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- Answer: Why are there contour lines there? Questions come from everywhere... ... in this case, I was just staring out the window and wondering "how did all of this landscape come to be?" As I said, when I looked into the Sierra foothills just northeast of San Francisco, it seemed as though some giant hand had drawn contour lines on the hills below. That struck me as very surprising. How […]
- SearchResearch Challenge (10/9/19): Why are there contour lines here?As I was flying to Seattle... ... I had the window seat that faced east as we flew north. Not long after we left SFO, I was staring out the window (because looking out an airplane window when you fly over wilderness is just the best thing you can do), and I saw the most remarkable thing. It looked like some giant hand had drawn all of the contour lines on […]
- Answer: Why are palm trees so tall? Palm trees are wonderful, but very strange... As you might suspect, they're not ordinary trees, but something very, very different. They're generally super-tall, able to remain standing in hurricane force winds. If you cut one down, you'll see a very strange and wonderful composite structure that looks nothing like an ordinary tree. There a […]
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Delicious (and no, I won’t use the name’s periods, because they’re not logical)
I do like that you can add tags to refine your own lists; I can see that it could be confusing to have each person defining what something actually "is", since folksonomy isn’t a rigid taxonomy. The 8 minute … Continue reading
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Wikis
I don’t know if I really need a wiki (or would have the discipline to keep up with it), but maybe having one will propel me into something so creative I can’t even comprehend what I’m about to do. I … Continue reading
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YouTube, Hulu, and Fancast
I LOVE HULU. I missed some episodes of a T.V. show in which I was interested, and, lo and behold, there it was on Hulu. I dont mind the ads….they give me time to go to the bathroom or get … Continue reading
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Social Networking
So I was looking at the lists provided. MySpace is certainly overrun with teenagers, and not a place I’d care to go. Facebook was way too intrusive in its questions, and pummeled me with suggested "friends" I might like to … Continue reading
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Flickr
Let me start off by saying that there are some beautifully composed photos at this site, which proves that you don’t have to be a professional, you just have to have a ‘good’ eye. Because, boy howdy, there are some … Continue reading
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Streaming Music
Okay, I’m really bummed that MusicStrand is currently in a private Beta, because I like the idea that you pick music you like, and they suggests artists you may never have heard of ("ReadAlikes" sites have benn good to me thus … Continue reading
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BlogLines
What a great RSS feed! I like that it has suggestions for popular blogs, but also that it lets you subscribe to any blog you want. "CollectingMyThoughts" is a great blog, as is Library Journal’s "Annoyed Librarian" (I do like … Continue reading
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