Australians: Google Maps now display Australian street names.

DIRECT LINK TO GOOGLE OFFICIAL BLOG.

To coincide with their new presence in Australia, Google have added Australian street names to the Google Maps service.

I tested this with Brisbane's high res maps and it works well, but Google have also included the street names for locations with low-res images (I tested my city - Townsville, Australia).

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ADX Mail Sign-in Fixed.

If you have requested a shiny new adxnet.org email address from me, but you thought that the sign-in process wasn't working quite right, then you would be correct.

Due to a misinterpretation of the instructions (I didn't read them), the sign-in link was incorrect.

The next time you use the sign-in link on the right of the page, everything should function as expected.

-dopefish

ADXNET Mail Server Changed

Google have been running a private beta test of their "Google Hosted" program for the past few months, and as soon as I heard about the service I put an application in on behalf of Accidental Discharge.

Google Hosted is a service that replaces the default mail server on a users domain. For instance, a few members of Accidental Discharge have "user@accidental-discharge.com" and "user@adxnet.org" email addresses, but the interface that is used to log in to the mail service can be a little bit slow, and not very user friendly.

It is my pleasure to announce that Accidental Discharge has been accepted for the private beta test of Google Hosted. This replaces Accidental Discharge's user interface with the interface of Google Mail (Gmail) instead. Anyone that has used the service knows what a fantastic interface it is, and they know of the 2 Gigabyte+ storage space made available to users. All of these benefits are passed onto Accidental Discharge members.


If you are interested in having your own "user@adxnet.org" email address with the reliability of Google backing it, please email me (brad.rowden@gmail.com). After I do a bit of initial testing with the service I will start enabling some accounts for anyone that is interested.

I will keep you up to date with any news as it comes.

Coppermine Photo Gallery is back

The photo gallery is once again online. I will be putting more effort into it throughout the week, putting all the old categories back in place.

If you have any ideas for the galleries, feel free to leave comments on this post.