Author: Frank

• February 26, 2008general, Human Geography, VirtualEnvironments

  Map of Popular Social Sites Throughout the World

  The map is in French, so the details are a bit hazy if you don’t speak the language (which I don’t). However, if you’ve ever wondered how popular various social […]

• February 22, 2008Gadgets, general, General

  Microsoft Announces “Community Arcade”

  In more Microsoft news, they’ve announced a new “community arcade“. The idea is pretty simple – end users and budding game developers can now “launch” their titles on Xbox Live […]

• February 18, 2008general, space (not spatial)

  Milestones in Space Photography

  Sometimes it helps to look back and see how far we’ve come. The National Geographic has a nice pictorial display of major milestones in space photography. All the famous and […]

• February 15, 2008Education, general

  Are Americans Anti-Intellectual?

  The New York Times Books section features an interesting discussion about a book entitled, The Age of American Unreason by Susan Jacoby. The thrust of the book is that current […]

• February 13, 2008general, space (not spatial)

  Fartherest Galaxy Discovered

  Scientists at the European Southern Observatory have discovered the farthest galaxy known – 13 billion light years away! The galaxy is in essence a baby picture of a newly formed […]

• February 9, 2008Gadgets, general, Human Geography, Navigation

  Can Cell Phones Predict Traffic?

  That’s the question Nokia set out to find the answer to yesterday. They equipped 100 students with GPS and software equipped Nokia phones and had them drive a 10 mile […]

• February 7, 2008general, Human Geography

  The Geography of Recession

  The Economist has an interesting article about the geography of recession. As they call it in the article, the ‘R’ word is being bandied about more and more in the […]

• January 29, 2008general, General

  US National Geospatial Advisory Committee Picked

  The US Secretary of the Interior announced today he has named 28 people to serve on the National Geospatial Advisory Committee. This is a new committee for the Department of […]

• January 26, 2008general, Human Geography

  Regional Pizza Styles

  Anyone who’s been an avid pizza eater in the US knows there is a great deal of variation across the country on pizza. Most people know the difference between Chicago […]

• January 25, 2008general, Physical Geography

  A New Geological Age!

  Have humans brought about a new Geological age? Seeing as we’re in a department that shares space with not only Geography but Geology, I occasionally scan for any new Geology […]