Archive for October, 2008

That right there is a map labeling fail »

A totally unaltered screengrab from Microsoft’s Live Search Maps. Seriously, click the picture to see for yourself. Check out Ryan Pitts’ corrected version, too.

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links for 2008-10-15 »

Announcing the New York Times Campaign Finance API - Open
"The initial version of the Campaign Finance API offers overall figures for presidential candidates, as well as state-by-state and ZIP code totals for specific candidates. In addition, the API supports a contributor name search using any of the following parameters: first name, last name and ZIP [...]

Paper View Monday: The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington »

This week’s newspaper building as seen in Virtual Earth/Live Search Maps is The News Tribune of Tacoma, Washington. Meaningless fact: The News Tribune’s building is the first we’ve featured here at Paper View Monday HQ that abuts a golf course. Exciting! Click the picture below to see for yourself.

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Random picture of my cat, Vol. 86 »

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Florida Home 85: 2008-10-11, El Cid, West Palm Beach »

The neighborhood of the week real estate feature is about historic El Cid, one of the oldest in the city of West Palm Beach.
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links for 2008-10-10 »

Prius Diary Extra: Toyota Considering a Separate Prius Brand - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com
"Toyota is considering setting up a separate brand for Prius, and may broaden the Prius lineup with bigger and smaller Prius models, the head of Toyota's American sales arm said today. … The separate Prius brand would be specific to the [...]

Job opening: Get your computer-assisted reporting on in Orlando »

A newspaper job opening in Florida. Weird. The Orlando Sentinel is looking for a computer-assisted reporting specialist:
“The ideal candidate will have at least five years of reporting experience, with an emphasis on government reporting; significant experience in reporting and writing data-driven investigative reports; and an advanced understanding of Microsoft Excel and Access. Proficiency with SQL, [...]

Paper View Monday: Tallahassee Democrat »

This week’s newspaper building as seen in Virtual Earth/Live Search Maps is the Tallahassee Democrat, to which I am officially awarding the prize for newspaper office that looks most like a bank branch. No, seriously, click the picture below to check it out for yourself, and rotate the view so that it faces east. Bank [...]

Random picture of my cat, Vol. 85 »

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Florida Home 84: 2008-10-04, Lake Catherine, Palm Beach Gardens »

The neighborhood of the week real estate feature is about Lake Catherine in Palm Beach Gardens.
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