Google will tell you everything
As part of what is clearly their plan to provide access to all of the information in the world, Google are now offering Google Ride Finder
Yes, that’s right. You can find out the actual locations of taxis on the streets of Chicago. So you can work out what’s the best time to walk out your front door to hail a cab.
Which is all very well and good, but if they had some way of seeing if someone else was about to hail that cab … maybe that’s why they bought this.
Harajuku Popularity
One of those meta posts where the scribe comments on their logfiles/stats report thingy, but the release of Harajuku Girls by Gwen Stefani has caused a huge upswing in the number of visits to this less than stellar blog thingy.
And all because of this pic, which used to be hosted on this site.
New Year
Today is the Chinese New Year (Year of the Rooster I believe). Currently there are drums beating in the distance, with constant volleys of firecrackers being let off.
It reminds me of the first year we moved to Northbridge. We had moved in in the last week of January, and found the area to be quite peaceful, despite its proximity to the hubbub of Northbridge.
Then one night, we were woken by what sounded like the end of the world happening in our street. Not really sure what was going on, I wandered out to see what was going on. At the end of the street people were setting of barrage after barrage of firecrackers, which was really cool, but it did make us wonder what we had moved into.
Of course, it soon became evident of what was happening, and it showed us how big a part of the community the south east asian community was. And it led to us learning quite a bit about the area.
Now, every year when we see the posters go up for the New Year, we know what’s coming.
Why, are they scared it will prove God doesn't exist?
Astronomers Surprised by White House Plan to Scuttle Hubble.
The White House that is, not the astronomers.