disable Windows auto restart

Sick of Windows automatically restarting your computer?

Check this link out to disable it

open office to google docs & vice versa

stumbled on this OO.org extension a little bit ago ooo2gd. it did what i needed it too! (exports too)

Sendto Flickr (right-click from XP...bam!)

This is handy Sendto Flickr

Wildfire Google Earth Mashup

I'm calling it FireFeedEarth...here's a little mashup I threw together, it's a work in progress - let me know what you think!

Google Earth & Maps tools

for elevation contours and such - found these 2 tools today...thought I'd share


Elevation Contours

Overlay elevation contours almost anywhere in the world

Michael Kosowsky - Lincolnville, Maine, USA

AND

EarthTools - Find places, latitude/longitude, sunrise/sunset, elevation, local time and time zones

Wind energy San Luis Obispo ?

Góðan daginn bloglandia!

What's up with (or with the lack of) wind energy in San Luis Obispo, CA?

It sure seems windy enough here...maybe I'll ask Yahoo Answers.



So Cal Wind Map Image above from http://maps.csc.noaa.gov/CSP_SoCal/viewer.html

Other sites:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/index.html
Skystream Energy (buy a wind turbine)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/
http://www.dsireusa.org/index.cfm?EE=1&RE=1

Earthquake RSS, maps, & more

ShakeMap RSS Reader (Beta Version)

Automatic ShakeMap Download (any ShakeMap maps or products)

Auto launch your Browser to any new ShakeMap Web Pages

Auto start post-processing scripts or commands!

See ShakeMaps within Google Earth client!

Looks like it could have some potential with Google Maps/AJAX API

Google Maps center (lat long value)

So I needed this and wanted to share it with the world too.

Find the lat/long value of the Google Map you're viewing by pasting

javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

into the browser + ENTER.

Startup madness

If you've got tons of programs starting-up when Windows starts AND you'd like to remove or change some...here are a couple links to help.

I found myself doing so this morning - just thought I'd share my methods.

Google search "Windows startup programs"

Google search "Lifehacker startup programs" (I love me my Lifehacker.com)

A couple of commands you may need for this process are Start>Run>msconfig.exe click OK (Window shown in screenshot) & Start>Run>regedit.exe click OK (command executed, program already running in screenshot).

Image stuff

One of my recent new fav's for screen capture is FastStone Capture V5.3.

For resizing/converting file types/batch processing try FastStone Photo Resizer.

And my ultimate fav for everything in between IrfanView.

Worm tray

First we went for the kitchen composter

...now the worm tray is on it's way :)