What States Would You Live In? / / No Comments Last year I created the World Level O map for Tripgeo. This fun travel-tracking tool colors the countries of the world based on whether you have lived there, stayed for a while, visited, passed through or never been. You are then awarded a level based on how well you’ve “covered” the globe.States I’d Live In is a map in the same sort of personal tracking ballpark. However on this map Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: live, States, Would
Earth’s Greatest Hits, Live! / / No Comments Most earthquake apps will show you a map with a bunch of dots. QuakeSound takes those red dots and turns them into sound. That’s right QuakeSound is an earthquake map that actually lets you listen to the planet rumble in near real time. QuakeSound takes data from the USGS Earthquake GeoJSON Feed and represents it in two ways: visually, on an interactive Leaflet.js map, and aurally, via Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Earth’s, Greatest, hits, live
Results from My Vibe Coding Live Stream / / No Comments Usually for my Code Break shows, I assume if folks miss it they’ll just check out the recordings, but while my earlier session is fresh in my mind, I thought I’d share a bit more about the session and a look at the code generated. It actually went a heck of a lot better than I anticipated to be honest, and was fun. To be clear, it wasn’t perfect, and I’ll touch a bit on what my tool of choice struggled with, but overall I’m really impressed with what I got built in an hour. What I Used and Why Constant readers here know I almost always use Google Gemini for anything AI related, but I’ve been trying to branch out a bit lately. Also, I found their Visual Studio... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: coding, from, live, results, stream, Vibe
Upcoming Code Break and Live Streams Next Week / / No Comments Hey folks. Next week I’ve got not one, not two, but three different presentations happening. Here’s what I’ve got going on. Code Break Episode 29 My next Code Break episode will be Tuesday, July 8th at 12PM CST. I’ll be doing some playing around with vibe coding, and yes, I still hate that term. But I’ve had some recent successes, and failures, with it and I thought it would be fun to explore. Whether you are pro, or anti, generating code with AI, I’d love to have you come in and share your feedback. The DevRel Show I’ll be on Frédéric Harper’s DevRel show on July 10th at 2PM CST, talking about APIs, specifically Foxit APIs. This is my first time... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: Break, code, live, Next, streams, Upcoming, Week
The Riskiest Places to Live in America / / No Comments Los Angeles County is a dangerous place to live. According to the National Risk Index the residents of Los Angeles County are more likely to suffer from a natural hazard than anywhere else in the United States. The residents of Los Angeles County are more likely to experience an earthquake than any other US location. They also have one of the highest chances of experiencing a landslide and Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: America, live, Places, Riskiest
Live from the Sundhnúkur Eruption / / No Comments The Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland has been experiencing a period of heightened volcanic activity since December 2023. This follows an increase in seismic activity that began in late 2019. The most recent eruption started on March 16th in Sundhnúkur near the town of Grindavík.You can view a live webcam of volcanic activity in Sundhnúkur on Live from Iceland. This webcam shows a live Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Eruption, from, live, Sundhnúkur
Where Might I Live? / / No Comments There are 3,143 counties in the USA. One of them is probably perfect for you. But which one?What makes a perfect home can depend on a number of factors. Those factors are likely to be different for every single person. Where Might I Live can find your perfect US home based on your own personal criteria. Tell Where Might I Live what factors are important to you in choosing a home and it will Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: live, might
The Live Music Mapping Project / / No Comments The combination of the Covid epidemic, inner-city gentrification and austerity has had a hugely negative impact on live music venues and the live music networks of many cities. The Live Music Mapping Project has been launched to help overcome these challenges by creating detailed maps of the local live ecosystem in individual cities. Currently the project has released interactive maps for seven Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: live, Mapping, Music, project