I can claim absolutely no credit for this bit of code, its all courtesy wubbahed.com. All I’m doing here is displaying the code for you to copy and paste.

This bit of code will display your geotagged flickr photos on a google map. I use this in the sidebar of one of my blogs.

You will need your own API key. Get yours here.

The geoFeed can be found at the bottom of your flickr page .

Once you have this information replace the sections in bold.

<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&v=2&key=ABQIAAAA-W9uqIa2PP530F8zDw7ifhTU7ZIBfnHw4wAfJHH0RagnnLKqYRRMSJ_Im0zVLMtCE6XFGDom2iMmrA" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
var map;
var geoXml = new GGeoXml("http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?id=38083777@N08&lang=en-us&format=rss_200");
function loadMap() {
if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) {
var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map"));
map.setCenter(new GLatLng(51.26835954379726, 1.1254119873046875), 10);
map.addControl(new GLargeMapControl());
map.addControl(new GMapTypeControl());
map.addOverlay(geoXml);
}
}
</script>
<div id="map" style="width: 300px; height: 500px"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">setTimeout("loadMap()", 1);</script>

There is another way of doing it, simple go to maps.google.com and paste the georss feed url into the search box and click search, you can then embed it using an iframe. I couldn’t use this method on my other site because of some weird bug with adbrite!

I’m possibly the slowest most forgetful person in the world! I remembered this morning where I’d put some images from a device I was sent to review a few weeks ago. Unfortunately with all this being made redundant and starting new jobs put it to the back of my mind, but here is is, my thoughts on Paper Show.

Its a great idea, in theory. Its similar to a graphics tablet, but where a graphics tablet aims to get rid of paper, paper show doesn’t. The device itself is just a normal pen and a sensor that detects what your writing. The clever part of the device is the paper (you wouldn’t think it!).

The paper is just paper, its what’s printed on it. Icons and symbols similar to those in an application are printed on the paper, when you tap the pen over say a red box the colour of the ‘ink’ changes to red. Of course the real pen colour is still black but whats on screen is red.

I decided to write my review using the actual papershow! Apologies for my handwriting!

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As I mentioned previously I came home from uni on Sunday. I actually really impressed myself on my journey. Firstly let it be known that I hate driving. Driving in the snow on the way home was not as terrifying as I expected it to be. It was scary but I didn’t seem to mind it, unusually!

I also had ‘issues’ with my sat nav. It wouldn’t calculate a route, anywhere, it was constantly coming up with errors and crashing. I suppose that’s to be expected when its running on windows mobile. I know the route home anyway but I was slightly worried as I’m planning a trip to South Hampton soon. I’ve had problems with it before too. If the cable isn’t in exactly the right position, and I mean by the millimeter it wont recognise the PDA and doesn’t work.

I got home and unpacked all my stuff. In the process I pulled another muscle in my chest. (For those that don’t remember/know the story) This time its on the breastbone, still on the right side just above my bewb. Its so annoying, why me! If it gets any worse I’m going to have to start taking those painkillers again.

Anyway, I digress, I told my parents about my crappy sat nav, which has served me pretty well tbh. Twenty minutes later my dad and I are in the car heading for Halfords! My dad does go a little overboard, I was thinking ooh lets get the cute little one, but because my dad will be using this when we go to Florida in July he got the biggest, fattest, most expensive one there! TomTom Go 520.

It does everything. You can plug your ipod into it, it has 5 hour battery life (the rest had 2) but the best features of all, not only does it tell you when there’s speed cameras coming up. It calculates your speed using its satellite positioning and tells you when your going too fast. It also tells you the speed limit on the road your on. My mum and I found this particularly useful when we went to ikea yesterday.