World

  • MAPS.google.com (yes, you read it right)

    February 9, 2005

    Oh yes. They’ve done it and they’ve done it good. The information giant puts forward it contender in the map market and as always, Google does not disappoint. Unlike the static click-and-wait interface of Mapquest or Yahoo, GoogleMaps incorporates javascript to make finding your way painless. Dragable sliders, double-click centering all with realtime updates sets... Read More

  • A Historic Day

    January 31, 2005

    It does not matter whether you hate George W. Bush or you hate Michael Moore. It does not matter whether you think the Iraq war was a good idea or a bad idea. It does not even matter if you are a Calvinist or an Arminian. Today was a historic day. The purple finger held... Read More

  • Of Snowstorms, Scoundrels and Shooting Stars

    December 15, 2003

    Leaning up against the Jeep, I craned my neck back as far as I could to see Saturday night’s meteor shower and tugged my scarf closer to my neck. Since this was my first show, I looked up in anticipation of galactic fireworks and every other imagination science fiction can provide. Real life, as is... Read More

  • The Tower of Babel: The Extended Edition

    December 1, 2003

    After Noah’s flood (which has been recorded in various ways in other sources such as the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh), God commanded those who survived to “be fruitful and multiply” and “bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.” (Gen. 9:7) Mankind then proceeded to move south east from Mount Arrarat where the ark... Read More