Google map maker live stream

Pretty cool tool that let’s you watch google map updates made by people from around the world live!

http://www.google.com/mapmaker/pulse

Back to the future

 

From Irina’s website:

I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today... A few months ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future.

All of her work here.

Source: Irina Werning

Tick Tock (Emory University 2011)

Source: Youtube

Refill T-mobile flex account via a text message

How do i refill my tmobile account through a text?

To refill a t-mobile flex account using a text message or SMS without having to log into T-mobile’s site, you can directly send a text to 7777. The body of the message needs to contain the amount (in dollars) you want to credit to your account followed by the last 4 digits of the credit/debit card that you’ve used (last? or) atleast once online to refill that same number’s account in the past.

For example, if my credit card number is 1234 5566 1234 5678, and I want to add $10 to my T-mobile flex account using a text message I should send the following sms to 7777:

10 5678

You should receive a text reply from T-mobile (456) confirming the transaction right away.

Try the links here to get discounts on refills:

Ascent - Commemorating Shuttle

 

To achieve orbit, the space shuttle must accelerate from zero to a speed of almost 28,968 kilometers per hour (18,000 miles per hour), a speed nine times as fast as the average rifle bullet. It takes over a million moving parts, weighing in over 4.5million pounds to work in perfect synchronization to put this marvel into orbit:

This compilation of film and video presents the best of the best ground-based Shuttle motion imagery from STS-114, STS-117, and STS-124 missions. Rendered in the highest definition possible, this production is a tribute to the dozens of men and women of the Shuttle imaging team and the 30yrs of achievement of the Space Shuttle Program.

Don’t miss the awesome detail on some of these clips- the “docucam” for documentaries and that awesome shot of the sun behind the SRBs @ 34:45- amazing photography. I could watch this for hours. :-p

Must watch if you are a shuttle-head: Worth every minute of the 45minute collection.

Original Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2VygftZSCs | Source: Jalopnik

Speed-flying at Chamonix

Source: Gizmodo

Visualize your GMail!

A very simple chrome extension lets you graph your gmail inbox for some very interesting insights to your mailing habits. Install Graph Your Inbox for Chrome here.

Another cool gmail related web-app I’ve used recently is called FindBigMail. It automatically searches your inbox for large emails and sends out a very concise summary of the largest emails- automatically labeling them for future reference and deletion when you are running out of gmail space.

I buckled to my online storage needs this last weekend and bought 20gb of Google storage for $5. Not bad given the amount of data I store on their servers.

Statistics & Time

Checkout this infographic that maps world/US statistics to time:

Thanks for sharing @Ilona Alekseenko !

http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

Cloud Time Lapse

This video was shot a little over a year ago on a windy day in Atlanta from a window sill at work. I wasn't carrying a tripod or I would have angled this to get a much better view (such as cropping out the parking lot, angling the camera to the side to get more perspective and avoiding the reflection). This was a 10 minute exposure in sepia tone with no preparation. Just discovered the original on an old memory card I was about to throw away today! :)

The 650 meg file converted to 18MB of high speed camera trickery. I know this can be improved in so many ways- just didn’t want to delete the file without making something out of it. The music is "are y0u awake" by kevin shields - the song that I had playing at work that afternoon.

Click here to view on YouTube.

This Train Lays Its Own Tracks

From the comments in the Original post:

Some of the most amazing shit we've ever built has stemmed from laziness.

Source: Gizmodo