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No doubt about it, Google wants to be the next platform. You should see some of the cool stuff that people are building using Google tools, the most recent one being Google Maps. What kinds of cool things are people doing with Google Maps? Well, maybe you need to find an apartment or house. Or maybe you'd like to check on crime in your area (if you live in Chicago). Very cool stuff. I'm in the process of putting together a map for my friend Ian's wedding in September, this should be a fun project.

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Boy, was I wrong. Apparently, Google isn't too happy about people hacking their maps.

*EDIT*

Boy, was I wrong...again. Google has released the maps API.

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So, if blogging from your mobile device is called moblogging, and posting photos on your blog is called photoblogging, if you posted pictures you took from your mobile phone directly to your blog, could you call it mophoblogging?

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The May-June issue of Sport Rocketry Magazine has my article on Plaster Blaster 2004 (they haven't updated the image yet from the current issue). They not only published my 1200-word article, they also gave me the cover shot, as well as a couple dozen inside photos. My only complaint is that the event took place seven months ago, but from what I understand they are swamped with articles. The magazine went to full-color several issues ago, so I was pleased about that. Plaster Blaster 2005 is coming up soon, so I might drag my gear out there again this year and shoot the event.

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Google acquired Dodgeball today. I just got an email from Dodgeball about it, nothing in the mainstream news about it yet. Dodgeball is a pretty cool app, especially for the younger crowd. I would have loved to have it around 15 years ago, when I was out and about a lot more. Dodgeball was started by two NYU grad students, so remember that there are still fun and exciting things to be done out there. And hey, I have to think that getting acquired by Google is a pretty good thing.

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Not to toot my own horn or anything, but...15 reasons why you should date a geek. And they're all true. Yup.

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I stumbled across this on del.icio.us. Tim Yang has put together a list of 15 things you can do with RSS and, having been a contributor to #3 and being an avid RSS user, I felt obligated to post a link. #9 sounds interesting, I might have to try that out.

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I meant to post this a couple weeks ago, since I know at least one occasional reader who, like me, was very interested in this phone. Unfortunately, Motorola has cancelled production of the MPx. This came as a bit of a surprise, especially since I had been playing around with what appeared to be a near-finished unit at CES. I can't imagine why it got cancelled.

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