wish I really understood this… seems like a game-changer

oh wow, just wow… and the surface of Conflicts is barely scraped

"a free online knowledge base and e-textbook for students and professionals interested in interactive and animated maps" via Ron Brunton

Money quote: "You really have to wonder what the United States of America will look like in ten years.
So many multi-generational mainstays of middle-class suburban life are being rapidly swept away that there’s a Gone With the Wind feeling about American society. Pretty soon it’ll be like those heartrending scenes when Rhett smuggles Scarlett a pretty hat from Paris and she puts it on backward."

"The definitive guide to open source hardware projects" and I really wish I was on top of this…

"…the name given to the people who live in a certain place, such as Londoner or Ugandan"

a pretty good summary, well worth a few minutes of your time and a LOT better than most other summaries I've seen

like it says…

a nice fistful of links, and NB the one to the book's Annotations (last on the page)

oooookay, now I'm beginning to think about NEEDING an Apple Tablet…

Bruce Sterling's view of the world, bit by bit

perhaps more clearerer than the competition…

the CogDog rampant, worth a bunch of your valuable time

Dismounting, I offer my friend a cup of wine,
I ask what place he is headed to.
He says he has not achieved his aims,
Is retiring to the southern hills.
Now go, and ask me nothing more,
White clouds will drift on for all time.

Wang Wei, The Farewell (ca. 750 CE)

soooooo obvious, why hadn't I predicted it?

"titles of on-line books that have recently been added to our index…" (yet another thing to pay attention to, and to be amazed by)

a nice profile of another of my musical heroes, here rendered even more fascinating: "Like I wish everybody went out and bought a Don Stover record, I really do. In fact I think anyone reading this right now, at this moment should stop what they’re doing and go over to i-Tunes and download you a Don Stover record, I recommend you start with Things in Life…" ( http://www.amazon.com/Things-Life-Demand-Don-Stover/dp/B0000002CL )

how can I possibly still be salivating as I read this, after today's epic Turkish-inspired Thanksgiving spread… see http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackmerh/sets/72157622885420762/

a whole new ambit for geocachers?