Author: Frank

• December 23, 2011Navigation

  GPS – For All The Points

  We don’t feature Real Life Comics that often, but it’s a funny comic and worth a read… especially today 🙂 Plus, I’ve met Greg Dean (the artist) at a con […]

• December 15, 2011General

  Foo Fighters Rock The Planet

  Nice try Scorpions. Not good enough. The Foo Fighters ACTUALLY rocked us WITH earthquakes! Real, honest to goodness earthquakes! The band took the stage in New Zealand after Tenacious D […]

• December 13, 2011Gadgets, Navigation

  LightSquared to Impact 75% of GPS Receivers…. maybe

  Here’s some bad news for LightSquared – looks like their system will negatively impact the overwhelming majority of GPS receivers currently in operation, based upon a leak of a test […]

• December 5, 2011general

  9 Nerdy Film Locations You Need To Visit

  I love lists like this – combining space and nerdy things is one of my favorite things in the world! So check out Wired’s 9 Nerdy Film Locations You Need […]

• November 14, 2011General

  Gall-Peters just doesn’t get any love

  What Your Favorite Map Projection Says About You… don’t forget to read the info tag by hovering over the image! From the always hilarious xkcd.com

• November 9, 2011WebMapping

  Flash Player Dead for Mobile

  Adobe announced today they are killing development of a mobile flash player. Is this the death call for flash? Maybe not, but it certainly is a serious blow. We all […]

• October 27, 2011Cool Stuff, Data

  Royal Society Opens Its Archives

  Prepare to watch today’s productivity sink like a log tied with rocks and encased in a block of cement. The Royal Society in the UK has thrown open its archives […]

• October 27, 2011general

  The Astounding Design of Eixample Barcelona

  Sometimes I think we can forget how beautiful the human built environment can become. The All That Is Interesting Blog had an interesting piece last week on the Eixample district […]

• October 26, 2011Cool Stuff, GIS_Software

  It’s HERE! It’s Finally HERE!

  Just in time for my switch to the iOS platform. ESRI has finally released ArcGIS for Android! If you’re on the Android platform, head over to the Android Marketplace and […]

• October 25, 2011General, GeographyAwareness

  How Long Is A Piece Of String?

  It’s amazing what you can find if you slow down when you’re flipping through the channels.  The other day I happened to stop at PBS and caught this wonderful documentary, […]