Archive for June 28th, 2006





LAPD Get their Spidey Tracer!

Jun 28th, 2006 | By

If you read the blog regularly, you’ll know my facination with the “Spidey Tracer”. (in truth, I’m facinated with all super gadgets… Batman is my hero!) Now the LAPD will jump on the spidey tracer fun bandwagon with Virginia-based company StarChase’s new laser homing dart GPS. The dart can be launched by chase vehicles onto [...]



Texas Redistricting Decision – Legislators can redraw maps whenever they like

Jun 28th, 2006 | By

Well, the Supreme Court decision on the case of the Texas congressional re-districting map is in and, while there was a small victory for Democrats and minority voters, the real long-term impact is that the court ruled that “state legislators may draw new maps as often as they like – not just once a decade [...]



50th Anniversary of the creation of the US Interstate Highway system

Jun 28th, 2006 | By

Tomorrow, June 29th, will be the 50th anniversary of the signing of the bill that created the US interstate highway system. An article at MSNBC today has a nice little discussion about how the interstates fundamentally changed the way Americans live.



Major calendar update

Jun 28th, 2006 | By

Update: I have found how to make WebCalendar allow subscriptions. If you are using an iCalendar based software use http://www.veryspatial.com/calendar/publish.php/?user=public as the subscription address and you should receive all updates to the calendar as we publish them. We have just added over 20 new events to the calendar, so be sure to check those out [...]