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Garrett LeSage
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Google Maps has a new map mode called hybrid. It’s quite nice, but it’s a bit hard to use at the moment as all the navigational images are broken thanks to the stupid SOGO search engine that has, once again, stolen Google’s domain.Hopefully Google will be restored to its usual...
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Garrett LeSage
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While Rodney and I were walking all around Kendall square trying to solve a lunchtime mystery for two consecutive days (without any clues — other than Google Maps pointing us to a field), I thought, “I should blog about this.” (Evidently, Rodney thought the same thing.)We were searching for the...
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Garrett LeSage
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We watched On Golden Pond over the span of two nights (we finished it up last night). I highly recommend seeing it if you haven’t already.
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Garrett LeSage
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I use the GIMP almost every day when making graphics on Linux, and I’ve been doing so for a long time.Of the top of my head, here is a list of things I wish the GIMP had:# *Layer grouping*# *Recovery of unsaved and recently-not-saved files*; there is a temporary swap...
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Garrett LeSage
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Having an iPod (or any other comparable music device) is great. You get to listen to the music you want to, wherever you are. There are also audiobooks and podcasts galore. (The best podcasts are heavily edited, and usually seem to currently be extensions of currently airing radio shows.)I walk...
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Garrett LeSage
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Ever wanted to see crime statistics in Massachusetts? How would you like to look at an overview of the outrageous house prices? There’s all that and much more at MassStats, a neat, interactive map site that provides visualizations of census data.