Mesmerizing. Be sure to click on the live map.
Not much technical detail here other than "The Landing Page didn't work on IE"
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Not much technical detail here other than "The Landing Page didn't work on IE"
I recommend that you check out the Loring Cafe. They're opening up from 5-8 during first friday.
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I recommend that you check out the Loring Cafe. They're opening up from 5-8 during first friday.
There have been some historic photos posted, might be of interest..
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There have been some historic photos posted, might be of interest..
Once a Google+ skeptic the author Neil Gaiman is starting to share with people on Google+ You may remember that he...
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Once a Google+ skeptic the author Neil Gaiman is starting to share with people on Google+ You may remember that he didn't think much of us back when we launched:
Here's hoping that he's having more fun now, and that he enjoys and engages with his community.
Originally shared by Neil Gaiman
My Australian trip. My Return. Stuff. The Fire Brigade arrives.
SeeClickFix is one of the best things to come along for fixing problems in Oakland.
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SeeClickFix is one of the best things to come along for fixing problems in Oakland. Here's one of their "highlighted" issues for all you typography/design nerds out there..
Here's something you won't find on Top Gear -- A car with true front-wheel drive.
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Here's something you won't find on Top Gear -- A car with true front-wheel drive.
The Zapatilla was minimal indeed, with no doors or windows or reverse gear. The 1 cylinder, 197 cc, two-stroke motor produced 9 horsepower (7 kW), had a crank starter, and drove only the right front wheel. Braking was by an unusual three-point system involving the transmission and cable ties to the two rear wheels. One genuinely advanced feature was an all-aluminum body, although steel was later used.
Thanks to my coworker Jacobo Tarrio for educating us about this micro-car.
Finally getting a Nexus 4. They even let me keep my G1 data plan on upgrade.
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Finally getting a Nexus 4. They even let me keep my G1 data plan on upgrade.
not sold out at Tmobile or did you get it from Google?
Did you have to sign a new contract?
They had 4 left in stock at this T-Mobile store. I extended my contract and the upgrade price was $249 for the 16GB model.
So if you're on tmo and are eligible it's a decent deal. Especially if you have a low cost existing data plan.
good on you Paul Lindner good phone! wait... you are a googler? haha awesome
Get a case is my advice. I managed to crack both front and back of my nexus 4. In fact if you have already heard about a good protective case for it I'm looking for suggestions.
Reposting this writeup from Peiran Guo on the google groups list.
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Reposting this writeup from Peiran Guo on the google groups list. It is so true. I deployed 40 resonators on 1950 Charleston a couple of days ago. Could've kept going if it wasn't for a meeting.
Bonus: you can piss off TheCurmudgeon. I hope for the sake of his career that he's hitting his OKRs since it seems like he's playing all the time and all over campus.
I wonder if there's any players in this area who are looking to level up. The resistance at Googleplex is oncall 9-5 on workdays and they respond with an SLA of less than 5 minutes to several of the portals on campus.
If you have a few hours to kill and want some easy AP, then bring about 200-500 resonators of any level, blow up one portal, stand back about 20-30 meters and tap the deploy button as fast as you can. I've seen people come running out of the buildings to clear your resonators for you like it's some sort of emergency or something. You'll get as much AP as you have resonators. If you find you can't keep up, you may need to slap a bunch of shields on the portal. You might want to find a bench in the shade in case you get tired. You might want to double check that your gps isn't floating too much before you begin. Maybe bring a sandwich or a drink if you think you might get peckish and don't forget to use the restroom before you start.
LOL. One day I'll get over there and we need to capture it for YouTube. Silly Resistance.
Hey, I just met Jim "TheCurmudgeon" this morning. Seems like a nice guy, like all the other Smurfs. It turns out he sits in 1950 overlooking that particular "[Untitled]" portal and can attack it (I think) from his desk. He has grabbed it from me a couple times now. I will see it under attack and deploy portals. Then activity will stop. Next think I know, the portal is gone. Maybe his hand-to-hand combat is better than mine.
I hit a portal in Dublin with a coworker on our lunch. We'd just gotten it up and were upgrading to get max experience and suddenly resonators started disappearing. We both started hitting deploy as fast as we could and I ended up with 8k experience and he ended up with 20k due to lag issues, probably. Depleted our resonator stock deeply, but got both of us much closer to the next level.
I wonder who will they bring back as a hologram this year?
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To be fair, in that post he did say he'd check out G+ again in a year, which he did. And my Authors circle has just grown by one.
Jeff “foxxtrot” Craig , Jan 31 2013 on known.dev.inuus.com