Leo's Updates Articles about Technology, Cycling and Politics

21Jun/060

Zooomr – Like Flickr but better

I just recently found Zooomr, a photo sharing website that is like Flickr, but it uses the Google Maps API so you can 'geotag' your photos and search for photos taken in a specific area. Sadly New Jersey doesn't have a lot of great photos taken in it.

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17Jun/060

Hi-Res Panoramic Image of Paris

I just came across this wonderful panorama of Paris. You can see all of the major landmarks in the photo and it is simply stunning. This reminds me of being in Paris around this time last year, and there is no city quite like it in the world.

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13Jun/060

James Bond uses Macs!

007 logo This Macworld UK article descibes how the latest James Bond DVD Collection has been digitally remastered using G5s. Apparently, they are the most economical and reliable option when it comes to video editing. Also interesting was how they scanned in each frame of every James Bond movie at 4000x3000 resolution, for possible future use with HD versions of the movies. DVDs only support 720x576.

It is exciting that Casino Royale, the new Bond movie is coming out soon, and that it actually looks like it is going to be a good film.

I am heavily considering diverting 007's Domain here, and posting James Bond news here from now on. I don't have the time anymore to maintain a full James Bond website (unless someone wants to help me out), but I do have the time to post some news and articles when I find something interesting, and this would bring some more traffic here.

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11Jun/060

Visit America's Only Tea Plantation

Today I came across a story on CNN about how the only tea plantation in America is now allowing visitors to come and see how tea gets processed and turned from raw leaves into a finished product. This doesn't have much to do with technology but I am a big fan of tea so I'm writing about it anyway.

I was surprised to learn that there is only one tea plantation in the US and it was at risk of being closed. This is the country of the Boston Tea Party, after all. It is only a matter of time until tea becomes as popular as coffee and people will learn the differences between good tea and lipton. Once, most people thought that Sanka was what coffee really tasted like. Starbucks taught us different and a similar tea house chain may soon come along and do what Starbucks did for coffee, but for tea.

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9Jun/060

Pick a Good Seat on a Flight!

Today I discovered lovemyseat.com, which has seating charts for how all the major airlines have their planes configured. It also rates all the seats, so next time you book a flight you can get the most comfortable seat. I'll be sure to use it on my next flight and get back on how accurate the ratings are.

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