Contrarian reader M. Austin writes: Your reporting on Go Ogle taking the pi** out of some has brought to my attention the fact that whiz is spelled with an h. This realisation has me looking at Velveeta's jarred cousin with suspicion....

10 May, 2010

As we noted last month, Wendy Southgate was captured 43 times on Google Street View while walking her dog near in Elmsdale, Suffolk, UK. Today, it's a hapless Google Street View driver who captured himself while indisposed on lonely High Rock Road outside Reno, Nevada: Scroll around at the same location and see the disembodied Google Street View Car door flung open by the desperate driver as he sought the pause that refreshes: Hat tip: TWIG 41...

07 May, 2010

Google's Halifax street view feature is now online. Getting there is a little tricky. Here's how: Go to maps.google.ca Enter a specific address in the search box, and press enter. I entered "1726 Hollis St, Halifax, NS B3J 2Y3," which is the address of Province House. A little red-orange teardrop enclosing the letter "A" should show up in the map. Click on it. In the small window that pops up, click on "street view." Voila! Play with the cursor and the arrows in the image. It takes a bit of getting used to, but it is pretty darned cool. Let me know how far it ranges: Dartmouth?...

07 October, 2009