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How many Facebook apps do you block?
July 29th, 2011 No Comments
If you use Facebook you will know it is full of annoyances: one of them is all of the spam that apps place onto you news feed. The quickest solution is to hide the apps – but how long will your banlist get?
Sue City – the downfall of auto-generated website content
June 6th, 2011 2 Comments
I was perusing a map of the Snowy Mountains the other day, and located on the shores of the Tumut River I stumbled upon a rather interesting township name – Sue City. During my recent trip to the Snowy Mountains I drove past the site, but had no other leads to follow. My first stop in the search to find out more was Google, which turned up the following rather useless results.
Geotagging photos with a Qstarz GPS data logger
March 4th, 2011 1 Comment
To steal a definition from Wikipedia:
Geotagging is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as photographs, video, websites, SMS messages, or RSS feeds and is a form of geospatial metadata. These data usually consist of latitude and longitude coordinates, though they can also include altitude, bearing, distance, accuracy data, and place names. It is commonly used for photographs, giving geotagged photographs.
I have owned a GPS data logger for since December 2008, but it has taken me until now to get around to geotagging my photos.
The device I have is a “Qstarz GPS Travel Recorder: BT-Q1000 Platinum” which is pretty basic, and the software isn’t that good for tagging photos. As a result, I have come up with a better way of doing things.
Windows Live Spaces is closing down
March 2nd, 2011 No Comments
On March 16, 2011 Windows Live Spaces is closing down. I started blogging there back in May 2005, and with the upcoming deadline I decided I should have a look at what I wrote in my younger days.
GPS data logging: my experiences
March 1st, 2011 2 Comments
For a number of years I have owned a GPS data logger: my main use for it is tracking where I have travelled when I am chasing trains. The particular gadget I have is a “Qstarz GPS Travel Recorder: BT-Q1000 Platinum” – it dates back to 2008, with Qstarz having released a number of updated devices since.
