I don’t remember reading an official post about it from Google, so who knows how long this new Street View imagery has been up, but apparently Google has launched brand-new Street View imagery in certain locations all throughout Manhattan. The new imagery is ultra-sharp compared to what was being used previously, and now there’s actually a reason to use Google’s zooming feature while browsing in Street View mode.
The imagery is sharper and generally higher resolution and there appears to be a bigger range in accepted exposures (as you can see in the image above which shows actual clouds in the sky rather than just a blown out white space like it was previously). It looks like Google Maps covered most of the avenues in NYC first before going down the individual streets, but so far, a good portion of the island is switched over to the new imagery making the Google Maps browsing experience overall more satisfying (and creepy…maybe).
I know the feeling pretty well given the fact that I’ve been unemployed since graduating back in May 2009 with no clear direction of where I’m headed post-graduation. The economy seems to be affecting all industries (not just mine) as many of my friends with various degrees have been out of luck in finding a job as well. The good news is that things seem to be picking up, but still, it’s going to be hard for myself and others to get passed the hiring freeze that many companies seem to be stuck in as they readjust to smaller budgets and smaller staff. I’m keeping my head up though despite lower-than-normal wages and the constant stream of demoralizing family comments that come my way.
Also from Duke’s Lexington Antiques Center are these two beautiful Mason jars –one from Samco and the other from Atlas. They are both 1/2 gallon jars and they make wonderful desk accessories and coin jars (that’s what I’m using them for).
This is like my worst nightmare…and this kid thinks it’s fun!
Tom Buchanan of Australia laid in a clear perspex box and had 125 Golden Orb Spiders put onto his body for 55 seconds during the ‘Australia: Guinness World Records’ TV show in Sydney, New South Wales on 27 August 2005. GROSS.
I love surprises, and this was certainly a good surprise. Turns out that I had a clear deck of Bicycle playing cards on my shelf, unopened and untouched. I don’t recall when I bought it, or who bought it for me, but it’s nice to open yet another fresh deck of cards. This deck looked like it was sitting there for a long time though because it was really dusty.
WIRED caught up with an electromechanical pinball machine maker at Maker Faire 2009 and found out just how one of these old-school arcade pieces actually work and keep score. It’s a lot of technical information (I honestly don’t understand most of it), but it’s fascinating to see the inside of what I used to think was a fairly simple device. I would love to have a pinball machine in my own place in the future.
