hobolinks :: November :: 2005

A sad description from someone who recently visited this island that was once a wonderland of life that I explored in many childhood fantasies.

Sand Clod in the Sea

(Via Another Chance To See)

Nice to see a recognition of our societal preference for extroverts. Then again, I’m not sure that introverts and extroverts aren’t just addicts of different forms of mind stimulation.

Introverted youth have deep roots for behavior

(Via Slashdot | Introverts Have More Brain Activity?)

Armchair exploring underground! I love the otherworldliness of caves, but I’m not too disappointed if others do some of the legwork for me…

The Virtual Cave

(Via Ursi’s Blog)

The example interface is a little cluttered and restrictive, but there might be some interesting info in the comparison here.

Comparing Google-MSN-Yahoo APIs

Someday I’ll have to face my fear of map projections. This page looks like the place to start.

Map Projections

We’re resigned to one day owning a big truck to pull our home, so I’m rooting for Biodiesel.

Breakthrough in Biodiesel Production

Darwin is proved wrong about the speed of natural selection by modern observations compared with his own. No cause for Intelligent Design proponents to celebrate though - the faster operation of natural selection observed begins to address some of the criticisms of the theory of evolution.

SCIENCE: Evolution Faster Than We Thought

A tool to plot your geotagged Flickr photos in Google Earth!

I started playing around with Google Earth, and found a network link which listed the last 50 geotagged Flickr photos within the current viewing area. While this was an interesting mashup, personally, I was more interested in being able to send friends and family a network link of my photos. So, I cooked up this page.

labs.davebouwman.net/Google

a Geobloggers-ish site, which has a fantastic interface which lets you see Flickr photos, websites and RSS feeds all on top of a MS Virtual Earth map. You’ll need some time to play once you click through!

Virtual Places

(Via Darren Cope’s Blog: Virtual Places - What a cool app)

I just discovered these nice online field guides. Looks like there are other good resources on the site too.

eNature: FieldGuides

My most frightening animal encounter was with bees that I suspect were Africanized. This is an excellent little article on them.

Africanized Honeybees

Reportedly the tortoise was collected by Darwin himself, and given the name “Harry”. She now goes by “Harriet”.

Natures Corner

A new trend in cyberhobo employment?

Outsourcing to Rural America

Great article on hoboes over at the East Egg Review.

88

Originally uploaded by leuvarus.

Since butterflies seem to be a theme, here’s number 88 from Brazil.

Speaking of butterflies - ever tried to tie an Alpine Butterfly knot from a picture? I have tried and failed, but after a few seconds at this great site I believe I could do it.

Animated Knots

(via Ursi’s Blog)

I was surprised enough to learn a month or so ago that moth and butterfly wings are covered in scales. Now it looks like for some species the scales are phototonic crystals that make the wings intensely fluorescent.

Butterflies shine brighter by design

I see some familiar themes in this blog!

The Hobo Teacher Blog

(Via The Buzz)

Nice essay and links on this subject.

Can Markets Protect the Environment?

Get updates on the technology behind the the hobomap.

Google Maps API Official Blog

(Via Google Maps Mania)