Microsoft Street Slide, new and I want it!

A great way to navigate panoramic views using a more intuitive UI. It's like pressing your face against the car window while someone drives you down the street.

How odd they've ported it to the iPhone. Why not the Kin? And how soon before Google Maps not only copies this but does them one better with a new and improved street view?

QRdvark Android QR app dev notes

No sooner than QRdvark hits 1000 installs in 10 days than we release dev notes highlighting the API. QRdvark uses intents and can be called from other Android apps.

I-Dose. Another word for binaural beats

Oklahoma parents have been warned that their kids are getting high listening to digital drug music found on the internet. They call it "i-dose". The rest of us call these "binaural beats".

I've been providing free binaural beat MP3 files on JetCityOrange for years now. People from all over the world download and use them. They're mediTAtion aids, not mediCAtion.

My response? To write a web page about i-dosing.

DIY Satellites for only $8000!

Santa, I've been a really good boy so far this year. And we're already more than half through 2010. So if I keep it up can I have a homebrew satellite kit for Christmas?

I know it's $8000 but it's all I want. I don't need any other presents. And I know I'm Buddhist, not even a plain vanilla, non-church going Christian. Did I mention I've been a good boy?

iPhone 4 Spoof Video

Whether you have an iPhone or not, this video is hilarious.

If I only spoke Chinese...

8-bit Fonts Anyone?

Sometimes you just gotta have 8-bit fonts. I feel ya.

QRdvark 1.0 is in Android Market!

Yes, we just released QRdvark, our free QR phone app, in the Android Market.

Search for "QRdvark", install it on your Android phone, and then scan every QR barcode you see.

R.I.P. Harvey Pekar

Harvey Pekar has died. Cleveland's own cartoon genius and social critic is dead.

Thanks Harvey. You were great to read and better to watch on Letterman.

QRdvark Build 5 is now Release Candidate 1

From where I'm sittin', QRdvark Android Build 5 is Release Candidate 1. In other words, our Android QR phone app is about ready to ship.

8-bit Seattle & the Space Needle

8-bit Space Needle?

Yep. It's all part of 8-bit Seattle, Brett Camper's map project. As he says, "City maps in the style of 1980s video games".


Can you blame JetCityOrange and Azalea Software for sponsoring Seattle?

8-bit Seattle Map Goes Live!

8-bit Seattle is a map in the style of 1980s video game from Brett Camper.

JetCityOrange and Azalea Software are proud sponsors of 8-bit Seattle. Little did we know that Seattle is Brett's hometown!

Cell phone meditation timer

I just did an online version of my meditation timer just for cell phone users. Yes, now you can use your phone as a meditation timer. Cool!