Blagged

With 2 Google posts in a row, it’s going to seem like I’m shamelessly giving them free advertising.  Anyhow, that’s not what I’m writing about.  I just wanted to thank Google for FINALLY putting high-res satellite imagery of London, Ontario on Google Maps.  For the longest time I’ve had to either use London’s way out of date aerial photo from their website, or use the old Yahoo! Maps beta that up and disappeared earlier this year.  Now when I go to someone’s house, I can pick the exact parking spot that I will use, and hope that no one has already taken it.  Good work Google.

It might seem kind of lazy to blog about someone else’s blog post, but I think this is a good one.  The Official Gmail Blog has a post that outlines 9 reasons why you should use the archive button in your Gmail account.  I have zero organization when it comes to my e-mail, all I do is read the e-mail, then archive it right away.  Since the Gmail search is so damn great though, I can always find what I’m looking for while still keeping a clean inbox.  With 6+ GB of e-mail storage, is there really any reason to full-on delete your e-mails instead of archiving them?  Seriously, is there?  If there is, post a comment, I want to know!

Well Rock Band, you’ve done it again. My cousin is the latest victim to have his life taken over by Rock Band. He got his paycheck from work yesterday and went out and bought the whole kit and caboodle. Soon he’ll be found in the basement, laying on the floor with drum sticks in hand, and drool dripping from his face, just like me.

Props go to Julie at the McDonald’s by our house. I’m sure it was some kind of promotion, but yesterday when we went up to order a couple of McFlurry’s, the manager took our order, and also ended up giving us a couple of free iced coffees! Being a dutchman, I really can’t complain about free stuff. In fact, I’ll take pretty much anything free!