Archive for May, 2008

MapJack Taking on Google’s Street View »

By Talen on May 28, 2008 in Thailand News, Thailand Pictures | 7 Comments

Mapjack and Google’s street view will give you street level tours of a city as if you were there walking through the city and looking around. This is achieved by having cars or vans drive through the city with specialized cameras taking pictures at certain intervals on every street to achieve what they call [...]

Picking up the Garbage Thai Style »

By Talen on May 24, 2008 in Humor, Thai life, Thailand Pictures | 6 Comments

The first thing you’ll notice, if you’re up at that ungodly hour, is that Thai garbage trucks usually have more trash on them than in them! You’ll see garbage bags piled on top of the truck and tied off to the back and sides. As they pick up the trash they also go through it [...]

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