Cool Things of the Week

I didn't get around to posting any of these as cool things of the day, so here is a collection....

Google Earth. Mapping application that streams satellite images. See the field next to my parents house in Ireland, or the first curve on Old La Honda (with tilting to provide perspective). Very cool.

Konfabulator. Mac OS X borrowed these widget concept. They are little desktop applications (I use a gmail checker, clock, CPU and battery watchers) that live on the backgrouund of your screen.

Live music at the internet archive. The Greatful Dead long encouraged taping of their concerts and then free swapping of those tapes. Sounds like a perfect application for the web. Many other bands available too.