Ride down the streets of Raleigh on Google Maps!

Date February 13, 2008

Google Maps Street View has added Raleigh to the elite list of cities you can see from an eyeline perspective instead of the rooftop satellite view. Our entire office came to a grinding halt in productivity yesterday when we realized we could navigate the streets without getting out of our chairs. “Hey, go to my [...]

The Latest from the Combat Zone

Date January 31, 2008

Matt, a friend and colleague in the Designbox space, ran into some bad Luck in the Raleigh Combat Zone (click here for earlier post defining the Combat Zone) yesterday. He left his beloved Nokia out on the patio for a second (maybe two), and it was promptly stolen! These days, a stolen mobile can [...]

The answer to “Where’s Waldo? (aka Abe Lincoln)” in a high resolution scan

Date November 16, 2007

USA Today reported today that a Civil War Historian, John Richter, thinks he has found Lincoln in an incredibly small crowd shot shortly before his delivery of The Gettysburg Address. The power of the scanner is impressive. The dedication of the historian to comb through the details of it is even more impressive (and [...]