Sloop Vox 2007-05-14T12:25:10Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e56e677be2b/ Traffic Cams = Get more work done! tag:vox.com,2007-05-12:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d4143762393c7f 2007-05-12T18:59:24Z 2007-05-14T12:25:10Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I was about to head home Friday night when I decided to take a look at the cams on my route home. Here is was I saw! Guess what? I stayed at work and got some more work done instead of sitting in traffic!

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]]> WeatherBug Schools doing their own weather show! tag:vox.com,2007-05-12:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d4143761733c7f 2007-05-12T18:45:18Z 2007-05-12T18:45:18Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Every day, kids from Academy Hill School in Springfield Massachusetts have been recording their own weather shows using WeatherBug youCaster technology. Our own meteorologists are using the tool as well to do their breaking weather reports. T...

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]]> WeatherBug DLL for Game Maker tag:vox.com,2007-05-11:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d414370e393c7f 2007-05-11T11:35:46Z 2007-05-12T18:11:48Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I play volleyball on Thursday nights at our local health club in Mount Airy. I have been playing since I was in high school and whenever I play I feel like I am 18 again! At least for the night and not for the days following. We had some great ga...

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]]> Widgets and Gadgets tag:vox.com,2007-04-23:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d4142fbb216a47 2007-04-23T02:26:20Z 2007-04-23T02:26:20Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Widgets and Gadgets are small applications built with DHTLM and Javascript. Niall Kennedy gives a good overview of the widgets that are now available on the Nokia S60 platform. WeatherBug provided one of the first examples of a Widget on the S60 p...

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]]> iGoogle Weather tag:vox.com,2007-04-21:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00cd9723ab0b4cd5 2007-04-21T15:31:20Z 2007-05-11T10:53:30Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I have been using my LabPixies Google gadget quite a bit and have noticed some interesting things. In the morning on dry days like today, the sun's heat will rapidly warm things up. This effect can be seen clearly in the screen shot below. The liv...

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]]> My Google Home Page... tag:vox.com,2007-04-20:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d09e653ce2be2b 2007-04-20T11:50:37Z 2007-04-20T20:59:52Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I logged in to my Google Home Page this morning where I have a WeatherBug Gadget made by LabPixies and the Google default weather information side-by-side. Check out the differences: You may have to zoom in to see this, but WeatherBug says 47 de...

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]]> Global Warming = Weaker Hurricanes? tag:vox.com,2007-04-19:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00cd9723399a4cd5 2007-04-19T21:48:04Z 2007-04-19T22:00:28Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Usually when people talk about Global Warming, they also talk about increased intensity of hurricanes. You would think this might be the case since the water will be warmer and that is the fuel for the hurricane development. This is an interestin...

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]]> Global Warming Evidence? tag:vox.com,2007-04-16:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d4142e21d16a47 2007-04-16T21:11:41Z 2007-04-19T22:03:07Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Like it or not...it is definitely warm out there.. A link to the article, "March Temperatures Second Warmest on Record for U.S.; Global March Temperature Fifth Warmest on Record" follows: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2838.htm You ...

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]]> Global Warming tag:vox.com,2007-04-16:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d414304a963c7f 2007-04-16T02:03:56Z 2007-04-19T21:35:29Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I thought this video by the BBC was an interesting perspective on Global Warming that is contrary to the belief that CO2 is causing global warming. In fact, it may be the other way around.. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=449956202247844...

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]]> WeatherBug in Times Square tag:vox.com,2007-04-12:asset-6a00d09e56e677be2b00d09e634b5bbe2b 2007-04-12T17:28:43Z 2007-04-12T17:28:43Z Christopher Sloop http://sloop.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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As part of our launching with WPIX in New York, we also got some time on the Jumbotron in times square. Pretty cool!

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