I don’t know why I started a blog. Partially because all the cool kids were, partially because it’s fun to write shit down, partially because it documents what I feel is important enough to add here, partially because I wanted to attention whore, partially to share with people who give a crap. Lots of little reasons.
I noticed that more and more I post the little things on Facebook. It’s just too easy to post a little link or snap a pic with my phone and send it to Facebook. It feels more and more like this blog only gets half of the story.
Was messing around looking at some stuff on Bing maps and saw a link to a new beta version of the maps, so I clicked it.
Wow! Really nice stuff. The map now changes from map view to aerial to bird’s eye automatically as you zoom in and they’ve added a “Streetside” feature that viciously crushes Google’s Street View. The whole thing is ridiculously smooth and intuitive – it just feels right and it looks damn good.
Click over to watch the biggest version (HD) and skip ahead to around 1:30 (right after I use the Diamondback logo to fill space) and watch the track after the train passes over. I never realized it moves that much on the drop. Crazy stuff that I only noticed when I slowed the shot down.
