Hacks Authors’ Blogs: One Feed to Rule Them All
Here’s a special post from Hackszine – great way to follow all the authors from our HACKS series…. Ed note: In this guest post, veteran Hacks series author Paul Bausch takes on a challenge that’s been on my todo list for a while, providing a solution that should be of immediate interest to all readers […]
Send a Valentine’s Day GeoGreeting
Brian @ our new Hackszine site writes – For anyone looking for a last-minute Valentine to send instantly, Google Maps Mania advises heading over to GeoGreeting.com: a virtual greeting site that lets you send a message to others on the web using buildings that are in the shape of letters and punctuation. In this recent […]
Do it yourself grassroots media web sites
I’m really impressed with the open source collaborative news site platform – NewCloud, worth a quick gander if you’re thinking of starting up a site for a particular cause/effort or project. Jeff writes – “If you’re looking to start up your own online media publication but want something more sophisticated than a blog, check out […]
