Exit171… it’s all about the journey

This looks pretty neat…

What do you get when you combine Google Maps with hyper-local news and comments? You get a map-based news site called YourStreet, which officially launches tomorrow (although the site is already up). The site detects where you are located and serves up news stories about events that recently occurred in your city or neighborhood, as well comments from YourStreet members who live nearby.

[via TechCrunch:  Maps + News = YourStreet]

I hope I never have to use Google Maps and Twitter like this, but it’s good to know these apps are proving themselves useful during real-life crisis situations.

[Google Maps and Twitter Are Essential Information Resources For California Fires]

Gmail now supports IMAP! Giddy-up!

[Google Takes No Prisoners]

I recently posted that the “Mobile Upload” functionality in Facebook (to post pics from my iPhone to my Facebook account via Gmail) was broken.  Well, it must have been something on Facebook’s side… I didn’t change anything and now it’s working again.  Either way it’s a good thing.  My workaround to moblog to Flickr was okay, but it was a disconnect in getting pics integrated into Facebook, e.g. tagging people in the pics.  Hopefully this lasts a while. 

Just messing with some macro photography… a handheld shot of a 2005 Michael Schumacher Ferrari Formula 1 Hot Wheels model. Taken with a Nikon D100 and Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 macro lens. I forget the scale of this model, but it’s actually only 4 inches long. Click on the pic (and then “All Sizes”) to see the full-size image.

Here’s a link to some of my pics of the 1:1 scale model.

[2005 Formula 1 - US Grand Prix]

I’ve been messing with a new app on the iPhone to help me organize my life… reQall is a new way to keep a to-do list or help me remember miscellaneous factoids. Instead of writing stuff down (or typing it in on my computer) I call a toll free number and leave a message. My voice message then gets translated into text and shows up on my personal reQall page which is accessible via the web or a nicely formatted iPhone page. reQall also sends me an email a day with the “tasks” I’ve recorded. Pretty neat.

I used to call my answering machine and leave myself “to-do” messages, but that had some limitations. It’s kinda neat that I can now make that same call, it gets automatically transcribed (with pretty good accuracy), and is accessible from pretty much anywhere. Very helpful when I’m on the run. Even if you don’t have an iPhone, you can try it out (it’s free). Check it out!

[reQall]

A very funny exchange…

Okay, I’m tired of beating around the bush. I’m a beautiful (spectacularly beautiful) 25 year old girl. I’m articulate and classy. I’m not from New York. I’m looking to get married to a guy who makes at least half a million a year. I know how that sounds, but keep in mind that a million a year is middle class in New York City, so I don’t think I’m overreaching at all.

Craigslist: What Am I Doing Wrong?

If you have an iPhone, RUN, don’t walk, and check out this page. What a great resource!

iPhone Application List

BTW, it looks like Apple may be launching a Web applications directory soon. Yup, still lovin’ my iPhone.