Monthly Archives: January 2011

ND legislature is blessed with a surplus in the state budget and access to stimulus money (story from Minot KXnet). Unfortunately, North Dakotans have a way of finding the flaw in the silver lining. Some in the legislature seem offended … Continue reading →

I have been following the announcements of new features that will eventually be available for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I was surprised that Apple would announce this product, make a big deal out of new capabilities, and then inform … Continue reading →

Show offers a way to depict nation and state information by altering the size of the nation or state. In the image (see below), country size is based on CO2 emissions (with the United States appearing as the largest). Very … Continue reading →

The identification of “literacies” seems to be the “in” thing. And, it seems that whatever is now considered a literacy we are not good at it. Now, adults do not understand basic concepts of science. For example, how long does … Continue reading →

I have quickly become a fan of the new Safari browser. I use the Top Sites feature as a convenient way to launch sites I use frequently – something like a visual bookmarks list. These page will be populated by … Continue reading →

There are several very interesting ways to explore images on Flickr (e.g., Tiltviewer). Tag Galaxy allows the entry of a tag and then returns images arranged as shown below Select an image and it pops out and displays accompanying text. … Continue reading →