User: kayle

Re:What am I, Magellan?

On: Catching Satnav Errors On Google Street View

Google fixed the problem I reported (road had turned into a walking path) within a couple months.

http://maps.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=162873

The "report a problem" link on the lower right corner of the map is easy to overlook, but evidently they do read those and correct the maps.

Re:Write your reps!

On: Massachusetts Likely To Approve OOXML

Also, comments can be sent to: mailto:standards@state.ma.us
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdsubtopic&L=3&L0=Hom e&L1=Policies%2C+Standards+%26+Guidance&L2=Drafts+ for+Review&sid=Aitd

Write your reps!

On: Massachusetts Likely To Approve OOXML

Please write the government representatives about this issue. If only a third of comments here had been directed at people who make the decisions about this, that would make a substantial difference. You can use the petition as a starter for talking points.

http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=mg2utilities&L=1&sid=m assgov2&U=utility_contactus
Bethann Pepoli is the Acting CIO in charge of this decision.
http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=itdmodulechunk&L=1&L0= Home&sid=Aitd&b=terminalcontent&f=organization_adm inistration&csid=Aitd

Eliica

On: Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris

The Eliica (electric lithium-ion car) was covered previously on slashdot. It already beats the Ferrari 911 Turbo (0-60mph in 4 seconds, 0-100 in 7). I really like the eight wheels.

MBTA extension for Google Maps

On: Hacking the Web with Greasemonkey

My favorite use of Greasemonkey is the mojoDNA extension of Google Maps to include Boston's public transportation, the MBTA. It's completely seamless!

Dev. website:
http://mojodna.net/2005/04/19/mbta-maps/
Direct link to the Greasemonkey script:
http://maps.mojodna.net/mbta/mbta_google_maps.user .js

Re:Sims, sims, sims

On: Forum: Future Ports of Games to Linux

Try Homewold, by Sierra. It is windows only as far as I know, and I think it's worth porting. It's realtime strategy mixed with space sim.