Small Talk: Maps & Atlases likes hiking, ELO
Chicago's Maps & Atlases is an exciting band that plays an experimental type of music with some earthy and rootsy leanings. chron.com |
Google Maps Dead Girl Becomes A Living Star
Death can be a fun topic, especially when the person really isn't dead. The Daily Mail reported that the dead girl on Google Maps everyone is buzzing about is really not dead, she was just playing. You can see the dead girl on Google Maps at http://goo.gl/maps/Zwhz and here is a screen grab: She isn't dead, she is a ten-year old girl from the UK named Azura Beebeejaun ... seroundtable.com |
Stinky Maps: Missoula company adds smells to maps app
Pick your nose, go ahead.Well, pick a smell, then name it, and mark it on a map anywhere in the world.That's the idea behind Stinky Maps, an app for the sense of smell created for the iPhone and iPod Touch by Missoula production company salty snack studios. missoulian.com |
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has broken down in tears during a speech to schoolchildren as he lamented the problems plaguing their country. During a talk at a mixed-sex high school in central Kabul, he said he feared the war might force his young son to leave his homeland. bbc.co.uk |
LAWRENCE: Art of creating maps survives in digital age
There is so much information that can be gleaned from old maps the location of the county fairground, the wild game sanctuary and even the half-dozen or so earliest settlers in Hoboken and Jersey City. centraljersey.com |