See The World

Or part of it for now. There's this free downloadable software offered by Google tagged as Google Earth (Beta). It isn't web-based so you have to install the program locally onto your PC. Once you have it, you could zoom in at different places in the US and Europe and some other areas elsewhere in the world (at this stage in product development). With outer space as a vantage point, you could for example zoom in and find houses and buildings and structures at their accurate locations. Dragging yourself to another place in easy maneuver would actually give you the sensation of flying over to the spot. The images came from sattelite feeds and aerial plane shots rendered into this surreal piece of meshed land and sea. Photographs were taken at different dates, sometimes even in different seasons of the year, so you may see an autumn area connected to something summery. Give it a try if you have a PC that could handle the required specs if you are as curious as I am to know what this commotion is over a piece of new hightech software. (Go fetch!...good dog!)

Another interesting bit is a nifty software which allows two IPods to transfer files to each other by means of a jack. That's right. No more PC needed to do that, at least for the technologically adventurous. All you have to do is install a third party sofware named Podzilla. The cons for this neat thing is you would have to sacrifice getting your warranty voided since you have modified the insides of your beloved. Another is that it is not supported (read: should the software screw-up then its not the manufacturer's fault, or UAYOR). Third, it transfers audio files at the length it takes for the music to play. Now, how hightech and lowtech could anything be at at the same time?!

posted by Fritz @ 10:37 PM