Spreading Love & Peace in Nutopia / / No Comments Nutopia is a conceptual country which was created by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1973 as a form of artistic expression and social commentary. Nutopia was created to be a utopian country with no land, no borders, and no passports, symbolizing an idea of peace and global citizenship.The country of Nutopia has a white flag, symbolizing its surrender to peace, and its national anthem is a few Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Love, Nutopia, Peace, Spreading
Segregation in the U.S. / / No Comments Stanford University’s Segregation Explorer visualizes the levels of segregation between schools and school districts in the United States. Developed by the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University, this new interactive map shows the levels of segregation across various regions, including states, metropolitan areas, school districts, and neighborhoods.The new map includes Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Segregation, U.S.
Testing Google’s New Gemini Flash Model / / No Comments I’m currently at Google I/O waiting for the next session to start and decided to take a quick look at the latest Gemini model to be released, Flash 1.5. As the name implies, this is a ‘speedier’ model built to return responses quicker than other models, with the tradeoff that the results may not be as good. Like most things in life, there’s going to be tradeoffs. Gemini’s Pro 1.5 model will definitely be slower but will return better results. When and how you choose is… well that’s a good question, right? I decided to build a tool so I could play with this myself. The idea is to let me enter a prompt and have it run both Flash and Pro models and see both... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Flash, Gemini, Google's, Model, Testing
Welcome To Your New Gardening Zone / / No Comments In November of last year the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) updated the US plant hardiness map based on the latest weather data (1991–2020). The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is a tool which is designed to help gardeners determine which plants are most likely to thrive in their location. The USDA map is divided into 13 zones based on average coldest temperatures. Zone 1 is Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Gardening, Welcome, Zone
How to Retrieve WiFi Password on Windows / / No Comments Remembering the WiFi password when on a guest network is never easy. Even worse is when it’s no longer posted and someone else is asking you for it. Luckily there’s a built in Windows command to recover the password of a given WiFi network. The Shell Code Open cmd and execute the following command: netsh wlan show profile name="David Walsh's Network" key=clear The result of the command, assuming the network is found, is a long text output with a variety of information about the network. To get the see the password for the network, look under the “Security settings” heading which will look like this: Security settings ----------------- Authentication :... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Password, Retrieve, WiFi, Windows
Active Video / / No Comments Glen Chiacchier has devised an interactive mapped, timeline for the American civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize. His ‘active video’ of Eyes on the Prize turns what might otherwise be a passive viewing exercise into an active learning experience by providing viewers with the opportunity to browse the documentary by date and location. The civil rights documentary Eyes on the Prize Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: active, video
ColdFusion’s CFOAUTH Tag / / No Comments This will be my third ColdFusion post in the past year. I’m not saying I’m going to continue the trend, but as I find interesting use cases, I’m going to share. Today, that involves the <cfoauth> tag that I recently had a chance to play with. About two weeks ago, an old client of mine reached out asking for help adding an OAuth flow to their CF app. I’ve covered CF and OAuth in a few posts from ten-plus years ago (part one, covering Facebook, part two, covering LinkedIn, and part three, covering Google). That code demonstrated the basics of using OAuth, which entailed: Creating your application on the platform you’ll be authenticating again, which gives you... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: CFOAUTH, ColdFusion's
The Future of Street View / / No Comments In 2007 Google began adding 360 degree panoramic images to Google Maps. It is no exaggeration to say that the introduction of Street View revolutionized online mapping. Now users could not only zoom into their neighborhoods in satellite view but they could also virtually explore their area in Street View.It is almost impossible to predict the next major revolution in online mapping. For a Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: future, Street, View