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Ask HN: What projects are you working on?
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Nice project! 5 minute grumpy feedback: I don't like "flat design", maybe add some subtle color changes at least? For example highlight the text "Go" (I would suggest "Search" or "Locate" rather) to make clear it is clickable. The text in the search box first made me thing it was active, not sure how to solve that, a lighter color might be too light. I am on a small screen, the map is limited to a rectangle in the mi…
Thanks a ton for the feedback. This version is a somewhat handicapped version I could share, as the cart process is not ironed out. The only thing I am thinking with the cart is for large bulk downloads in a zip file, for a fee. Trying to solve the USGS discovery and download process. If your email is good on your profile I will shoot you a note when it is closer to prime time ready. Also I should test on opera once…
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#513Plus I have my side project, which is called http://mynativemap.com/ It's basically a list of Google maps in local languages, Because I hate when Google maps automatically chooses the language to use, So this forces the variable in the URL.
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#514I'm connecting a Hedgehog to the Internet :) . I have a hedgehog that runs all night in a wheel. Counting the laps gives me the traveled distance, so every morning he'll tweet how much he ran. He runs up to 15 km./9 miles! Check him out at https://twitter.com/runhedgie This project is a combination of hardware and software. I'm using a Raspberry Pi, a custom-built wireless node based on Arduino, Python, Redis, and a…