Posts filed under Fun

2008-06-13

Gab your life away on Facebook and Google Chat with Gabtastik

GabtastikFacebook has put out their chat service, Google has Google chat. There’s no desktop app for Facebook, but there is one for Google chat.

Confusing, and annoying. It’s also confusing and annoying to have to use those services in separate programs or multiple tabs in a web browser.

AIM is probably the most popular IM service known to man and woman, iChat for Mac…these are both desktop experiences.

Enter Gabtastik.

For Windows XP and Mac OS X, Gabtastik wants to take your browser chatting to the desktop where a lot us feels that…

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2008-05-20

Bicycle powered Google Earth flight simulator

Sure Google added a flight simulator to Google Earth last year. But what fun is a flight simulator if you have to use your mouse and keyboard to navigate? Well, some. But not as much fun as flying through Google Earth while riding a bicycle, E.T.-style.

Want to build your own bike-powered Google Earth flight sim? Here’s what you need:

  1. A programmable SunSpot wireless sensor
  2. A bunch of corresponding sensors
  3. A bike or other unit that you want to use for navigation/exercise
  4. Way too much free time on your hands

The flight…

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