by David | Apr 27, 2013 | photo, urbanism
Standing in my yard Where they tore down the garage To make room for the torn down garage
by David | Jun 12, 2012 | science!, travel
I’m back from a trip almost halfway around the world in terms of longitude, but a pretty short hop in latitude. A weather diversion on the way over brought me to Oklahoma City airport, what would have been my second time ever setting foot on Oklahoma soil, but...
by David | Jun 1, 2008 | media, urbanism
I found this video linked from the Theynow.com podcast’s website. It’s an acoustic cover of They Might Be Giants’ song, I’ll Sink Manhattan, found on their 1999 album Miscellaneous T. The cover artist calls it a “[c]over of a slightly...
by David | Oct 11, 2007 | media
Earlier today, I was sitting in the thinking room having a big think, when a bit of a They Might Be Giants song ran through my head. The song was The Bee of the Bird of the Moth, and the lines were these: Catbug is a cat, but he’s got bugness in his veins...
by David | Sep 19, 2007 | culture, media, technology, travel
A roundup of globe-related items. Obviously, I’ve got a thing for maps, as does my buddy Bruce in a different kind of way; and a globe is a very special kind of map indeed. I. GPS Visualizer Back in June, I posted about the Great Circle Mapper, a cool tool for...