Archive for the ‘Experience’ Category
Visualizing Wikipedia
2007
07.15
07.15
If you’re looking to visualize — mindmap — an entry of Wikipedia, look no further than WikiMindMap. It can map your query to a tree-like structure that helps you to get a visual overview of the entry’s relationships to other relevant topics.
Have a look, for example, how WikiMindMap maps “Myanmar”.
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Random errata page
2007
07.11
07.11
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ERRATA
p. xi: for “ERRATA” read “ERRATUM”.
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Wannabe explorers, take note
2006
07.09
07.09
Tahir Shah’s “Expert’s Picks: Travel & Adventure” in this Sunday’s Washington Post book reviews:
No tags for this post.Thesiger’s lesson for me, a young wannabe explorer in search of a mentor, was to search for people rather than places. Find great people, he would say, and you will find great places.
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Jolly Roger
2006
05.22
05.22
The International Maritime Bureau’s weekly piracy report makes a ripping good read. A recent example from the sea lanes of Mauritania:
13.05.2006 at 2125 LT in posn: 19:04N – 017:09W, Nouadhibou roads, Mauritania.
Pirates in an unlit boat approached a refrigerated cargo ship drifting 60 nm [nautical miles] off coast. Master raised alarm, took evasive manoeuvres, crew mustered and activated fire hoses. Unlit boat increased speed to 17 kts [knots] and continued to chase the ship. Master increase speed to maximum and found another boat tried to block the ship’s course. Boats pursued the ship for almost three hours and then aborted the chase. Master tried to contact local MRCC [Maritime Search and Rescue Co-ordination Centre] but could not communicate due to language difficulties.
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
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