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Archive for November, 2006
Rant of the day: 20061107
For today a little puzzle:It’s voting time all around in the US today so let’s look a bit into the future:You’ve got that all-shiny-high-tech new passport the state department just started to hand out. Yes we know you’re still waiting for that RFID – Crypto (clipper 2) chip cover but you like the new look [...]
New York: Historic Bus and Subway Maps
The New York City Subway Resources site nycsubway.org has many historic subway and bus transit maps – most of them in high resolution format.Some of the maps are dating back to 1888. Also have a look at their “Subway Art Guide” with a list of over 125 artworks in New York City Subway Stations. Maps, [...]
USA: 100 most influential Americans of all time
US long standing political magazine The Atlantic will be publishing its “Most Influential Americans issue” later this month on November 21, but until then you can cast your vote online. The Atlantic has compiled the list with the help of a panel of historians. The list will be officially released online the week of November [...]
Technorati: State of the Blogosphere, October-2006
Yesterday Technorati founder Dave Sifry has released his highly popular Blogosphere report for the 3rd quarter of 2006. He sees the medium of web logs further maturing but still going strong with about 100,000 new blogs being created daily. The report also shows that the integration of blogs and traditional media sites like those of [...]
Duvet-Dayz: Last week’s most popular posts (week 29-October-2006)
Most popular posts (week 29-October – 05-November-2006): (27-10-2006) Top 10 time waster games(17-10-2006) The Economist: On issues with US voting machines(03-11-2006) Put your message into orbit! Buy ad space on MIT satellite(04-11-2006) Life: Sushi that melts in your mouth(02-11-2006) Gadget: Silk screened CDRs and DVDs (18-10-2006) Interactive Map: World’s Most Polluted Places(24-10-2006) Firefox 2: Microsoft [...]
Politics: Transparency International releases 2006 CPI
Global civil society organization Transparency International has today released their annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2006. Again the CPI points to a strong correlation between corruption and poverty, with a concentration of impoverished states at the bottom of the list. The 2006 CPI ranks 163 countries by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined [...]
