Have you ever wondered where the top web startup executives live? Well I know I havent! Anyways Biz Stone the Twitter co-founder is selling his two-bedroom home in the Berkeley Hills. The Twitter co-founder didn’t say why “it’s time to move;” maybe to live closer to Twitter HQ in San Francisco, or maybe he’s just outgrown this artist’s hovel.
The two-bedroom cottage lists at less than $600,000, making it practically a shack by the standards of the Bay Area tech elite, who can easily pay seven figures for a basic, single-family home in their favored neighborhoods. Sure, it was designed by modernist architect William Wurster, but where is a tech mogul going to park his helicopter?
Today I came across a great desktop screensaver that I have been trying to find for ages. Since I do a lot of business in a variety of time zones it is great to know what time it is anywhere in the world at a simple glance, and EarthDesk provides this.
EarthDesk is much like Wallsaver but the wallpaper is set to an image of the earth which shows which countries are in daytime, nighttime and all in real-time. The program is currently free for both Mac OS X 10.4+ and Windows 2000, XP and Vista. The amazing interface also tracks information on 10,000 cities throughout the world and can display cloud cover and even cyclones
EarthDesk also gives you numerous options for configuring map images on your desktop. Maps can be centered on a city, so that the map remains stationary while the sun and moon move. Alternatively, the map center may be locked to the position of the sun or moon so that the shadow remains fixed, while the map moves.
EarthDesk is definitely one program to grab while it is free. Click here for the free download.
