MetaCarta Releases “MetaCarta Labs on a Stick”

Sure, LiveCDs are fun, but running applications on a flash usb memory stick is where its at.

MetaCarta Labs has assembled a collection of demos which can be run with no external dependancies. With a MetaCarta Labs USB stick, you simply insert the USB drive into the USB port, and double click the ‘run’ script for your platform to start up a local web server. The web server is Python-based, and Python is included for Windows, where it is not typically installed by default.

Not a bad way to check out the new FeatureServer without having to install anything. Of course you’ll have to build it yourself, but that’s half the fun isn’t it? A preliminary download is available on the page.

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3 Comments

  1. Posted May 25, 2007 at 5:01 pm | Permalink

    Note that you’re not meant to build it yourself: I just haven’t actually released it yet :) I’ll have the drives on me at Where 2.0, so sufficiently persuasive people can get them then, and I’ll probably have a decent distribution up before then, Monday or Tuesday. Right now, I’m just concentrating on actually putting the drives together so I have them to give away :)

  2. Posted May 25, 2007 at 5:50 pm | Permalink

    Can’t I have any fun with you.

    When should I be looking for mine in the mail? ;)

  3. Posted May 25, 2007 at 7:10 pm | Permalink

    How much you willing to pay? :)

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