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Happy Median…find the middle
Happy Median is a different sort of site that was featured on the last Tekzilla. The upshot of the site is that you can put in between 2-4 addresses and […]
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general, General, GeographyAwareness
Nobel Peace Prize for Climate Change
Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. I think this is one of the first Nobel Peace Prizes awarded for an […]
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Serenity…2 years old
I had planned to do last weeks video episode in homage to Serenity, Joss Whedon’s great movie that followed up on the short lived Firefly TV series. We haven’t spoken […]
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Must watch Family Guy
For anyone who lives where the Family Guy season premiere hasn’t aired yet (mostly the folks on the West Coast)… You Must Watch It is a Star Wars parody and […]
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It’s the FUTURE!
A French library has an interesting collection online of postcards/paintings done by futurists around the turn of the last century. They detail how artists and engineers of the time thought […]
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general, General, Human Geography
China’s own version of Paris – complete with Eiffel Tower replica
A while back I blogged about the planned suburb of Songjiang outside of Shanghai, China called Thames Town, which was built to replicate an English town, complete with shops and […]
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Relief Map Rug
The latest entry in the gifts for the “geographer who has everything” category is the Relief Map Rug from Dutch designer Laurens van Wieringen The carpet depicts a landscape scene […]
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Chicago’s Festival of Maps – a citywide celebration of geography and maps
Kicking off on November 2nd, over 25 institutions around the city of Chicago will be participating in the Festival of Maps, which will include exhibitions, lectures, displays and other events […]
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general, General, GeographyAwareness
Stephen Colbert explores his deep ancestry
Christine, who works in the research lab down the hall from me, watches The Colbert Report, and told me about a segment on his show featuring Dr. Spencer Wells, head […]
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Mmmmmm……….chocolate maps
With nasty thunderstorms outside, and a mountain of work inside, I decided that my Monday post would be something that would cheer me up…..and what is better for that than […]
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