Google Maps Mania

If you like maps you must check out this website. It tracks applications the are built on top of the open API to Google maps (like this CTA map) , as wells as tools to build more maps..
These applications are a window into the future of web-based applications for we have been waiting for ever so long.
On a similar note, look at what Amazon is doing with maps. Street Photography at its most basic!

The Smoking Gun: Arresting Images

Now -- if you are into portraiture, this is a great site.

The Smoking Gun: Arresting Images

Fall in Chicago...

... seems to be a little late this year -- but some spots are pretty. 

Frapper! - a neat new application

Frapper! is a neat application. It links to Google maps, and lets anyone create a group map. This is the kind of thing that happens when interfaces are opened and made accessible over the web.

I recently came across this "old" picture of Jacob and Julia

Jacob and Julia - about 4 years ago!

Happy New Year to all

May the New Year of 5766 bring a more peaceful world, free from both man-made and natural disasters.