Corndogs + Avocados

Happy Canada Day to our Canadian friends and family! Although we’re not there this year here’s a reminder of last year:

If you haven’t seen The Big Picture blog yet then I recommend you take a look. It is a photojournalism blog sponsored by the Boston Globe that tugs at the heartstrings and presents some out-of-this world images (quite literally in the case of Mars). If you enjoy world news, current events and photography you will love this site.

LDS CIO Joel Dehlin has a link on his blog to a new web site called LDS Maps that will eventually replace the LDS Meetinghouse locator at lds.org and mormon.org. It’s in beta which means they’re still working out some kinks but still very cool. Check it out at http://maps.lds.org/.

LDS Media Talk lists many new features now available on the current meetinghouse locator, including:

• A dynamic user interface. (No more drop-down lists!)
• The ability to identify the closest meetinghouses and congregations worldwide.
• The ability to enter address information or simply point at a location on a map to get information.
• The ability to switch between map providers Google and Microsoft to get the best map for a given location.
• The ability to switch between map and aerial/satellite views.
• The ability to see all congregations at a location, not just the residential unit (for example, Young Single Adult wards and language wards).
• The ability to select a ward/branch and get additional information, go to the unit Web site, or get driving directions.
• The ability to provide robust feedback that can identify a variety of issues that can be tracked more easily.
• The ability to send a link to a friend of a location.

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From The Fascinating Girl.

I’ve been dreading going to the DMV for many moons now. Today I finally screwed up the courage, put on my patient hat and made the trip. I have to say it was absolutely marvelous. The people behind each counter were sooooo helpful. They compressed three days of blech (my estimate) into one afternoon. Maybe it was even one hour. A+ for the DMV!