March 10, 2010
Google Maps Adds Bike-Friendly Directions and Trails

They’re still missing a few bike paths in my neighborhood, but it’s a great start.

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

March 4, 2010
Ubuntu dumps the brown, introduces new theme and branding

The new “Light” theme looks really nice.  I don’t think Canonical ever truly realized how much the default brown theme was holding Ubuntu back.  First impressions are huge; you can make the best OS in the whole world but if an average user’s first reaction is “wow, that’s sorta ugly” it won’t go anywhere.

Google Releases Gesture Search for Android

This app is pretty smart.  Even in this early experimental release it’s already an improvement from the built-in contacts search.  You can also use it to launch apps and browser bookmarks, which is a nice bonus.

March 2, 2010
Should Open Source Be An Enemy Of The State?

U.S. Trademark groups have decided that Open Source is an enemy of the free market, and therefore also an enemy of Truth, Justice, and the American Way.  Well, that and it keeps their clients from making a few bucks.

February 26, 2010
Pete Hoekstra sings about turtle fences on YouTube thanks to Auto-Tune the News crew

It’s not overtly political; it’s just funny.

Holland urges residents to petition Google for fast fiber Internet connection

Check out the BPW’s page for details on how to nominate Holland for gigabit Internet service from Google!

February 24, 2010
Super Mario Galaxy 2 hits 5/23: Yoshi! Drills! 2D gameplay!

Check out the trailer…it looks like they managed to take the best parts of Super Mario Galaxy and New Super Mario Bros. Wii (minus the multiplayer) and combine them into one solid new title.

Conan O’Brien Officially Joins Twitter

February 21, 2010

Best Tech Guy caller EVER with Leo Laporte (via onlinecrane)