29 November 2006

Symmetry, space, stars and C ( PDF) - View as HTML "...most delightful property lies in the inherent charisma which arises from its elegantly simple and highly symmetric structure that is quite unlike any other."

Hex Grids : http://mywebpages.comcast.net/thinlines/hexmaps/index.html

"The Devil’s Graveyards Around the World" : http://www.deepinfo.com/WorldGrid.htm plotted ship and plane disappearances worldwide, focusing attention on 12 areas

MAP OF THE GREAT WALLS AROUND BEIJING : http://www.chinahighlights.com/greatwall/greatwallmap.htm

CrackMap : http://www.chicagocrime.org/types/narcotics/172/ from the freely browsable database of crimes reported in Chicago. Via http://www.urbancartography.com/technology/index.html

IPmap : http://www.oceantomo.com/PDFs/ot300/ot300_grid.pdf ( Ocean Tomo 300™ Patent Index) Member List (by company)

London: A Life in Maps Blog : http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/londoninmaps/ launched as a forum for discussing the exhibition of the same name currently on at the British Library.

9 to 5 Paintings : http://ni9e.com/9to5paintings.php are a visual representation of your daily computing routines (emails, internet browsing, and report writing).

Dia: http://hans.breuer.org/dia/ is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and simple circuits (also evolving possibiliities to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape). [via DIA Home Page]

Good blogging resources sidebarred : http://anothershellyblog.blogspot.com/

Firefox flaw lets attackers steal passwords Via

Hexxagon ( game played like Othello or Reversi: strategy games) Via

First blog visitor from United Nations, 1st Ave. and 42nd St. NY, NY

Picked up by this 'reblog' reader

Life of Gandhi : video Intro to Non-violence (1946-1947, Part 12 of 14), from the whole 5 hr series.

"If you aren't living on the edge, then you are taking up too much space." - Anonymous
"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true." - William Ralph Inge
"In a time of darkness the eye begins to see." - Theodore Roethke
"Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot." - D. H. Lawrence
"If you don't get lost, there's a chance you may never be found." - Unknown

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