Archive for December, 2007

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 [...]

ThnLnk Feature Additions - The Future is Now
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Oh, so I just wrote that some updates would be in the “future,” but it looks like the future is now. Ever wake up in the morning and you want to check the weather or traffic in your neighborhood? You *could* bookmark Weather.com or Google Maps, or keep them in del.icio.us, or go to the web [...]

A Few Tiny Updates - And Some in the Works
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Updates:

Removed repetitious periods in the ThnLnk.
Added text box for easier click-selection in Safari.
Cleaned up code a little bit.

Keep an eye out for: 

Auto-select and copy from the text box.
Easy access to weather and maps via very simple, user-friendly “API.”