Tag: PACKAGES

Last week, we walked through installing Ubuntu Linux. digg_url = "http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2008/03/21/flipping-the-linux-switch-disturbingly-easy-installs-now-with/"; It's not a particularly hard process, and Ubuntu is great because it clearly illustrates the basic steps every Linux distribution goes through when it installs on a hard drive. Even if you don't use Ubuntu or a derivative, ...

It was really the inevitable Google Maps hack: PackageMapper uses Google Maps to draw a map of your incoming package's route, and works for UPS, FedEx, and USPS. Even neater, it can show you the routes for many packages at once so you get an at-a-glance view of where your  packages are. Now if only there were a service that would do this in real-time (i.e. how far is the truck away from my ...