09 November 2006

"Orienteering" as an information seeking strategy : http://haystack.lcs.mit.edu/papers/chi2004-perfectse.pdf by which users make "small steps...used to narrow in on the target" rather than simply typing words in a search box (paper presented at the CHI 2004 conference). Via http://inquiringlibrarian.blogspot.com/2006/04/orienteering-as-information-seeking.html

The key to free occlusion is splitting the iso-hex cells along the horizontal :
http://sc.tri-bit.com/Implementing_Iso_and_Iso_Hex_Grids_on_Tiled_Systems

Fractal Map : http://frac.samurajdata.se/index.php3

'The Power Of Hex' is a Map Plug-in for Lux: The Game of Universal Domination : http://sillysoft.net/lux/maps/To%20The%20Power%20Of%20Hex

3-Letter Words Defined : http://www.scrabble.org.au/words/3sdefs.htm

JavaScript : http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jscript5/ The Definitive Guide

GRASS GIS 6.2.0; adds hundreds of new features, support for the latest GIS data formats, and includes new translations for many languages. GRASS includes tools for spatial modeling, visualization of raster and vector data, management and analysis of geospatial data, and the processing of satellite and aerial imagery. Via http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/index.php?duty=Show&id=15705

'The Great Pyramid is located almost at the centre of the land mass of the Earth. ' via FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT PYRAMID : http://www.infinitetechnologies.co.za/articles/thegreatpyramid.html

Examples of live? graphical bugs;





Interesting resource : '"Folk Maps, Cartoon Cartography, and Map Kitsch" in Mercator's World, March/April 2002'

The technique of real-time photo-collaging : http://www.stevekahn.com/photocollages.html requires that the photographer simultaneously compose a larger image that evolves through shooting many related frames.

Side-barred as 'crítica y acción' here : http://hipercroquis.wordpress.com/

"You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life.... So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your life please do it quickly!" - author unknown
"The dimension that counts for the creative person is the space he creates within himself." - Mark Tobey
"'EXPECTATION' is the sole difference between "have" and "have not." And this, you have total control over." - TU

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