October 2007
Get GPS Tracks From Your Garmin With The Timestamp Intact
Posted by on Wednesday, October 31, 2007 in - 3 comments
Little did I know that my Garmin (Vista HCx) can save GPS tracks with the timestamp intact! This is great for geotagging photos, loading timed tracks into Google Earth, etc.. Up until now the only way I knew to do this was to not save my tracks on the GPS and get the 'active log' from the GPS. A …
Facebook Should Track Diseases
Posted by on Tuesday, October 30, 2007 in - 1 comment
New Facebook application idea: • Allow users to indicate whether they are ill or not. Give them the ability to list symptoms and submit a diagnosis if they have one from a doctor. • The application could then provide healthcare providers with abstracted data about disease movement. It could …
Geocaching on PEI
Posted by on Sunday, October 21, 2007 in - 1 comment
Geocaching is basically a treasure hunt for nerds with GPS devices. • “"Geocaching is an outdoor treasure-hunting game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers (called "geocaches" or "caches") anywhere …
Three Years of Redesign
Posted by on Friday, October 19, 2007 in - 1 comment
We've been redesigning the silverorange site since 2004. As most service companies know, it's hard to concentrate on your own stuff when you're so busy working for other people. • Today we reached a tipping point. We received an email from a friend who thought our old site was broken due to the …
BlueMountain.com – I'd like my 14.99 back please
Posted by on Tuesday, October 9, 2007 in - 46 comments
My sister’s birthday is in August. I’m not good with remembering dates. I always forget until the last possible moment. It was in this moment that I scrambled to send my sister and E-card. I ended up at Bluemountain.com (who knew they still existed?). In my panic I skimmed through the sign up …