planiglobe - online map creation

This is cool--online map generation that you can save to postscript and illustrator formats. They appear to have high-res maps for just about anywhere, and so long as you retain their watermarks and don't use the maps for navigation, they're licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License , which basically states that:

You are free:

• to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work
• to make derivative works
• to make commercial use of the work

As with all of these sorts of services, I have to ask the question: where's the business model, other than displaying some Google adsense links on the page? Hmmm...

Regardless of the business model, this is sweeettt!

Data Mining using Google

CyberWyre � Data Mining using Google

Cool article with tips on searching Google in new and innovative ways.

"Complete" List of Web 2.0 Applications

OK, so it's not the complete list, but it's a good one--worthy of a read.

Rollyo: Roll Your Own Search Engine

Create your own search engine, only from sources you trust. Interesting idea!

I haven't tried this yet, but I will....

Mark's Protopage

This is the page that I made using Protopage; I've got it pulling in feeds from all over the place, including my own blogs! It's publicly available if you want to click the link and view it.

JAJAH - Skype Killer?

This is a Skype competitor that is reported to have even better voice quality than Skype, yet uses less bandwidth. I'll try it out and report back on how it works.

OK, I tried it out and was completely unsuccessful at getting the app to run. I'm thinking that it's probably due to Skype 2.0, which was just released; since Jajah is in beta, it's probably not been thoroughly tested with Skype 2.0. Ah, well..a project for some other day.

Google Gmail Loader (GML): Transfer your email to Gmail

Great utility--allows you to import your existing email into Gmail. It supports virtually every mailbox format (IMAP, Netscape, etc) *except* Outlook (grrr), but what do you want for, free! The author is reportedly working on an Outlook version, BTW.

How to add a Google Map to any web page in less than 10 minutes

Cool primer on adding Gmaps to your own web page

Mercury to Acquire Systinet to Capitalize on High-Growth SOA Market

Interesting move--MERQ buys Systinet for $105M. Systinet provides SOA management and governance solutions, and the addition of their products to Mercury's BTO line will help to bolster their offerings in those areas.

Ruby on Rails: Web Development that Doesn't Hurt

This is a cool concept; the company that developed it, 37signals, decided to release their development platform to open source; that's what became Ruby on Rails. They were featured in Episode 5 of the Inside the Net podcast, which I highly recommend.

FreeMind - Free Mind Mapping Software

Main Page - FreeMind - free mind mapping software

This is a free open-source Java mind mapping system; I'll have to try it out.

Mayomi-Web-based Mind Map

This is exactly what needs to happen--a Web-based mind mapping tool that will allow multiple people to collaborate.

Comprehensive list of free file transfer services

CreativeGuy � Blog Archive � Free online file storage/sending