Planespotting in Google Maps western suburbs- May 23, 2008 I love it when you run across stuff like this in Maps:View Larger MapThat's a United 777, on short final to runway 10 at O'Hare. Looks like he's arriving right around noon. The daily nonstop from Beijing That's my guess.UPDATE (23-May): As you may now be saying to yourself, What 777 Shobe, you hitting the highmaker again Id like to point out that Google Maps updated its terrain photo layer and the 777 moment is lost to the mists of time. I should done an actual screengrab instead of trusting...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itCameFromBlackBackground/~3/289884979/planespotting-in-goo... Bandwidth to spare- May 11, 2008 I grudgingly switched my broadband provider this weekend. I've been a happy Speakeasy customer for years, but ADSL has reached its end-of-life point for residential speed at a consumer-friendly price point, and Speakeasys acquisition by Best Buy paradoxically refocused it on business customer packages.So Im off to Comcast. I've always feared going back to cable (I still have DirecTV for TV and dont plan to switch that choice up any time soon), but the bandwidth available at my old DSL+VOIP...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itCameFromBlackBackground/~3/288324283/bandwidth-to-spare.h... |