Test drive higher quality YouTube videos (MP4)

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Want to watch higher quality YouTube videos?

Add &fmt=18 to the last part of the URL. You won’t see DVD quality video but you’ll see a great difference from whats currently available.

Edit: Want to make it even easier? This GM script does it for you.

Two Sweet Google Maps Developments

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

I’ve always considered Google Maps the best online mapping software. Irrespective of how you feel about Google jumping onto the AJAX/Web 2.0 bandwagon, it’s hard to argue that the application’s ease of use isn’t unparalleled. Expedia Maps, Map Quest, and Yahoo Maps are all cumbersome. I can’t remember the last time any of those companies released a killer feature… and for at least one of them, mapping is its bread and butter.

It’s no surprise, then, that as those three aforementioned dinosaurs lumber into obscurity, Google keeps releasing features that are not only cutting-edge, but that are also, first and foremost, easy to use.

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Microsoft Silverlight

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering the next generation of Microsoft .NETbased media experiences and rich interactive applications for the Web.

My question is, will adoption occur like past products Microsoft has released? (Netscape to IE, Wordperfect to MS Office etc.) Only time will tell…