Archive for January, 2010
An app for that: The Enterra
Regeneration Two things cannot be rightly put together without a third; there must be some bond of union between them. And the fairest bond is that which makes the most complete fusion of itself and the things which it combines; and proportion is best adapted to effect such a union. -Plato The poetic hymn “There’s [...]
Surprise package
Special delivery It would take me forever to put it into words, but watching this video wakes up the right side of my brain.
The Disaster Accountability Project
Observers “R” Us “We need to be able to independently assure ourselves and Congress that DHS has implemented many of our past recommendations or has taken other corrective actions to address the challenges we identified. However, DHS has not made its management or operational decisions transparent enough so that Congress can be sure it is [...]
World-Wide Earthquake Locator: Mapping Interface
Who knew? Like so many who live in the popular culture and subcultures called America, unless network news, blogging journalists, or my Twitter stream calls attention, I’m unlikely to know of ground shaking events beyond shout outs from The Algorithmic Authority. However, once I know what I’m looking for–let’s say, “earthquake reports global“–then Google’s pretty [...]
Why I think it’s a great country now
Let history show “It held the line against the bad, allowing for its deconstruction, and the universalization of our economic model, to be followed, through our continued success, by the universalization of our political model.” via Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog. When lessons are learned “Germany was a country where horrible crimes were committed in [...]