Where have I been?
You know that the Fire Eagle badge can be used to embed your present location anywhere, (i’ll give a prize to anyone who sends me a photo of the badge on a Chumby), but did you know that the Fire Eagle badge can also tell you where you have been?! It’s true!!
Ok, ready? This is yet another undocumented feature. Grab your badge code and find the line that references fireeagle_badge.php. Here’s mine:
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src="http://www.txtst.com/fireeagle_badge/fireeagle_badge.php?k=jqs24bfn1806dxzc&timezone=Eastern+Standard+Time"
[snip]
Next, grab your key, that’s the part after k=. Mine is jqs24bfn1806dxzc. Then, all you have to do is append that key to the URL below, like so:
http://www.txtst.com/fireeagle_badge/fireeagle_badge_feed.php?k=jqs24bfn1806dxzc
That’s it really. This new link you’ve created will give you an RSS feed of the last 100 times your location was requested. The number of times your location is requested will completely depend on the number of times your embedded badge is accessed. The badge only goes out and ask for your location when it is loaded.
You can take this RSS feed and plot out your road trip, everyday travels, whatever. A little cool and a little creepy, just the way I like it.
