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How to start a command prompt in a folder

How to start a command prompt in a folder

cmd.exe /k cd path
Here’s how to add a “command prompt here” shortcut

Basically you add the following to your registry:

To add the Command Prompt command to the shortcut menu:

  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
  2. Locate the following registry key:
    HKEY_CLASES_ROOT\Directory\shell
  3. Right-click the shell key, point to New, and then click Key.
  4. Name the new key OpenNew.
  5. Click the OpenNew key, and then double-click the Default value in the right pane.
  6. Change the value to Command Prompt. Click OK.
  7. Right-click the OpenNew key, point to New, and then click Key.
  8. Name the new key Command.
  9. Double-click the Default item in the right pane.
  10. Change the value to cmd.exe /k cd %1.
Google Maps

Google Maps

The Future of the Google Maps API
Nobody knows the future of the Google Maps API.  Today it is free (in Beta) but tomorrow, who
O’Reilly points to a pessimistic and an optimistic point of view
Google Maps Mania

Google Map Hacks
Using Google Maps in Real-Estate

For Developers
Google API Docs
How to embed a Google Map viewer on your website
How to Hack Google
Google Maps on your website
Google Maps Embedding How-To
Google Maps Hacking Wiki
Where’s Tim Hibbard? – Help connecting up to Google Maps & Google Earth

How to draw a circle around a waypoint
Gnikville Wiki

V2 Tutorial

There are several sites that will provide longitude/latitude for a given address.  Just search on "geocoding" and you’ll get plenty of hits.  Some sites offer an API allowing free access up to a certain number of requests, after that you would have to pay.

Adding custom tools
Redefining mouse events

Batch Geocoding

Device to detect WiFi strength

Device to detect WiFi strength

WiFi Flower:

Hotspot Bloom is a functional wearable flower that glows and changes color to indicate the signal strength of a nearby wireless network (802.11b/g) thus allowing you to immediately identify hotspots that are often overlooked, while walking through a public space.

Open Source: Capturing the Upside While Avoiding the Downside

Open Source: Capturing the Upside While Avoiding the Downside

A recording at ItConversations by Clayton Christensen about disruptive ideas in traditional businesses

[:29] "skate to where the money will be"

[:21] "..if you come in to an existing market with a better product, odds are the competitors will get you….if you come in with a disruptive product, odds you will win because you setup a situation where the establishment will flee rather than fight…"