An Atlas of Cyberspaces - MUDs and Virtual Worlds

More mapping links: An Atlas of Cyberspaces - MUDs and Virtual Worlds. Can you tell I've been surfing google images for cool maps again?

URL ABC's

These are my in-progress URL ABCs:

• A is for animeusaexpress.com/hekiplki.html - In-depth research on the Scottish Terrier motifs involved in Hello Kitty.
• B is for blogapotamus.blogspot.com/ - Galatea's blog.
• D is for drewmedina.com/jb/creativejuice.html - Bags made from recycled juice-boxes. Someone on Alt_Fly makes these, and I followed her link.
• E is for expedia.com - Plane tickets to my cousin's wedding.
• F is for http:.//www.gmail.com - Need a gmail invite?
• G is for hellokitty.com - I printed out a card for my mommy off of this website.
• H is for homestarrunner.com - Teen Girl Squad!
• J is for joanjett.com - Joan Jett was my hero when I was a teenager. She's still great.
• M is for mrmen.com - Remember Mr. Men and Little Miss characters? You can design your own!
• N is for nytimes.com - All the news that's printed to fit.
• S is for saintsandspinners.blogspot.com - Saints and Spinners: a storytelling blog
• T is for theonion.com - Breaking headline: National Poetry Month Raises Awareness Of Poetry Prevention
• U is for unionvoice.org - Protect Social Security. No kidding.
• V is for voya.com/ - Voice of Youth Advocates.
• W is for whatwouldjesusdo.com/ - Effete: What would Jesus do? Relevant: What is Jesus doing?
• X is for x-rates.com - Exchange Rates calculator

Neato

The contents of this page are far beyond my understanding, but they look really cool:
Rockworks 2004 Revision History

The Planetary Classification List?

A neat resource: The Planetary Classification List

Career Path: Executive Blogging Services

Just to keep you all up on my business activities, I am starting to think about offering Executive Blogging Services and Training through my work blog Career Path. I also just did a related post on The business benefits of blogging (for all those who legitemately ask "people actually pay money to learn about blogging? Why?"

Google Blog

Google's got a Blog (yeah, you already knew didn't you). Check out their Google Maps Post.

The Time Traveler Convention - May 7, 2005

The Time Traveler Convention - May 7, 2005: "Technically, you would only need one time traveler convention. Time travelers from all eras could meet at a specific place at a specific time, and they could make as many repeat visits as they wanted. We are hosting the first and only Time Traveler Convention at MIT in two weeks, and WE NEED YOUR HELP! "

Google Maps Burning Man

A couple of weeks ago Orkgrrrl and I got interested in the Burning Man Festival.

Today, I got my Burning Man email newsletter, and it included these sattelite images via Google Maps. Enjoy!

BM2003 Setup

Pyramid Lake, Nevada

Remember, you can zoom, slide, and switch between map and sattelite.

Peeve

Pet Peeve of the day: online games that tell you "the choices are infiinte", when they very clearly are finite.

greg hughes - dot - net

Courtesy of greg hughes' blog, I discovered this incredible tool that leverages Google maps to show you where the homes to rent or buy are in a particular city in your price range. Home listings come from Craigslist.

Each listing has a pin on the map. You can click the pin and a bubble appears with information AND PICTURES. Using this is about three times as efficient as using the PropertyPoint mapping feature at Windermere Real Estate (for example).

The main drawback is the paucity of lisitngs. Since Craigslist is the index, you only receive a few home listings. Renting is probably better. However, Windermere and others use a standardized public database of house listings (called MLS, IIRC). Integrating Google Maps with MLS should be relatively easy, espeically since someone's already done much of the grunt work.

mezzoblue ??? Google Maps and Accountability

Andrea dug up this interesting article about clear cut logging, Google Maps, and my homeland: mezzoblue - Google Maps and Accountability.


I should add that I have nothing against sustainable use of natural resources. My Dad dedicated his life to sustainable fishing in Canada's north. But I also believe that in order to have sustainability, you need accountability. After all, isn't accountability another word for responsibility?

What if Monday Morning had a Cancel Button?

desktop

Best desktop wallpaper ever.

Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party

Every now and then I find myself surfing the trailers at trailers.apple.com looking (generally futilely) for an interesting movie. Once in a while, though, I see a movie that really piques my interest. Such a movie is Stephen Tobolowsky's Birthday Party.

Pope John Paul II Dies

The Pope in this blog:

Pope Expands Mysteries of the Rosary

"Pope John Paul II has added five new prayers to the Roman Catholic Church's centuries-old Rosary prayer cycle."

Peace Portess in Seattle

"The pope has spoken out against this war. . . . Why not business leaders?"

Pope Dispatches Envoy to Iraq

"Pope John Paul II will dispatch a special envoy to Iraq to emphasize his plea for peace and to encourage Iraqi authorities to cooperate with the United Nations, the Vatican announced Sunday."

Pope Marks 24th Anniversary

"Pope John Paul will mark his 24th anniversary as pontiff Wednesday by changing the rosary -- the most universal and commonly known Catholic method of praying -- for the first time in nine centuries. "

Pope says Iraq War Should be Last Resort

"'War is not always inevitable. It is always a defeat for humanity,' the pope told Vatican-based diplomats in his annual speech on issues of concern to the Roman Catholic Church."

Conservative Catholics Debate Loyalties

"On the prospects of war with Iraq, almost all of them find themselves in a bind: as conservative Catholics, they follow the pope, but as conservative Americans, they support the president. They, like many other religious Americans, are more deeply indecisive and ambivalent than their religious leaders appear to be."

Pope Visits Kazakistan

"Conflicts must be resolved not by force but by peaceful negotiation and dialogue"

Pope and President Talk about Stem Cell Resarch

"Pope John Paul II urged President Bush in their first meeting together to bar creation of human embryos for medical research, saying Monday that America has a moral responsibility to reject actions that 'devalue and violate human life.'"

UFO Cultists Want to Help Sue Pope

"A Group of UFO enthusiasts who support human cloning and
eugenics has offered to pay the travel and legal costs of
Aborigines who might like to go to Belgium to sue the Pope."

Pope Urges Blair to Avoid War

"Mr Blair is keen to be seen showing that he's going the extra mile, talking to the Pope who is, no question about it, the world's most revered public figure with an anti-war stance."

Priest Petitions for Patron Saint of Magic

"Don Silvio Mantelli, a Salesian priest from Turin, presented a magic wand to the Pope earlier this year and asked for the title to be given to a 19th Century Italian priest - Saint Giovanni Bosco."

Authentic Search for Peace

"Before praying the Angelus with the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope John Paul, speaking from his study window which overlooks the square, invited Catholics to fast on December 14 in solidarity with those 'suffering the consequences of terrorism and war.' He also invited the leaders of the world's religions to come to Assisi on January 24, 2002 to pray for 'the promotion of an authentic peace.'"

Wired Interview with Pope's Astrophysicist

"But what if we discover other intelligent beings? When NASA scientists announced they had evidence of life on Mars, commentators indulged in an orgy of speculation about the downfall of Christianity should E.T. ever pay us a call. Coyne is amused when I raise the subject. He points out that Catholic theologians considered this question as long ago as the 13th century and unanimously concluded that life in "other worlds" would cause no theological crisis. Since God was a god of plenitude, the great medieval thinkers believed, if other worlds existed they ought to be inhabited. "

Pope in Ukraine

"Do not go from the slavery of the communist regime to the slavery of consumerism."

Worried Pope Prays for Peace

"More than 100 religious leaders are travelling to Assisi. Between them, they represent all the world's major faiths."

President Bush Visits Rome

"Pope John Paul and anti-war protesters delivered a common message to President Bush when he visited Rome on Friday -- return Iraq to Iraqis. "