31st
July
2004
“Old maps are filled with inaccuraciesórivers running a wrong course, cities placed incorrectly, coastlines lacking bays, and mountains, lakes and islands missing completely. The mistakes in old maps are one of the primary aspects which makes them interesting to us, and much of the history of cartography is the history of the correction of these errors. One category of cartographic error consists of what are called ëgeographic myths.í These are geographic features that appear on the map but not on the earth…” (Thanks The Map Room!)
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31st
July
2004
“Make brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. Make is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. This is a magazine that celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will.”
posted in Technology | Permalink |
31st
July
2004
“he law firm of Leventhal Senter & Lerman provides a PDF file that describes the marketing rules for the big game in Houston: Broadcasts and Promotions Related to Super Bowl XXXVIII.”
posted in Copyright/TM | Permalink |
31st
July
2004
“Foreword is a community in the service of books and book design, with authors in the US and UK.”
posted in Books | Permalink |
31st
July
2004
“Whenever anyone publishes one of these lists, there’s always a wave of griping about how worthless lists are. Then everyone makes a list of what’s wrong with this particular list. Personally, I like lists. I figure that having a list in hand of the century’s greatest books gives me something to look for at the book store. If I fancy myself a film critic and I haven’t seen #14 on the list of greatest films, then maybe I had better hike to the video store.”
posted in History | Permalink |
31st
July
2004
“At first, David Coursey wasn’t quite sure what to make of a visual planning tool called MindManager. But he found that its “mind mapping” technique helps bring clarity to people with lots of ideas and a desire to sort them out.”
posted in Software/Hardware | Permalink |
