Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto
the acronym “BANANA” (like the fruit) stands for “Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody” which appears to be the universial version of “NIMBY” (“Not In My Back Yard”). BANANA’s would be the most extreme anti-growth or anti-X activists, in that Continue reading Found Words: BANANA
Another cool Google Maps hack : Gmaps Pedometer, which can be used to record distances traveled during a running or walking workout. Via Darren Barefoot with examples. I wonder how hard it would be to complie walking tours with something Continue reading Gmaps Pedometer
Are we Entering a dark age of innovation? The global rate of innovation today, which is running at seven “important technological developments” per billion people per year, matches the rate in 1600.…The period between 1873 and 1915 was certainly an Continue reading The End of Innovation?
During the last week rumors of Google developing an online-payment system (Google Wallet) to rival PayPal surfaced (First on Wall Street Journal then everywhere like:SlashDot, SearchBlog, and The Unofficial Google Weblog) and then had a offical confirmation, by Google CEO Continue reading Speculations on the Google Wallet
Via The Guardian, Margaret Atwood on why we need science fiction…She likes us she really likes us….see why this is a big deal Margaret Atwood Vs SF. I’m too chicken to face the “Wrath of Atwood”, and ask the “question”. Continue reading Margaret Atwood on why we need science fiction….in related news flying pigs circling the Annex
Via Boing Boing, we have a combining of US census and Google Maps to make GCensus.com (the latest in a long line of G names), by Jimmy Palmer of DrmBlog.com and DrmBlog.org fame (“devoted to the discussion of Digital Rights Continue reading Remixing the US census and Google Maps