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150 Google+ Invites

Not yet sure if I’ll be busy using yet another social media network as I think there’s too much of it already. But if anyone need’s an invite, here are a bunch. Feel free to grab yours.

Playing With Fusion Tables

Not quite sure what I’m going to do with them, but since it’s so easy to add them to maps, I might keep a collection of all my GPS tracks in a Fusion Table.

Small Website Feature Addition

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This has been using the to display maps in a Fancybox. Until now, viewers had the option to change the display between maps, terrain and satellite imagery. Starting today, the default display for a map is using OpenCycleMap - a world-wide map for cyclists built on . All other display options remain. Using the maps API version 3, this new addition was actually fairly easy to create and required only a few extra lines of code to site.js, the hosted Javascript that powers this site. Enjoy!

Small Blog Update

Updated the blog to use Google Maps JavaScript API Version 3. I originally scripted everything using version 2. Rewriting my code was no big headache. Ready to blog away and add more ride reviews.

Yesterday’s Ride in Google Earth Google Earth is a great tool to view outdoor activities, whether it be hiking, running, biking, or just about any other way to explore the outdoors. With Google Earth 5.0, you had the ability to connect your GPS device directly to Google Earth and import your track. Now, with just released Google Earth 5.2, you’ve got the ability to view elevation, speed, and other data as a graph directly in Google Earth. You can also see stats such as total elevation, maximum slope and average speed. Want to relive all those climbs and descents, just click the animation button and play back your ride. Zoom

Yesterday’s Ride in Google Earth

Google Earth is a great tool to view outdoor activities, whether it be hiking, running, biking, or just about any other way to explore the outdoors. With Google Earth 5.0, you had the ability to connect your GPS device directly to Google Earth and import your track. Now, with just released Google Earth 5.2, you’ve got the ability to view elevation, speed, and other data as a graph directly in Google Earth. You can also see stats such as total elevation, maximum slope and average speed. Want to relive all those climbs and descents, just click the animation button and play back your ride.

So, I’m searching for Actiontec chainrings on Google tonight. Zoom

So, I’m searching for Actiontec chainrings on Google tonight.

How a newsletter ad can drive traffic to your website Screenshot from Google Analytics of visits to a site with the weeks before and after a newsletter ad campaign. Zoom

How a newsletter ad can drive traffic to your website

Screenshot from Google Analytics of visits to a site with the weeks before and after a newsletter ad campaign.

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