geek-o-rama



Aug 11

Discover Peaks through Peak.AR

Hello world! The ‘ol blog is a lit­tle dusty, but I’m still alive and enjoy­ing the sum­mer. New posts com­ing soon, but in the mean­time, I thought I would share this inter­est­ing phone app I recently heard about.

It’s called Peak.AR and it’s avail­able for iPhone or Andriod. Through aug­mented real­ity (AR) you can hold up your phone and it will list the peaks in the dis­tance. Pretty cool idea. Check the FAQ for infor­ma­tion on how to work offline.

Peak.AR - Find mount peaks using augmented reality on your phone

http://peakar.salzburgresearch.at/



Apr 11

PeakBagger for Win7 Phone

Holy mobile explo­sion bat­man! Another app just hit the interwebs.

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Apr 11

ClimberBeta — A guidebook in your pocket

New iPhone App for Climbers: Rock Guidebook

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Jan 11

Create Your Own Climbing Topo Maps

Hey Rock Nerds!

Have you ever read route descrip­tions and wished there was bet­ter beta? Or maybe you have a project you’re work­ing on and want to share the route infor­ma­tion? … Check out this free tool from “Betaflash” which allows you to dia­gram your own topo maps for climb­ing routes. So cool!

Make route topos with free app Betaflash

Screen­shot of Betaflash

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Jan 11

Windows Phone 7 Users — Get NWAC forecasts

Some local pow­der buffs at Microsoft have devel­oped a trial ver­sion of a Win­dows Phone appli­ca­tion called “Peaked”. The appli­ca­tion will deliver NWAC fore­casts directly to your phone. It saves data retrieved from the web and saves it for offline viewing.

Screenshots of Windows Phone 7 App: Peaked

Screen­shots of Win­dows Phone 7 App: Peaked

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Sep 10

RIP Windows Live Spaces

Windows Live and WordPress.com

Yes, it’s offi­cial folks. Win­dows Live Space is clos­ing. It’s for the best, wouldn’t you say? 

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Sep 10

Microsoft Tag rocks!

Uh… I’m a lit­tle late to the party, but I just dis­cov­ered Microsoft tag… Whaaat?! This is so cool! Have I been liv­ing in a cave? I’m not sure how I missed this!

See vid below for overview. Check out tag.microsoft.com and head over to their blog for more info on how peo­ple are using tag­ging. My head is spin­ning with possibilities…