Category Archives: Web

Done, and done…

Posted on April 23, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

I finally finished the Barcelona World Race Game on April 11, in a very respectable eighth place overall. Not bad, considering I was in worse than 4,000th place (out of more than 40,000 competitors) one month in, in late January. … Continue reading →

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Barcelona Whirlwind Race

Posted on April 3, 2011 by El jardinero zurdo

The past three months have gone by faster than I first thought they would. On December 31, 2010, at 13h local time, the Barcelona World Race began. It is a prestigious regatta, with 14 teams of two people racing 60 … Continue reading →

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Self-contained unit tossing

Posted on December 10, 2007 by El jardinero zurdo

Pod: self-contained unit Cast: to throw something (so as to cause it to spread over an area) Over the past two years, I guess I’ve become a podcast junkie. Though I’m a consumer and not a producer of them, podcasts … Continue reading →

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More Googley goodness

Posted on November 28, 2007 by El jardinero zurdo

Google Maps keep getting better. Now they’ve released yet another new feature: topo views. Of course, it’s better in the ol’ U.S. of A. Not as high resolution in Canada, Europe, or South America…or anywhere else. But check out the … Continue reading →

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Facing the (wrinkly) future

Posted on May 12, 2007 by El jardinero zurdo

I came across a fun bit of research — from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland — into perception of faces. Thanks to GregG for pointing me that way! They have a little applet called “Face Transformer” which you … Continue reading →

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Waco? St. Catharines?

Posted on October 30, 2006 by El jardinero zurdo

I am trying out (as you may have noticed) gVisit as an alternative to ClustrMaps. ClustrMaps may have some quirks but so far it seems much better than gVisit…at least when it comes to geocoding IP addresses. I know I’ve … Continue reading →

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Call me crazy…or Captain Paranoid

Posted on March 8, 2006 by El jardinero zurdo

…or just “El Jardinero Zurdo” which, of course, I prefer, since that’s my name. I’ll also answer to “EJZ” (pronounced “Edges”). Call me anything, as long as you call me, because I’m getting lonely out here in the garden of … Continue reading →

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Señor Luddite’s new-fangled teléfono

Posted on February 15, 2006 by El jardinero zurdo

Now, I may be the only person on the block not to have a cell phone, but… Today, after doing some research into cross-platform audio/video chat applications — and after a friend’s recommendation — I finally decided that Skype actually … Continue reading →

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Snazziness (for me, not for you)

Posted on January 12, 2006 by El jardinero zurdo

Sorry for this potentially boring techie note… But I just upgraded the blog to WordPress 2.0. I put all the custom stuff back in place (I think), so you should see no real differences from before — I’m the lucky … Continue reading →

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Take this idea and run with it…

Posted on November 13, 2005 by El jardinero zurdo

It’s interesting to see how you can hook into the Google Maps API and develop an application hosted on your site that uses the technology. A nice (but currently quite slow example is the MapMyRun site. Here it is shown … Continue reading →

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