Archives for February 2007
outside.in 2.0
outside.in became slightly less beta (or is that slightly less alpha?) today with the release of a bunch of new features and enhancements.
We now have city overview pages for all 62 cities in outside.in. These show at a glance all the high-level information about what’s new and interesting in the city, including the most […]
Alinea part I: The wind-up
CT and I had reservations for 9:30pm on Friday, and I spent most of that day doubting that we would even get to Alinea.
We had made the reservations about 6 weeks earlier, and in order to get this seating I had had to go back and forth on the phone with the hostess, checking three consecutive weekends until we finally found an open time that would fit within a weekend getaway to Chicago. But we were going to have to cut it fairly close: Our flight was scheduled to leave La Guardia at 6:10pm and touch down at O’Hare at 7:30pm. Allowing for the 45-minute cab ride from the airport to downtown and a little padding for inevitable delays, we would have just enough time to take the cab to the hotel, check in, change, and take another cab directly to Alinea.
Improved Google Maps
Did anyone else notice that Google Maps got a lot better recently? I’ve noticed that they added these improvements:
Shadow outlines of buildings (when in “map” mode)
Subway locations!
Double-clicking a point zooms in and centers on the point (used to just center)
I find Google’s Maps incredibly fun. Fun to look at, fun to drag (even […]
