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Would Google Maps steer you wrong?
To brighten your Monday, here’s a great comic from xkcd on the perils of trusting Google Maps implicitly……
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Cool Stuff, Gadgets, general, GeographyAwareness
Microsoft Surface Sphere
Remember back in april we reported about Sensisphere’s new touchable display that’s in the form of a hemisphere? Well apparently the good people at Microsoft do (they got the idea […]
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Stitch your way around the World
While I was waiting for my XNA project to rebuild, I was surfing around the Web and found a great little gift idea over at Uncommon Goods. For those of […]
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DiRT is good
As a one time field archaeologist I can say whole heartedly that dirt (known to some as soil) is good. But this post is about the Digital Research Tools (DiRT) […]
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Cool Stuff, general, Software, VirtualEnvironments
Stonehenge gets the Photosynth treatment
You know I just love Photosynth (although I wish Microsoft would finally make it available in some form other than a technology preview), so I had to check out the […]
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Cool Stuff, Education, general
Earth Balloon – Geography ed that’s not just full of hot air
For all you K-12 teachers out there, and anyone who’s interested in a cool Geography educational tool, check out Earth Balloon. It’s a 20-foot high, hand-painted inflatable globe that can […]
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Cartography, Cool Stuff, general, Hardware
Largest Self-Portrait in the World!
Created with DHL shipping company and the help of GPS! It spans nearly every continent and shows a pretty elaborate path. While this might seem flippant, I think it shows […]
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Our first Smart Car sighting
As we were making the long, long trek from the Extended Parking area at Pittsburgh International Airport on Saturday, we got a chance to see a real Smart Car just […]
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