I'm incredibly impressed with the streetview coverage including the classic Irish one-track, grass-down-the-middle roads like this one near my house: http://bit.ly/8XLSfU
Aroofromcorkayamaroo? Ha, nice to see a fellow Irishman here. I too have spent the last 20 minutes exploring the backroads of my hometown. Hats off to Google, the quality is really goood.
Having lived away from Ireland for years and not getting home too frequently, I find that Street View has the power to fully immerse me and make me nostalagic for places. It is up there with the list of Space Age Things I dreamed of as a kid and now almost take for granted. The future is arriving in wonderful ways and washing over us in waves. (But I'm still disappointed I can't hop into a suborbital hotel for a cheap 0g holiday)
This is one of the many things I love about Ireland. You don't have to drive very far outside Dublin, Cork or Galway to go back 50-100 years in time. These one-lane roads also make for good cycling too, if you go with a group who knows where they are going. :-)
There's a few of us that meet once a month to talk Ruby, Rails and other bits of HN/startup/tech stuff. It's all very informal and you're welcome to come along (even if you're not a Ruby dev). Details here: http://rubyireland.com/cork/
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I'm incredibly impressed with the streetview coverage including the classic Irish one-track, grass-down-the-middle roads like this one near my house: http://bit.ly/8XLSfU
Aroofromcorkayamaroo? Ha, nice to see a fellow Irishman here. I too have spent the last 20 minutes exploring the backroads of my hometown. Hats off to Google, the quality is really goood.
Having lived away from Ireland for years and not getting home too frequently, I find that Street View has the power to fully immerse me and make me nostalagic for places. It is up there with the list of Space Age Things I dreamed of as a kid and now almost take for granted. The future is arriving in wonderful ways and washing over us in waves. (But I'm still disappointed I can't hop into a suborbital hotel for a cheap 0g holiday)
This is one of the many things I love about Ireland. You don't have to drive very far outside Dublin, Cork or Galway to go back 50-100 years in time. These one-lane roads also make for good cycling too, if you go with a group who knows where they are going. :-)
http://goo.gl/qDP4
I wonder are there enough of us for a HN meetup in Cork.
yep, there are! http://www.hackernewsers.com/meetups/2
There's a few of us that meet once a month to talk Ruby, Rails and other bits of HN/startup/tech stuff. It's all very informal and you're welcome to come along (even if you're not a Ruby dev). Details here: http://rubyireland.com/cork/
That is a very pretty road.