Nick Jordan

I’ve been using Google Latitude for some time now, and have built up quite a bit of history. I’ve been having a play with the Location History Dashboard, which is quite scary. It’s correctly guessed which location is home and which is work and can tell me how much time I spend in both places, but it also shows me which of my friends I’ve visited and when, and can also show me a little animation on a map, showing my movements over any period of time.

I like it but it’s somewhat freaky. Of course, the real crux of the thing is to figure out something useful to do with this information. I keep thinking that there must be something but what exactly that is eludes me. Any suggestions?

Note: I know this is a little dull but it’s more for the benefit of my family and close friends. If you don’t find it interesting knowing the minutiae of my life, stop reading now.

I had a very quiet weekend. The plan had been to go on a couple of longish guided walks in London but I woke up on Saturday morning still very tired and with a rather upset stomach, which didn’t get any better as the day went on.  I therefore cried off and the furthest I walked all day was to Sainsbury’s for some much-needed essentials. The rest of the day was spent watching DVDs and lazing about.

Sunday was fairly similar. I watched the Formula 1 online as my TV reception was playing up, re-dyed my hair, did some washing and generally pottered. I also managed to do a little work on the Thamesreach website along with Christine, a very handy member of the local SCA group. She’s currently working on a photo montage for the home page, which will be brilliant.

This morning I was rather annoyed to find that the RSI in my right arm, which has been bothering me for a while now, was considerably worse. I think I may have to go and see the doctor which, being a typically stupid male, I’m quite reluctant to do.

Tonight I updated the Juno Download Search extension for Google Chrome. As well as clicking on the icon you can now access the search via the context menu. If you’ve already installed it, it should update automatically in the next few hours. If you haven’t or you can’t wait, you can get it here.