The accident of geography

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Geography Olympics - Geography Challenge

Geography Olympics - Geography Challenge 09/04/2004 09:16 PM
a geography "Olympics"

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Shark Tank: Geography in, geography out

Shark Tank: Geography in, geography out 08/04/2004 11:48 PM
User can't get her mapping software to properly display states on the U.S. map she's preparing. So she calls the vendor's support line, and this pilot fish sees the problem immediately.

Google Geography

Google Geography 06/12/2002 06:22 AM
The winner of the Google Programming Contest has released his Geographic Search software under the GPL. Meanwhile, if you're getting the wrong geographic Google, send your IP address to Google Geographic Report. I wonder what country I have to be in to get Google Igpay Atinlay.

Geography and collaboration

Geography and collaboration 03/19/2003 10:26 PM

Russ Pavlicek

In his InfoWorld column this week, Russ Pavlicek addresses a sensitive issue: the relationship between open source and outsourcing:

It is true that many software tasks are being farmed out to less expensive foreign programmers, but it is false to say that open source is responsible for this migration.
...
The presence of millions of older PCs in the world with near-zero market value means that some of these machines will eventually work their way into the hands of foreign computer students with limited budgets. The availability of open-source software makes many of those machines useful to these students -- or at least "legal."
...
The rising number of these students overseas creates the supply that will meet the demand of some American businesses to lower software development costs. Open-source technology did not cause this situation, although it does allow cash-poor students to use legal software instead of resorting to illegal copies of commercial software. [T he Open Source: Boon or Bust?]

A year ago, Dave Winer accidentally included the wrong image of me in a posting on Scripting News. The picture was, in fact, of an Indian programmer named Nish, who had written an article on C# that I found useful. A year ago, Nish's bio read: ...

Geography Olympics

Geography Olympics 09/01/2004 05:05 PM
Geography Olympics "Thanks to its global accessibility, the Internet is the perfect medium to hold an international competition such as The Geography Olympics. To join the challenge in support of your country, you simply need to select which country you will be representing and take the quiz. The quiz consists of trying to locate 10 randomly selected countries on a map of the world. It is different every time."

On the Geography of the Bloggies...

On the Geography of the Bloggies... 12/07/2003 08:15 AM

Soon it will be time for the annual Bloggies - the weblog equivalent of the Oscars (voted for by the community that makes them, heavily slanted towards blockbuster-sites that get bums on seats, vaguely ridiculous and highly entertaining). The best mock fights are always around the Best Poof category (which I won once a long, long time ago), particularly when Sparky or Eric are in the game. This year - however - I will be heavily promoting Trash Addict for that particular dubious honour.

Anyway, the standard debate around categories will start emerging shortly, so I just thought I'd get my thoughts in on the localisation issues quickly and early and see what people thought. Currently they're organised roughly like this:

• Best Asian
• Best American
• Best Antipodean (Australia and New Zealand)
• Best Canadian
• Best European / African
• Best Latin American

There seem to be a few problems with his grouping to me - firstly there's no category for the Middle East, and I think this year that's going to be a more obvious omission than ever given Salam Pax and all the webloggers around Iraq and Israel. Secondly, having separate categories for Antipodean, Canadian and American weblogs, but not one for British/Irish ones seems rather random considering that both Canada and Australia/NZ have much smaller populations in general and smaller weblogging communities in particular than the UK and Ireland. And finally, the grouping of Europe with Africa seems to make the possibility of Africa weblogs becoming seen rather unlikely. So here's my proposed reworking:

• Best American or Canadian
• Best British or Irish
• Best Australian or New Zealand

• Best African
• Best Asian / Far Eastern
• Best European (non UK/Ireland)
• Best Latin American
• Best Middle Eastern

It's two more categories than last year, but it seems more convincing to me. Any thoughts / contributions / suggestions / improvements / comments?

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Technology Has Made Geography Fun Again

Technology Has Made Geography Fun Again 04/13/2005 02:55 PM
Google Maps' integration of satellite imagery is now wasting thousands of hours of office productivity. People are spending hours Google sightseeing, memory mapping, and discovering that the satellite images hold many delights that we've never realized existed before. Planes mid-flight, love letters carved into cornfields, and even a crowd gathered at a Sunday football game make for some spectacular images. Satellite imagery has been around for years, so why is Google Maps that revolutionary? It's simple, Google Map's AJAX interface is dramatically easier and more fun to use than the page-event interfaces that preceded it. As tools and interfaces continue to evolve, people begin to discover all sorts of magical things that have been there all along. With games like geosense, a9.co m photographing all of our neighborhoods, and geoca ching growing in popularity, geography hasn't been this fun since Carmen Sandiego stole the Eiffel Tower.

Mythical Geography in Antique Maps

Mythical Geography in Antique Maps 07/30/2004 11:46 AM
Illusions, Delusions, and Confusions: Mythical Geography in Antique Maps, courtesy the Philadelphia Print Shop. (via tui)

Microsoft Learns the Importance of
Knowing Geography

Microsoft Learns the Importance of
Knowing Geography 08/19/2004 06:40 PM
U.S. companies don't always do so well when it comes to knowing their geography. When Delta Airlines bought Pam Am's famous international route network in the 1990s, they had to hand out atlases so the employees and company executives would know where the airline was flying. Now comes a story in the Guardian about the c ostly blunders Microsoft has made through geographic ignorance. Their gaffs cover not only geography but also political and cultural sensitivity issues. While some of the errors probably couldn't be avoided, what is surprising is that others could have and should have been caught, but Microsoft took a lackadaisical approach. Working worlds away in Redmond, the issues probably seemed trifling compared with the importance of getting the software out the door on time. Microsoft acknowledges that those errors cost real money and more importantly tarnished the company's reputation. Given the arrogant way they acted in the past about such things, it's almost nice to see them publicly admitting to messing up, and agreeing that they need to be more culturally sensitive (even if, yes, it should help them avoid multi-million dollar blunders involving having their own software banned or their own employees tossed in jail).

For Kerry, a Tough Geography Test
(washingtonpost.com)

For Kerry, a Tough Geography Test
(washingtonpost.com) 02/16/2004 10:50 PM
washingtonpost.com - MILWAUKEE, Feb. 16 -- John F. Kerry faces a daunting challenge as he turns toward a prospective general election campaign against President Bush, a race that will test whether a liberal New Englander and member of the Washington elite can attract support in the more conservative swing states that cost Democrats the White House in 2000.

World map created from imperfect memory
and inattention to geography

World map created from imperfect memory
and inattention to geography 08/06/2004 07:52 AM
Inspired by the question, "How many hours does it take to go to Japan by car?", the Fool's World Map plots out all the geographic misapprehensions uncovered during an informal survey. Link (via Kottke)

WTO rules on food names: geography
retains importance

WTO rules on food names: geography
retains importance 03/17/2005 03:27 AM
A little snippet of rather ambiguous, but darn interesting news came out this week from the World Trade Organisation and I’m rather surprised that it hasn’t been discussed more in the blogosphere….

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WGBH, FFFBI, and National Geographic
Launch Geography Site

WGBH, FFFBI, and National Geographic
Launch Geography Site 12/17/2004 06:36 PM
With a grant from National Geographic's Education Foundation, WGBH's Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation takes kids online with geography-themed interactive stories set in Tokyo, India's Bollywood and Australia's outback. Kids learn and then use geography skills to solve international detective stories.

State's Geography Hews Party Line (Los
Angeles Times)

State's Geography Hews Party Line (Los
Angeles Times) 09/08/2004 05:29 AM
Los Angeles Times - Barely 100 miles separate the day-to-day lives of Santa Monica office manager Harriet Orinstein and Bakersfield teacher Andre Casillas. Yet these two Californians hold wildly different views that illustrate the state's two political worlds.

Two die in road accident

Two die in road accident 05/22/2004 11:19 AM
Two young men from County Tyrone die in an overnight road accident in County Donegal.

I lost my leg in an accident

I lost my leg in an accident 06/22/2005 02:04 AM
I'm pretty. I'm 23. I'm in a wheelchair. Now what?

Three boys die in car accident

Three boys die in car accident 06/26/2004 04:36 AM
Three teenagers are killed in a car crash in West Yorkshire after their vehicle hits a tree and a wall.

Adherents.com: Religion Statistics
Geography, Church Statistics

Adherents.com: Religion Statistics
Geography, Church Statistics 04/06/2005 06:45 AM
Adherents.com: Religion Statistics Geography, Church Statistics
http://www.adherents.com/

Adherents.com is a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent statistics and religious geography citations -- references to published membership/adherent statistics and congregation statistics for over 4,200 religions, churches, denominations, religious bodies, faith groups, tribes, cultures, movements, ultimate concerns, etc. Basically, researchers can use this site to answer such questions as "How many Methodists live in Indiana?", "What are the major religions of India?", or "What percentage of the world is Hindu?" They present data from both primary research sources such as government census reports, statistical sampling surveys and organizational reporting, as well as citations from secondary literature which mention adherent statistics. This has been added to Statistics Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog. This has been added to Theology Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Man dies after road accident row

Man dies after road accident row 05/02/2004 03:01 AM
A man is being questioned by police over a fatal attack following a road accident in Sussex.

Two killed in road accident

Two killed in road accident 07/04/2004 07:24 AM
A man and a woman from Northern Ireland are killed in a road accident in County Donegal.

Three dead, one hurt in accident

Three dead, one hurt in accident 09/11/2004 09:04 AM
Police say three people have been killed and one seriously injured in an early morning crash in Fife.

Serious accident at theme park

Serious accident at theme park 04/15/2004 11:35 AM
A teenage girl is airlifted to hospital after a serious accident on a Pembrokeshire theme park rollercoaster.

Couple die in road accident

Couple die in road accident 05/24/2004 01:45 AM
A man and a woman are killed and two young children injured in a road accident in County Antrim.

Investigation into park accident

Investigation into park accident 04/14/2004 03:44 AM
A child and a woman remain in hospital after an accident at a County Durham theme park which injured 12 people.

Woman killed in accident

Woman killed in accident 09/27/2004 03:12 AM
A woman pedestrian is killed and a man is seriously injured in a road accident in County Londonderry.

What Was Your Worst Computer Accident?

What Was Your Worst Computer Accident? 07/04/2004 03:16 PM

Runway accident hampers aid bid

Runway accident hampers aid bid 01/04/2005 02:06 AM
Relief efforts in Indonesia hit a setback when Banda Aceh airport is closed to flights after an accident.

Jury Clears Cow in Car Accident (AP)

Jury Clears Cow in Car Accident (AP) 01/26/2004 08:43 PM
AP - A Linn County jury has cleared a cow and the cow's owner in a car wreck, saying it was a case of mistaken identity.

Accident waiting to happen.

Accident waiting to happen. 12/26/2003 12:36 PM
Laptop Steering Wheel Mount - Mount your laptop on your car's steering wheel? - Accident waiting to happen... Sure you are supposed to use it while parked but we all see idiots in traffic doing everything from applying make-up to reading the newspaper. Doesn't anybody just drive their car anymore?

"a secondary cause of the accident was
PowerPoint"

"a secondary cause of the accident was
PowerPoint" 12/16/2003 08:48 PM

Workers die in factory accident

Workers die in factory accident 06/14/2004 11:44 AM
Two men die at an industrial unit in Hereford after falling into an inspection tank.

Boy killed in motorcycle accident

Boy killed in motorcycle accident 04/14/2005 03:54 PM
A 12-year-old boy dies after his mini-motorcycle collides with a four-wheel drive vehicle in County Fermanagh.

Three killed in road accident

Three killed in road accident 02/15/2004 09:18 AM
Two children and an adult are killed in a road accident in Glenrothes, Fife.

Man Survives Fourth Serious Accident
(AP)

Man Survives Fourth Serious Accident
(AP) 08/05/2004 09:35 PM
AP - A 73-year-old man cheated death for the fourth time Thursday when he survived a collision between his pickup truck and a coal train.

Sea accident claims girl's life

Sea accident claims girl's life 06/12/2004 12:42 PM
A nine-year-old girl dies after she and two friends got into difficulty in the sea off an Ayrshire beach.

Accident at Japan nuclear plant

Accident at Japan nuclear plant 08/09/2004 03:59 AM
At least four people have died after a steam leak at a nuclear power plant in Japan, though no radiation escaped.

Woman killed in chainsaw accident

Woman killed in chainsaw accident 08/04/2004 04:25 AM
A woman in her 50s dies when her husband falls onto her while using an electric chainsaw.

Pilot killed in glider accident

Pilot killed in glider accident 08/07/2004 04:55 PM
A man dies in Gloucestershire after his aircraft crashes into trees shortly after take-off.

Japanese nuclear accident kills at least
four

Japanese nuclear accident kills at least
four 08/09/2004 07:28 AM
But no leaked rads, say officials
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Computer Parts and Laptop Parts Now
Easier to Find through
SparePartsWarehouse.com

Computer Parts and Laptop Parts Now
Easier to Find through
SparePartsWarehouse.com 03/14/2005 06:10 PM
SparePartsWarehouse.com has re-launched its Web site to make it easier to find obscure and readily available computer parts for the biggest brand-name computers. [PRWEB Mar 4, 2005]

PartsHotlines.com Revs Up Their Free
Used Auto Parts Search with Ground
Breaking Satellite Technology that
Allows Users to Locate Parts in a Matter
of Seconds

PartsHotlines.com Revs Up Their Free
Used Auto Parts Search with Ground
Breaking Satellite Technology that
Allows Users to Locate Parts in a Matter
of Seconds 03/17/2005 03:01 AM
While used car part websites have existed for many years, none have had the technology to provide consumers with immediate results. To solve this problem, Hotlines, Inc. spent years creating its own cutting edge satellite technology that searches the inventory of top-quality salvage yards across the country with the click of a button. [PRWEB Mar 17, 2005]

"how-to record on your ipod (for free) -
ipod hacks - ipod.hackaday.com"

"how-to record on your ipod (for free) -
ipod hacks - ipod.hackaday.com" 12/31/2004 04:38 PM

BB-Shopping Is One of the Best Resources
for Mobile Phone Accessories, Ipod
Accessories (Ipod, Ipod Arm Band)and
Many More

BB-Shopping Is One of the Best Resources
for Mobile Phone Accessories, Ipod
Accessories (Ipod, Ipod Arm Band)and
Many More 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
One Place Resource for Ipod Accessories and other Consumer Electronic Gadgets [PRWEB Jan 26, 2005]

The best parts of Panther

The best parts of Panther 10/29/2003 12:10 AM
Last week I promised you Panther tips, and this week I deliever. I've highlighted some of the best "no-feature" features that really make life on Panther easier. If you have a killer tip that is just begging to be given some attention, please comment.

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The Sum of Humanoid Parts

The Sum of Humanoid Parts 06/25/2004 05:41 AM
Machines are getting more and more like the rest of us. A piece-by-piece guide to the globe's most advanced bots. By Robert Capps from Wired magazine.

Maintenance Parts Bin v5.5

Maintenance Parts Bin v5.5 11/17/2003 11:34 AM
Maintenance Parts Bin (MPB)is a system for keeping inventories of parts and determining when reorders are necessary. MPB is not just limited to maintenance inventory. Create as many databases as you like and title each one what you will.Used for tracking Computer Parts,Automobiles,Etc. You can create new databases in MPB for different departments,projects etc. Edit field labels to suit your needs and give each database an individual title. [Shareware $119.00 30 Days 5.85 MB]

Pitching their parts

Pitching their parts 06/04/2004 07:26 AM
San Jose Mercury News Jun 4 2004 12:10PM GMT

Pick Parts for a PC

Pick Parts for a PC 08/14/2004 10:49 PM
G4 Tech TV Aug 15 2004 2:08AM GMT

Parts Bigger than the Whole

Parts Bigger than the Whole 06/01/2004 05:21 PM
Source: iMedia Connection - Whether you call it integrated or holistic, search yields its greatest power in combinations....

Fun with Homebrew Parts

Fun with Homebrew Parts 12/21/2003 12:05 PM
Every robot builder has been faced with needing (or wanting) parts that don't fit the budget. What's the solution? We try to improvise by building a homebrew replacement. Jack W. Crenshaw has written an amusing article in Embedded Systems magazine on this subject. He tells of an obsession in his college days to have (then unaffordable) seven-segment displays to play with. First he struggled to build a seven-segment display out of things like ice cube trays and light bulbs. He followed that up with a plan to build a circuit full of oscillators and counters that could generate the waveforms needed to turn his oscilliscope into a seven segment display.

Libyan nuclear parts sent to US

Libyan nuclear parts sent to US 01/27/2004 08:38 PM
Components used in Libya's nuclear weapons programme have been flown to the US, the White House says.

Body parts families to sue NHS

Body parts families to sue NHS 01/19/2004 12:37 AM
More than 2,000 families are taking the NHS to court for removing the body parts of dead children without consent.

The Auto Parts Wars

The Auto Parts Wars 07/09/2004 09:58 AM
Forget the Big Three. Can parts retailers AutoZone and Advance rev up your engine?

Free PC Parts Exchange

Free PC Parts Exchange 06/06/2005 12:09 AM

I've seen a few of these things come and go and none of them have been really able to survive for longer than a few months. I mean, there's already freecycle and Craigslist out there, so "free love hippie exchanges" are pretty well covered. However, this is a parts exchange for geeks by geeks so maybe that will keep them going for a bit. Seems like a nice, friendly way to share PC parts, but what do I know?

Site [DIYParts via Tre ehugger]

Marines still need a few good parts

Marines still need a few good parts 09/10/2004 03:58 AM
Following up on an earlier NewsForge story, we recently exchanged email with LT. Phil Geiger -- medical officer with the Third Batallion, Sixth Marines in Iraq -- about the current status of their efforts to establish an unofficial wireless network to allow Marines to communicate more often and more easily with friends and families. This self-help project -- with volunteer assistance -- is now operational, but the Marines could use more assistance.

Opera parts curtain on next act

Opera parts curtain on next act 05/12/2004 05:26 PM
The plucky Norwegian browser maker releases a new "full feature" upgrade touting cross-platform compatibility and a bundled e-mail client.

Computer parts stolen

Computer parts stolen 04/17/2005 04:56 AM
The Tribune Apr 17 2005 9:32AM GMT

NHS in court over body parts

NHS in court over body parts 01/25/2004 08:35 PM
Families suing the NHS for removing the body parts of their dead children without consent open their High Court battle on Monday.

Auction of Concorde parts

Auction of Concorde parts 11/11/2003 02:04 PM
Christie's is auctioning off parts from the now defunct Concorde. I wouldn't mind the 'extremite du nez' (nosecone). I could...

The JSP Files -- Parts 1 to 4: The Red
Pill

The JSP Files -- Parts 1 to 4: The Red
Pill 06/26/2002 09:06 PM
WebmasterBase Jun 26 2002 8:28PM ET

Jobs to go at car parts factory

Jobs to go at car parts factory 06/19/2004 03:08 PM
A total of 580 jobs will be axed from a Leeds factory as production moves abroad.

SiS churns out PCI Express parts

SiS churns out PCI Express parts 05/27/2004 07:49 AM
Shipments in June

Tiny Robots and PARTS

Tiny Robots and PARTS 11/15/2003 01:15 PM
Steve Davee of the Portland Area Robotics Society (PARTS) writes,"Along the lines of tiny robots, I wanted to bring to your attention the cutting edge of hobby robotics as far as small robots go, and a bit of the history behind it. About three years ago, the current PARTS president, Pete Skegg, created a tiny pic-based robot controller board that allowed us to have the first micro-sumo (5cm cubed, 100 grams) competition". Read on for a wealth of info and links related to tiny robots.

LCD parts shortage likely in 2005

LCD parts shortage likely in 2005 04/04/2005 08:26 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 4 2005 12:55PM GMT

The JSP Files - Parts 1 to 4: The Red
Pill

The JSP Files - Parts 1 to 4: The Red
Pill 06/27/2002 02:07 AM
WebmasterBase Jun 27 2002 1:39AM ET

Re: Windows Security Checklists - 10
Parts

Re: Windows Security Checklists - 10
Parts 03/19/2005 03:11 AM
Paul Laudanski (Mar 17 2005)

Use Webmin for Linux Administration,
Parts 1 and 2

Use Webmin for Linux Administration,
Parts 1 and 2 06/07/2004 09:56 PM
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Registry of Standard Biological Parts

Registry of Standard Biological Parts 03/26/2005 07:17 AM
Registry of Standard Biological Parts
http://parts.mit.edu/

The development of well-specified, standard, and interchangable biological parts is a critical step towards the design and construction of integrated biological systems. The MIT Registry of Standard Biological Parts supports this goal by recording and indexing biological parts that are currently being built and offering synthesis and assembly services to construct new parts, devices, and systems. In the future, they hope to expand this support in the areas of standards for biological part families, parameter measurement and quality control, and development of an open community of biological engineers and scientists. This has been added to Biological Informatics Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Actors bid for parts in online auction

Actors bid for parts in online auction 05/08/2004 03:25 AM
iafrica.com May 8 2004 7:28AM GMT

The accident of geography

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