Posts by Jay Louvion

Google Maps takes scenic route

The workaround is a walkaround

Tried the directions search from Sydney to Brisbane. It now suggests a more direct, though definitively less pleasant route if you walk it.

http://g.co/maps/xpq6q

Get your boots. I'll get my coat.

Zuckerberg beats Assange to claim Person of the Year™

Person of the Year vs. Assassination

Hum... Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1953), John F. Kennedy (1961), Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963), Anwar Sadat (1977), Ronald Reagan (1980).

Better Assange stays off the list, after all.

Yahoo! News confused on theft of Lego giraffe's todger

Manhood...

...for a giraffe ? Really ?

Microsoft conjures imaginary 'Apple Tax'

Typo

Should read recalcitrant in last line but one. Mine's the one with the Merriam Webster in the pocket.

Florida cops taser satnav lake plunge woman

What's the date again ?

Oh yeah, right - mine's the one with a fish on the back.

Swisscom chills to the sound of whalesong

Pear shaped

I'm surprised nobody noticed the beautifully carved blue form that seems to infer that things are at some point going to go pear shaped.

Mine's the one with the mobile in the pocket going "Uhmmm Bllla, la la..."