techniQal support

Although this is not quite ready for prime time (some caching and config left to do), I figured I should get it out in the open.
Ski season is rapidly approaching, and if we get some snow, this could be invaluable.

I have updated my original mashup with some new features and functionality.
As before, clicking on a region will allow you to zoom into a region.

Once you click on one of the little images you get a nice info window with the ski resort’s current ski conditions as well as the current local weather.

You will also notice another tab hanging out there. Where available, I have tried to include live webcam images along with the snow and weather data. For most resorts, clicking on the webcam tab will display a recent webcam image from the resort. Arapahoe Basin had a particularly lovely image this afternoon.

Enjoy the new beta 2.1, 1.0, 0.001 version of this mashup HERE .
Also, remember that you can get live snow conditions on the map-free mobile version as well.
Mobile Ski and Snow Report

 

As a soon to be parent, child based paraphernalia starts to permeate your being. On the web, at the store, in the magazine, you start to notice items and ads you would normally ignore. One cool instance of this, is the work of my ultra talented and creative sister. She hand makes children’s clothing that is both fashionable and funky. One of her items was also recently featured in children’s online fashion magazine small magazine

So if you have young children, check out and buy her stuff at http://www.soil.etsy.com .
You can also see one of her cool hats featured in the magazine HERE .

I just think her stuff is cool and worth sharing.

 

Here is my entry to the blogday 2007 excitement.
This is kind of hard for me because I tend to read tons of popular blogs, and rarely add a new one into the mix.
But I have toiled and thought long and hard, and this is all I came up with:

• Your Vegan Mom:
  This is a great blog by a Vegan mother named Trina from LA. I found her via our popular blog feature on lijit.com.
  Her blog is a treasure trove of vegan recipes. I am not vegan(I am vegetarian), but the recipes she has on her blog are beautiful and flavorful.
  She is able to appeal to veggies, and carnivores alike with her creative recipes.
• Post Secret:
  Oldie but goodie. The great thing about this blog is the guilty pleasure of reading other peoples thoughts. Voyeurism can be fun.
  I always meant to get the book—never did.
• Subtle Exchanges by Fabian Stelzer:
  Forwarded to me by co-worker/CTO of Lijit, Stan . Fabian talks tech/attention , and was involved with both Lijit and it’s predecessor, Outfoxed.
• Bug Blogger:
  This is the blog for the in BETA Bug Labs.
  I recently started following these guys—they are doing some ground breaking stuff with hardware.
  Stick around for my next blog post—it will talk about them!
• Lijit Explore Feature -For this one, I ran through the new Explore feature available on my Lijit Wijit, and randomly clicked on a blog that looked interesting.
  And the winner is:
  Davor’s Technology Blog:
  Davor writes about technology, macs, software, all kinds of stuff. Right up my alley really.
  To tell the truth, I should have used our new feature to find all of my new blogs. I think that is what I will use it for from now on.

So ends my foray into International Blog Day. Be sure to visit BlogDay.org, and remember if you get involved to tag your post by adding http://technorati.com/tag/BlogDay2007.

 

I am trying out some new themes, and have upgraded wordpress to the latest version. This is causing me some headaches with page load time, and some other gotchas with plugins and such. So if the site seems weird, that is normal. I hope to have everything in better shape soon.

I really like the latest theme I am playing with. By N.Design Studio, it features good looking MacOS styling, and even features a widgetized sidebar, with drag and drop re-sorting, and collapsing. Hopefully it will continue to work for me.