Earthquake Rose
May 17, 2006 on 2:15 pm | In General | No Comments
The smooth curves you see to the outside of the Earthquake Rose are what you normally see when someone sets the pendulum in motion to make a tracing…and without seismic assistance. You can see the patterns left when someone started it before the earthquake. This happy coincidence made what many people are describing as an eye…some even saying that it looks like Poseidon’s eye…do you remember that he was the god of earthquakes as well as the sea?
Chernobyl Now In Hi-Res
April 29, 2006 on 6:52 pm | In General | No Comments
Not sure when it was updated, but Chernobyl is now in hi-res. If you have Google Earth, you can view it by downloading this link.
Find Manuals For Your Electronic Equipment
April 29, 2006 on 6:23 pm | In General | No CommentsI’ve read on LifeHacker that there is a new site for finding old user manuals. Worth a look.
Find manuals for your electronic equipment - Lifehacker
UsersManualGuide.com has cataloged hundreds of user manuals from several popular manufacturers, offering guides for cell phones, cameras, DVD players and more. Though most manufacturers these days make their manuals available for download through their web sites, it’s a nice option to have a bunch of manuals gathered into one place, and who knows, you might find a PDF of some manual you can’t find at the manufacturer. Either way, this looks like a pretty good resource if you’re looking to save a tree by downloading your manuals.
Girls Much Quicker Than Boys At Timed Tasks
April 25, 2006 on 9:46 pm | In General | No CommentsGood news for you lady gifters out there.
LiveScience.com - Girls Much Quicker than Boys at Timed Tasks
A new study of 8,000 people age 2 to 90 found females handle timed tasks more quickly than males.The difference is most pronounced among pre-teens and teenagers.
“If you look at the ability of someone to perform well in a timed situation, females have a big advantage,” said Stephen Camarata of Vanderbilt University.
Herkimer County, New York
April 25, 2006 on 3:20 am | In General | 2 CommentsIn case you want to check out the area Herkimer Diamonds come from, Google Earth now has better resolution for that area.
Google Earth Blog: April 18th - Google Earth Gets Database Update
April 18th - Google Earth Gets Database UpdateGoogle has just announced a data update with a “significant data move for Western Europe and worldwide placenames and borders”. This primarily effects satellite and aerial photos, but also includes borders and other layer data. Details from Google in this post:
- large data move for Digital Globe’s coverage of Western Europe (!!)
- Paris, France - GeoInfo 5/2004
- Amsterdam, Assen, Houten, The Hague, Zeist, Wassenaar Waterland - AeroData 2005
- Livingston County, New York - NYGIS 2005
- Columbia County, Orange, Rockland, Westchester,Sullivan, Ulster, Herkimer County, New York - NYGIS 2004
- Herkimer County, New York - NYGIS 2003
- Lawrence, Kansas - Digital Globe 4/2005, 1/2006 (a bit snowy)
- Google Earth Community layer March 24th update, improved presentation
- Antweb added to Community Showcase
- World placenames, borders, and island names - Europa Tech.
- Alternative language placenames (French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English) - Europa Tech.
Gifters Love Free Ice Cream
April 25, 2006 on 2:02 am | In General | No CommentsTuesday, April 25th is Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s, and you know what that means… free ice cream for you!
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