Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Web services, Yahoo!, Open Source, Social Software, web 2.0
Clarke lets you update FireEagle from within OS X
by Nik Fletcher Sep 29th 2009 at 3:00PM
On the iPhone, there's plenty of free applications that update FireEagle such as yofe, but what if you're working on a desktop or laptop computer? That's where Clarke comes in handy -- a small, open-source utility for OS X that runs in your menu bar, it'll figure out where you are based on the Wi-Fi networks around you.
In earlier versions of Clarke, the updates were based on Skyhook Wireless' database -- the same used by the original iPhone to triangulate your location -- however the utility was recently updated for Mac OS X Snow Leopard and now uses the OS' built-in Core Location system to figure out where you are when run on the newest big-cat.
A free download, developers can also grab the source code over at Github, and the application also lets you easily view nearby data from Flickr, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap and Yahoo Maps.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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racco said 7:40AM on 9-30-2009
I can see your house from here
Block Out > Blur Out
;-)
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Nik Fletcher said 7:45AM on 9-30-2009
Just fixed that up - but it wasn't entirely accurate ;)
Thanks!
-N