BBC News has a great graphic showing the fastest supercomputers around the world, sorting them by Country (where they are located), speed, OS (Linux in a landslide), application, processor manufacturer, and system manufacturer (IBM has more but Cray has faster). It is pretty interesting to see all of this information, though I would like to
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 254
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 254 May 30, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation with Tim Trainor of the US Census Bureau Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
Spatial Humanities SIG at the ESRIUC
Since the AAG/UVA sponsored Geography and the Humanities session back in 2007 there has been an ever growing conversation about the use of spatial technologies in the humanities. UVA’s Scholars’ Lab Institute for Enabling Geospatial Scholarship which has taken place over the last few months, including a round earlier this week, is an example of
A Bittersweet Last Goodbye for the Mars Phoenix Lander
Today would have been the 2-year anniversary of the Mars Phoenix lander’s touchdown on Mars and, although it was a longshot that the lander would have survived the harsh Martian winter, numerous listening attempts have been made since January in hopes of hearing a signal from the craft. Efforts have finally ended this past week,
5th Anniversary Contest – Question 2
On to the second of 5 questions. Remember, you can answer each question only once. A correct answer will mean an entry into the drawing for an XBOX 360 (answer all 5 questions correctly, you get 5 entries). All submissions must be in by midnight July 1, 2010. Additional contest details and restrictions can be
Scott Kurtz can predict the future! And there’s Starbucks discounts
If you read pvponline.com (a great webcomic, by the way), you’ll recall a story line where a character uses a fictional Foursquare like service to become the mayor of a coffee shop. In the comic, this entitles him to discounts on coffee. In a strange twist of life imitating art, Starbucks is now providing discounts to actual Foursquare
A VerySpatial Podcast – Episode 253
A VerySpatial Podcast Shownotes – Episode 253 May 23, 2010 Main Topic: Our conversation with Bern Szukalski on ArcGIS.com Click to directly download MP3 Click to directly download AAC Click for the detailed shownotes
ArcGIS.com public beta is now live
Ever since we got the first preview of ArcGIS.com and ArcGIS Explorer Online back at the Dev Summit, we’ve been waiting for the chance to try it out ourselves, Well, ESRI’s Bern Szukalski tweeted earlier today that the ArcGIS.com public beta is now live, so you can head over to ArcGIS.com and start making and
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