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Custom-built sensors hidden inside coconuts are hung from trees at several public locations to monitor noise produced by overflying aircraft. Detection of excessive aircraft noise triggers automated telephone calls to the airport’s complaint line on behalf of the city’s residents and wildlife.

The best part, is they leave messages like this:

Uh… Hey. Um, yeah. So… Um, this is…. Yeah, no, like, I’m… Shut up, no, I’m talking. Okay, so, yeah. So, all these planes, man… It’s crazy. It’s like a roooaarrrrr. Dude, I need a pizza… Could you send me a pepperoni pizza? Dude, that would be great. Wait wait wait wait wait, put some mushrooms on that. Yeah, mushrooms. Sweet.

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See an amazing video of this new technology in action. This algorithm allows you to modify an image well beyond cropping and ‘resizing’.

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Search anything in everything

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Someone figured out a Google URL string that removes the ads from your searches. Personally, I don’t find Google ads intrusive, and I would rather have them present than have to pay for Google searches and features. If you disagree with me, here is the URL.

http://www.google.com/search?output=googleabout

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What is up with that car? Is it an error on Google maps? Some odd perspective shift?

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Nope, just a clever ad!


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Time to be an upright citizen! Tim Westergren(founder of Pandora) is far more eloquent than I, so I will let him fill you in on the details.


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Make your voice heard!

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An insiders look at the goings on behind a space shuttle launch.

Shuttle Launch Prep

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In some places. Someone took the time to dissect the maps.google URL, and then went searching the world to see what was there.

1. Select a location and switch to satellite view
2. Zoom in as far as you can, and click “link to this page” at the top right
3. Now replace the “z” parameter in the URL with a higher value, e.g. 20, 22, or 23, and wait. Some locations will now show more detailed imagery

The above shows a rare x23 zoom. It has been noted that you cannot zoom in any further than you can on Google Earth, but atleast this way you don’t have to install anything.

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That is almost like having Google down..

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