Author: Frank

• January 19, 2008Education, general, VirtualEnvironments

  Want to Make a NASA MMORPG?

  The BBC is reporting that NASA has put out a Request For Information for any groups or agencies who might want o create a NASA MMORPG. The idea is to […]

• January 16, 2008general, Remote Sensing, space (not spatial)

  High Resolution Images of Mercury

  The Messenger spacecraft is reporting back the first high resolution images of Mercury taken since the ’70’s. They’re over 3x better than anything we had before. The images are pretty […]

• January 15, 2008Events, general, Programming/Dev

  Second Annual ArcGIS Server Code Challenge

  Our good friend and GIS Day Mate (GDM for short) Rick Lawson sent me a note about the 2008 ArcGIS Server Code Challenge. If you’re the programming sort and have […]

• January 14, 2008general, space (not spatial)

  Earth Barely Tall Enough to Ride Life Ride

  Ok, so it was a bad joke. Apparently, the Earth is just barely big enough to support life. The National Geographic is reporting this new research that says the Earth […]

• January 13, 2008general, Physical Geography

  Sometimes it Snows in……Baghdad!

  Baghdad got its first snow in 100 years on Friday! The snow didn’t accumulate much, so the Baghdad government won’t have to add “snow plows” to its load of materials, […]

• January 9, 2008Gadgets, general, Hardware, Navigation, Physical Geography, space (not spatial)

  Solar Headaches to Come

  National Geographic is reporting that we can expect a season of intense solar flares for the next few weeks and months. This is all part of a normal 11 year […]

• January 7, 2008general, Human Geography

  US Party Conventions

  With the 2008 Presidential season in full swing, I thought I’d take a moment to post a couple of links to how all of this works. I know it can […]

• January 4, 2008general, Human Geography

  Tools for Eating Locally

  It’s a new year with the requisite resolutions! Being that “eating healthy” is a common resolution (and a personal one for both Barb and I), I thought this link listing […]

• January 2, 2008general, Hardware, Human Geography, Physical Geography

  Japan Wants 30% of Housholds to Go Solar by 2030

  Japan has set a target to increase it’s number of solar powered houses to 14 million by 2030. It’s a fairly lofty goal. The exceptionally noteworthy part of this is […]

• December 18, 2007general, Hardware, Navigation

  GPS Navigation Projected on the Windshield

  Engadget is reporting a pretty cool device that projects navigation information on your windshield. The navigation is really nothing more than a red line indicating which direction you should travel. […]