Google Maps: Google Maps has added a new feature.... The hybrid view overlays street and landmark names on the satellite image.
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Flickr Clone: 23 Photo Sharing
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23 Photo Sharing: Introducing 23: Some kind of Flickr clone right down to the look and feel. Has tags, rss feeds, a feed reader.
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Over at cogdogblog, Alan Levine points to Mastercards with flickr. Basically the old game of concentration using images from Flickr. Type in a tag and up comes a grid of images. Click on the question marks to reveal an image. Maybe I'll upload images of my staff to Flickr so our students can play Lewis Elementary Staff concentration...
Duccio's Madonna and Child at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Last week I attended an administrative leadership institute at Fordham University in New York. (I'd point to the institute website, but they don't have one... more about that in another post...) While the sessions and speakers at the institute were good, one of the highlights of the trip was having the opportunity to visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
I had read recently in The New Yorker about a painting by Duccio di Buoninsegna called, Madonna and Child. The Metropolitan had recently purchased the painting for $50 million dollars. The New Yorker article tells the story of the painting and how the Metropolitan acquired it. When I read the article I made a mental note to go see it when I was in New York.
On Friday, I noticed a post on Jason Kottke's weblog about the painting. He had written a nice piece about the painting and I decided I would go see it before leaving on Saturday.
The painting itself is tiny, only about 8 x 10 inches. It is housed in plexiglas case in a room with other paintings from that period. I was expecting a large crowd, but basically had the room to myself.
Kottke also points to other Duccio resources, including a Wikipedia entry...
Mr. Met
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Where 2.0: A Collection of Map Hacking Goodies
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Where 2.0: A Collection of Map Hacking Goodies Over at O'Reilly Radar, Nat has a great collection of Google Maps hacks from the Where 2.0 conference. Very interesting stuff including hacks for weather, wi-fi access, and a very slick one that overlays a map on a satellite image...
Witnesses Post Instant Photos on the Web to Capture Drama
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New York Times article that discusses witnesses posting images of the London bomb blasts to sites such as Flickr...
"There was a cliché that journalists write the first draft of history. Now I think these people are writing the first draft of history at some level, and that's an important shift."
London...
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Originally uploaded by Shari Pix.
Woke up this morning to the news of the London bomb blasts. Have been listening to NPR and following events on the web. Lifehacker has a rundown of information from various sources including Flickr groups, Wikipedia and weblogs...
Update: Eamonn Sullivan of London has a post (London attack) on his weblog... Is very interesting how this technology can be used to connect you very quickly and closely to people and events...
London bombing news roundup: "
(Via Lifehacker.)
Includes eyewitness photos from London residents; messages to family and friends; screenshots of TV coverage
This Wikipedia page is surprisingly detailed with up to the minute coverage
Gmaps Pedometer
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Gmaps Pedometer:
Gmaps Pedometer calculates the distance of a route you choose on a Google Map in miles. Great for walkers and runners.
(Via Lifehacker...)
Podcasts From Colonial Williamsburg
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Colonial Williamsburg: Past to Present: Podcasts The Colonial Williamsburg site has podcasts. Their audio files feature special interviews and presentations available only to their Web users.
(Via Scripting News.)