So I’m sure by now you’ve heard of Google’s latest Easter egg: type in “do a barrel roll” or “z or r twice” in Google, and the page will roll around. It’s an obvious nod to Star Fox 64. Want to know how this trick works?
Track Santa with Google and NORAD
Follow Santa on his journey this Christmas Eve with Google and NORAD.
Cloud Services with Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
Clouds are big puffy white things that float in the sky. Some clouds look like little animal creatures. Other clouds just look like clouds. Sometimes water leaks out of them, and rain happens. No, cloud computing has nothing to do with clouds, or anything in the sky for that matter. I think we just needed [...]
Motorola Cliq will Get Android 2.1!
Remember how I said that if you wanted Google Maps Navigation on your Cliq, you’d have to wait for T-Mobile to roll out an upgrade? Well, it looks like that’s about to happen! Well, eventually.
Playing with Google App Engine
I’m playing with Google App Engine! In case you’ve been living under a rock, Google App Engine is basically free hosting for Java and Python apps. Your app is hosted on an appspot.com subdomain, and you can pay for extra resources if your app starts to get really popular. I’ll be using it to play [...]
Google Buzz
Hello, Google. I use most of your products, and I like most of them. So I hear you have this new thing out called Google Buzz. Hmm, interesting. Looks decent. But… do I really need another real-time messaging service?
Google’s Quotas and Limits
If you’re a heavy Google user like me, you’ll find yourself frequently testing the limits of Google’s free services. After a while, it becomes increasingly useful to know exactly what those limits are. For the sake of my sanity (and for the benefit of others), I’ve decided to a compile a list of where to [...]
