Howcast is a web service TechCrunch covered recently. It’s got some pretty cool tech, with a lot of structure built around professionally-made instructional videos. Sadly, I stumbled upon its ‘How to throw a frisbee’ entry, and I dispute its merit. No self-respecting frisbee player uses sub-Whammo sized disc straight out of a Honey Nut Cheerios box.
Google Maps’ ‘Terrain’ View
Posted on February 21, 2008
Via @nickgonzalez, I stumbled upon Google Maps ‘Terrain’ feature and it is pretty sweet. The new view is more like a traditional paper map, highlighting elevation, vegetation, and highways routes. It looks fantastic. Look for it be the norm, soon.
Gone is the ‘Hybrid’ view — it’s now implicit with the ‘Satellite’ view (though you can toggle the streets names out).
CrunchBase 2
Posted on February 20, 2008
Just in case you missed it, here’s my TechCrunch moment of fame:
US drops Africa military HQ Plan
Posted on February 19, 2008
From the BBC:
The US military has decided to keep the headquarters of its new Africa Command in Germany, after only one African nation, Liberia, offered to host it.Most African countries have been wary of plans to base the command, Africom, on the continent.
Africom’s commander, Gen William Ward, said there were no plans to create large US garrisons on the continent.
The US can always rely on Liberia.