Recreating Historical Monuments, Virtually

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Recreating Toad Hall in CGI

Recreating Toad Hall in CGI 12/04/2003 07:18 PM
The Mr Toad's Wild Ride at Walt Disney World's Fantasyland has been gone for years, shoved aside to make way for the Pooh ride. One Toad truefan is bringing the ride back as a detailed 3D VR experience, a la the virtual Journey Thru Innerspace. Link (Thanks, Caines!)

Recreating Stonehenge with sticks &
stones

Recreating Stonehenge with sticks &
stones 07/22/2004 08:15 AM
The forgotten technology - "I am a retired carpenter with 35 years experience in construction ... I have began to build a replica of Stonehenge with eight 10 ton blocks on end and 2 ton blocks on top. One man, no wheels, no rollers, no ropes, no hoist or power equipment, using only sticks and stones." (some slow loading clips on the pages)

Recreating gone Disney rides online

Recreating gone Disney rides online 12/18/2003 10:31 AM
Nice NYT piece about the ongoing efforts to rebuild old Disney rides as CGI, using the Web to coordinate volunteers:

At least two other sites are creating virtual versions of discontinued Disney rides: Adventure Thru Inner Space (www.atommobiles.com/cgi-project.htm), a Disneyland attraction that gave visitors the experience of being smaller than an atom, and If You Had Wings (dizneyworld.net/iyhw.html), a Disney World ride to exotic travel destinations. Although these re-creations have not been authorized by Disney, a spokesman said the company "appreciates their passion."

Why do Disney rides inspire such allegiance? "Disney is one of the few organizations that produce elaborate dark rides, that invest in story line," explained Cory Doctorow, a technology activist and writer whose recent novel, "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom," is set in a Disney World of the future.

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Manually Recreating a Damaged WINS
Database

Manually Recreating a Damaged WINS
Database 05/12/2004 11:14 PM

Recreating Kon-Tiki With High-Tech Style

Recreating Kon-Tiki With High-Tech Style 09/06/2004 07:55 PM
New York Times Sep 7 2004 0:43AM GMT

The Web as historical record

The Web as historical record 05/04/2004 06:38 AM
Rosetta Stone or writing in the sand?

Historical Directories in the UK

Historical Directories in the UK 07/13/2004 08:19 AM
I'm not sure this is complete yet, but there's enough to be seen at the Digital Library of Historical Directories that you'll be browsing a while. It's available at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/...

Historical Anatomies on the Web

Historical Anatomies on the Web 04/26/2004 10:21 AM
Historical Anatomies on the Web

"historical data"

"historical data" 05/27/2004 03:23 PM

Historical Maps

Historical Maps 08/12/2004 04:36 AM
Online Historical Map Exhibits from the Smith Centre for Cartographic Education. Nice collection - take a look at the Columbus Letter, Portugue se America and the exhibit on diasporas.

Which Historical Lunatic Are You?

Which Historical Lunatic Are You? 12/06/2003 08:37 AM

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"Which Historical Lunatic Are You ?"

"Which Historical Lunatic Are You ?" 12/07/2003 03:41 AM

Virtually at ETech

Virtually at ETech 02/10/2004 02:47 AM
A shout out to all my peeps at O'Reilly's ETech conference this week.  I'm disappointed I can't join you.  Tim, Rael, and company have done a marvelous job coralling the cool and the mind-blowing -- and that applies to both the ideas and the people.  ETech is bigger and more geeky than Supernova, but sometimes it's fun to let your inner geek out. 

I'll participate virtually via the blogs and other online tools.  As I've noted on the other side with Supernova, remote virtual participation isn't nearly as rich as physical presence.  But it's something.  

Wi-Fi changes virtually everything
(USATODAY.com)

Wi-Fi changes virtually everything
(USATODAY.com) 02/19/2004 11:23 AM
USATODAY.com - Watching football on TV doesn't cut it anymore for John Furrier and his son, Alec, 8.

Round Up: Virtually nowhere to go

Round Up: Virtually nowhere to go 04/23/2004 02:48 PM
newmediazero Apr 23 2004 6:26PM GMT

We're Virtually Rich!

We're Virtually Rich! 09/08/2004 06:10 PM

BlogShares - Gadgetopia: Our share price has gone through the roof at Blogshares. I have no idea why or how this happens, but an outgoing link from us is worth $25K these days. I think that's good.

Actually, this graph is a little misleading since it starts at $800, so the increase is actually about 25%, not the 500% it looks like. However, our total valuation looks good, though I haven't the first clue why, or why we peaked then fell a while back. If anyone knows the mechanics behind this, speak up.

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Historical origins of obesity

Historical origins of obesity 05/27/2004 02:52 AM
Long, interesting Harvard Magazine article about the historical shifts in diet and lifestyle that led to America's obesity epidemic.

"We are not adapted to handle fast-acting carbohydrates," Ludwig continues. "Glucose is the gold standard of energy metabolism. The brain is exquisitely dependent on having a continuous supply of glucose: too low a glucose level poses an immediate threat to survival. [But] too high a level causes damage to tissues, as with diabetes. The body is designed to keep blood glucose within a tight range, and it does this beautifully, even with extreme nutrient ratios: we can survive indefinitely on a diet of 60 percent carbohydrates and 20 percent fat, or 20 percent carbohydrates and 60 percent fat. But we never [before] had to assimilate a heavy dose of high-glycemic carbohydrates."

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Other News: Historical Lessons

Other News: Historical Lessons 08/13/2004 10:48 AM
Nick Clayton worries that Apple repeating past mistakes with its iTunes blockade.

Historical Exchange Rates

Historical Exchange Rates 08/11/2004 02:06 PM
Eh.net has a form where you can get historical exchange rates between the US dollar and several different currencies over a period of years, including Ireland (1951-1999), the UK (1791-2000),...

Historical Markers In New York

Historical Markers In New York 12/26/2003 04:22 PM
There are over 2800 historical markers in the state of New York, and the state of New York has a searchable database for 'em. Not only can you search for markers here, you can get a history of the historical...

Treatment: Tricked Into Seeing,
Virtually

Treatment: Tricked Into Seeing,
Virtually 06/07/2004 09:57 PM
It is one of the odder effects of a stroke: Some patients become unable to see anything in one part of their visual fields, even though their visual circuitry seems intact.

Desktop revolution virtually here

Desktop revolution virtually here 08/17/2004 03:53 AM
Computer Weekly Aug 17 2004 8:10AM GMT

Making money from virtually nothing

Making money from virtually nothing 01/19/2004 05:06 AM
BBC Jan 19 2004 9:04AM GMT

Free Speech -- Virtually

Free Speech -- Virtually 12/19/2002 05:39 PM
Late last year, John Stanforth posted to his personal Web site a reminiscence about software he had developed for internal...

Wordspotter Searches Historical
Documents

Wordspotter Searches Historical
Documents 03/29/2005 08:22 PM
In the age of Google, searching through most documents is as easy as clicking a mouse. But what about documents that mice like to munch -- in attics, basements, and stuffy storage rooms?

Historical Statistics of the United
States

Historical Statistics of the United
States 12/27/2004 06:52 AM
Historical Statistics of the United States
http://www.csep.ucr.edu/ HSUS/HSUS.html

The goal of the project is to produce an updated, expanded, and thoroughly revised edition in print and electronic formats of various historical statistics of the United States, to be collected from the Historical Statistics of the United States, Millennial Edition, Colonial Times to The Present (Cambridge University Press). The Historical Statistics of the United States was first published in 1949 by the Bureau of the Census with the advice and assistance of the Social Science Research Council. A second and much larger edition appeared in 1960 under the same auspices. The third edition, Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, Bicentennial Edition, was published by the Bureau in 1975 and was expanded to two volumes. In the year 2005 Cambridge University Press will publish the fourth, millennial, edition of this classic reference work. This has been added to Reference Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Historical Christian Site Said to Be
Found (AP)

Historical Christian Site Said to Be
Found (AP) 12/22/2004 01:21 AM
AP - Among the roots of ancient olive trees, archaeologists have found pieces of large stone jars of the type the Gospel says Jesus used when he turned water into wine at a Jewish wedding in the Galilee village of Cana.

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection

David Rumsey Historical Map Collection 08/27/2004 09:12 PM
cartography from the 18th and 19th centuries

Minnesota Historical Society Updates

Minnesota Historical Society Updates 06/17/2005 07:21 PM
The Minnesota Historical Society recently updated its birth certificate index; it now includes 1900-1910. That's in addition to a death certificate index on the site which indexes death cards from...

TCS: Defense - Our World-Historical
Gamble

TCS: Defense - Our World-Historical
Gamble 03/13/2003 10:25 AM

Virtually) At Your Data Network's
Service

Virtually) At Your Data Network's
Service 09/24/2004 05:34 PM
Internet News Sep 24 2004 8:55PM GMT

Drug Development is Virtually Dead

Drug Development is Virtually Dead 12/30/2004 09:07 AM
Technology Review Dec 30 2004 1:34PM GMT

spending cuts for virtually all agencies

spending cuts for virtually all agencies 05/30/2004 05:00 AM
slashing the federal budget .. lying about it .. less .. cut

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Desktop Conference 2005 -- You're
Virtually There!

Desktop Conference 2005 -- You're
Virtually There! 02/01/2005 09:05 PM
Market Wire Jan 18 2005 6:27PM GMT

Uninspired, wired and virtually hired

Uninspired, wired and virtually hired 07/08/2004 08:37 AM
globetechnology.com Jul 8 2004 1:25PM GMT

Virtually Free for All in Utility
Computing

Virtually Free for All in Utility
Computing 07/02/2004 02:33 PM
Internet News Jul 2 2004 5:41PM GMT

Virtual Server 2005 virtually done

Virtual Server 2005 virtually done 06/14/2004 12:55 PM
Microsoft releases a "release candidate," or almost final, version of the software.

Play in a Top Orchestra, Virtually
(Reuters)

Play in a Top Orchestra, Virtually
(Reuters) 06/14/2004 09:59 AM
Reuters - Ever dreamed of playing in an orchestra? Well now you can and from the comfort of your own home or school.

airbrush the cigarettes out of
historical figures' mouths

airbrush the cigarettes out of
historical figures' mouths 03/14/2005 04:50 PM
Boingboing

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