This past Wednesday Google Announced that biking directions and bike trail data have been added to Google Maps. Bike routes are specifically calculated to avoid steep hills and utilize bike-friendly streets when possible.
You can check it out at http://maps.google.com/biking. Happy riding!
If you’re like most of us, you were rooting for Steve Wiebe to reclaim the Donkey Kong title from that evil Billy Mitchell. But one man, Hank Chien, knew he could beat them both. Well done Hank. So long as someone’s in front of Mr. America Hot Sauce Mitchell, I’m happy.
If you haven’t seen King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, you should: http://www.newline.com/properties/kingofkongtheafistfulofquarters.html
If you’re interested in who has the high score in your favorite game, visit Twin Galaxies: The Official Electronic Scoreboard
The music world has lost two souls over the past couple months. Mark Linkous, most know for his work as Sparklehorse and Vic Chesnutt. Both died by self inflicted methods and while I can’t fully grasp the mental state a person must be in to take his or her own life, I can’t help but be haunted by the lyrics to one of Vic’s songs:
“I respect a man who goes where he wants to go. Even if he wants to be dead”
Neither was musically successful by commercial terms, although they received abundant critical acclaim. Both battled depression and both suffered from some crippling physical ailments during their lives. Both also made deep, soul moving music that could make you both laugh and cry. Two very important emotions that we should all experience on a regular basis.
In my little corner of the music world, they’ll be missed.
Google is planning to build and test an ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. They will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access to today with 1 gigabit per second, fiber-to-the-home connections. They plan to offer service at a competitive price to at least 50,000 and potentially up to 500,000 people.
Help Asheville be one of the trial locations!
Read more at Google Fiber Asheville
Join Asheville Google Fiber Network Initiative on facebook.
Follow Asheville’s Twitter discussion here about Google’s 1-gig/second challenge
Read more at Google’s Blog
After 9 years, we still don’t know why you did what you did. But finally your time has come. Now, all you 6ers, UPGRADE ALREADY!
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