Archive for October, 2008

If you currently spend any time working from home (or are perhaps considering doing so in the future) then you might find this post by Treehugger interesting. As well as offering suggestions on how to keep your office healthier, there are also some other handy tips, such as choosing the right desk and chair.

Image by Veo

We’re assuming that most of our readers are aware of something called Google streetview by now (if not, then where have you been?). Anyway, as you will (or won’t) know… it’s a handy feature of Google maps that allows you to view 360 degree panoramas of a particular street or location… all very cool stuff!

Google streetview started in the US a year or so ago… and up until now, only a few major cities across Europe have been photographed.

In order to create the interactive panoramas, Google have invested in a number of especially adapted (rather wacky looking) vehicles with something that looks like a cross between a PA system and a speed camera strapped to the roof. Eagle eyed spotters might have seen some of these cars in the UK … and the good news is that in time, all of the major cities (and maybe a few of the minor ones) will be snapped.

Whilst the UK version of streetview hasn’t officially been released, a new site has been launched that uses the technology (we think it might actually be Google behind the site… using it as a testbed prior to a full launch).

So if you fancy yourself as a budding taxi driver, or you’d simply like to take a virtual tour  of London, then why not visit the Seety site? Once there, simply click on the street you would like to view and interactive photo will pop up.

If you’d like to know more about streetview, you can check out the video tutorial below. We’re not big fans of lycra, we’re not fans or the colour orange… and we’re especially not fans of orange lycra, but if you can stomach the presenter’s tight fitting outfit, then it’s not a bad intro!

Via the Londonist

OK OK… so it’s been a few weeks since we last posted (well a couple of months in fact). Don’t worry, we haven’t given up the blog… we’ve just been rather busy working on a few big projects. Obviously our clients come first, which means that occasionally we will go through periods where we don’t have the time to write new posts… please accept our sincere apologies for that!

Anyhow, the good news is that we’ll continue to bring you the usual mix of tips, tricks and timesavers, over the next few weeks… and because we haven’t posted for a while, we’ve got lots of goodies saved up in our ‘favorites’ folder.

… and why the picture of some cute kittens? Well, why not?

Image by KatRya