When you think of Monopoly in real-life, you might think of Comcast or AT&T but I'm talking about the other Monopoly, the one with this guy: Monopoly City Streets allows you to do the traditional Monopoly wheeling and dealing but on the biggest game board yet: the real world. Using data from Google Maps and the OpenStreetMap project, you can purchase entire streets and … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
Installing Tynt Tracer on WordPress for Copy Protection
Having been a victim of blog-scraping (my articles hosted on another site typically with somebody else's ads) multiple times now, I've always kept an eye open for tools that help protect against copyright infringement like installing MyFreeCopyright.com on WordPress. I recently had another bout of blog scraping from a Blogger site and Google has since shut the page down, but … [Read more...]
Simple Tip: Improve Your Typing Skills
In fourth grade I had a Keyboarding class for a quarter. I was well versed with typing at that point and followed along in the class to improve even further. One day we had a typing test (complete with those goofy cardboard things that keep you from seeing the keys) where we were supposed to type a paragraph twice. I finished the test as quickly as possible and told the teacher … [Read more...]