Where am I?
One of the up-and-coming features in Plasma, thanks particularly to Petri Damstén, is the geolocation DataEngine - a backend for determining where in the world the user is. Right now, there are two mechanisms used: GPS (great if you have it, and are outdoors) and IP.
IP geolocation is neat, as anyone online has an IP which we can hope might tell us something about where they are. The hard bit is getting a good database with accurate location fixes, as the data is continually changing. One of the best services going for this is iplocationtools.com. They provide an XML API for giving location data for IPs, so as my first foray into Plasma development, I set about hooking this up into the IP geolocation backend.
The result? IP geolocation for this computer, right now, gives:
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