Google+ Invite #googleplus

I am a sad individual.

I want to leave Facebook and join Google+.

But the only way I can do this is to plead/implore someone - anyone - who is on already on Google+ to send me an invite or invoke one of the many workarounds that seem to exist.

Up yours Zuckerberg.

Provinces within Kingdoms of Camelot

There are 24 Provinces in the Kingdom of Camelot arranged in a contiguous 5x5 grid.  If you keep going in any direction the map just wraps around on itself.

I have created two maps, the first is centred on Bodmin Moor, and the second takes a more traditional approach by starting with 0,0 in the top left corner of the map.

You can see that Bodmin Moor lies between coordinates (150, 600) and (499, 749).

I have colour-coded the maps to highlight neighbouring Provinces to Bodmin Moor, i.e. it is quicker to get to (and from) Camlann, Orkney, Dore, Parmenie, Cellwig, Tintagel, Cornwall and Astolat than it is to the other 15 Provinces.

Note that there is no Province between coordinates (300, 300) and (449, 449).  Perhaps the developers of KoC are planning something special later in the year... (?)

For those that prefer their maps with 0,0 in the top left corner then this one just for you. :-)

My favourite Android apps

Firstly, let me say that I got my eager hands on the T-Mobile G1 (the first Android phone) almost as soon as it became available so I have had over 12 months experience with Android phones and apps and I have downloaded many hundreds of them from the market and elsewhere over that time.  What have I learned over all this time?  That Android is a very powerful and flexible mobile OS with great potential.  And what about the apps?  Well, apparently there are over 20,000 of them now, and whilst there are some absolute gems there's also a lot of rubbish too.

My stand out favourite apps...

• Any Clip Pro (Blues Labs)
• Apps Organiser (Fabio Collini)
• Astro (Metago)
• Barcode Scanner (ZXing Team)
• BBC News (Jim Blackler)
• Bloo (Dimitris Couchell)
• Bublmap London Tube (bublmap)
• Buzz Deck (mippin.com)
• Evernote (Evernote)
• Facebook (Facebook)
• Flashlight (Devesh Parekh)
• Google Sky Map (Google)
• Group Ringtones (Appventive)
• Listen (Google)
• Maths Workout+ (Workout Games)
• OI Safe (OpenIntents)
• OpenSudoku (Roman Masek)
• PicSay Pro (Shinycore)
• PicSo (Tiki Move)
• Pkt Auctions eBay (Bonfire Media)
• Qik (Qik)
• Record It (Austin Reid)
• Scoreboard (Google)
• Shazam (Shazam)
• SMS Backup (Christoph Studer)
• Sound Manager (Daniel Roozen)
• Spotify (Spotify)
• Tip Calculator (iStockManager)
• TouchDown (NitroDesk)
• Twidroid Pro (Zimmermann & Marban)
• Voice Recorder (Mamoru Tokashiki)

I am constantly changing the apps that I have installed on my phone as new ones come out and old ones fall by the wayside, but this list is the mainstay of the apps I have installed at any one time.  They're all well-used, much loved and make my life that little bit better.  :-)

Google Chrome Extensions

Here's a list of my current favourite extensions on Google Chrome v4.0.249.30

• AutoCopy
• Bit.ly
• Blog This!
• Chromed Bird
• ChromeMilk
• Doc PDF/PowerPointViewer
• Facebook for Google Chrome
• Google Mail Checker
• Google Quick Scroll
• Google Reader Notifer
• Google Sidewiki
• Google Tasks
• Google Wave Notifier
• Inline Search & Lookup
• Notebook
• Picnik Extension for Chrome
• RSS Subscription Extension
• Send from Gmail
• Slideshow
• StumbleUpon
• Wikipedia Chromium Edition

If you find some others that are really useful or better than these then please let me know.

Google Chrome has always been good

Google Chrome has always been good but now with version 4, Mac support, extensions, bookmarks synching and some serious speed enhancements it's easily the best and fastest browser.

Chrome makes my 7 year old laptop feel like it's a super-charged supercomputer with the way it surfs the web with incredible speed and grace.

If this gives us a sneak preview of what we can expect from Chrome OS then I can't wait. Effortless, safe, secure browsing with full functionality and rich content all packed into a lightweight, affordable browsing device. Yeah baby - bring it on!

in reference to: http://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/fldmleagmkblgoeodhdlhdejhhngdihi (view on Google Sidewiki)

You can't make this stuff up

This is undoubtedly fantastic news for Ged Galvin and it's got me wondering what future marvels others may benefit from.

Remote control for your ears.
Wife yelling at you? Husband snoring all night? Boring meeting? No worries, just turn your ears off.

Remote control for your nose.
Public toilets stink? Work in the sewers? Cleaning up the kids puke? No worries, just turn your nose off.

Remote control for your penis.
Erectile dysfunction? No staying power? No worries, at the flick of a switch you can stay up all night.

Come on... I know you can think of some better ones than this.

in reference to: Man uses remote to control his 'bionic bottom' - Telegraph (view on Google Sidewiki)

Google makes more books available to you

I applaud the tenacity with which Google has pursued this. I believe that only someone with Google's honesty and scale could have reached this settlement and that it is the best compromise at the present time.

Let the wisdom spread.

in reference to:

"Ale"
- Op-Ed Contributor - A Library to Last Forever - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)