Day: 2008-10-05

In July I thought “make sure you don’t forget the blogiversary this year”

By tigtog on 2008-10-05 • ( 18 )

So what did I do? Here’s My first post (back at the original blogspot digs), and my second, which reveals what impelled me to begin blogging at all – the ineptitude and negligence surrounding the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Thank you… Read More ›

Quick Hit: New Yorker covers and Strange Maps

By lauredhel on 2008-10-05 • ( 3 )

This Quick Hit is via the enthralling Strange Maps: “Les extrèmes se touchent: Palinworld“: SM explains the geography: “Big Diomede and Little Diomede, are where les extrèmes se touchent, as the French say. These two islands in the middle of… Read More ›

Sunday Science links

By tigtog on 2008-10-05 • ( 3 )

Image Source: National Geographic: Best Science Images of 2008 Announced (Honorable Mention, Photography: “Squid Suckers: The Little Monsters That Feed the Beast” by Jessica Schiffman) Ig Nobels The Annals of Improbable Research has just had its annual big night out:… Read More ›