Archive for the 'Apps' Category

ThnLnk Apps Interface to Skreemr MP3 Search
Friday, January 11th, 2008

I think Skreemr is a good idea. I’m pretty sure it’s just an interface to a Google MP3 search query, but still it makes life easier because it provides data about the MP3 such as title, artist, bitrate, etc.The problem is that the simple search is too simple. What I’m usually looking for–for informational purposes [...]

ThnLnk Apps Interface to Google Maps
Monday, January 7th, 2008

So I got an e-mail about a local restaurant, so I go to the web page, and there’s an address but no map. Easy schmeezy. Copy and paste the address, type out “thnlnk.com/mp/” and then paste the address in, and there ya go, a Google Map!
http://thnlnk.com/mp/150 Highland Avenue, Somerville Ma
It’s really that easy.

ThnLnk Apps - Updated Update - The Future is Now, Now
Thursday, December 20th, 2007

I changed the ThnLnk “apps” interface to be a little more robust:
http://thnlnk.com/[app]/[query]
So, for example:
http://thnlnk.com/mv/02110
http://thnlnk.com/mv/Somerville, MA
Other official apps:

mp  - Google Maps
tr - Google Maps with traffic overlay
we - Weather.com on an hour-by-hour basis
ye - Yelp.com look-ups by restaurant name (to your default city)
rv - USPS reverse zip code look-up, i.e., find what cities/towns are in what [...]