Manila User’s Guide
An Acrobat version of the Manila User’s Guide is now available online. 
Bryce
Hey, Susan finished the cover image for Real World Bryce 4. It’s beautiful and looks almost real! (Compare it to the photos André and I took while at Bryce.)
Do I see Thor’s Hammer on Susan’s picture?
Look out!
The Exploding Dictionary
“The basic idea was to take a set of publicly available dictionaries, index them into a SQL database, and then cross-reference them to near death. :) As a researcher, this should be a very useful resource. Hypertext is the researcher’s dream come true, allowing for instant jumps to related or unknown material.”
Try it!
Von Büchern bis zum Internet – Books and the Internet
Die Zeit Nr. 34 vom 17. 8. 2000: Vom Blei zur digitalen Tinte – Sechshundert Jahre nach Gutenberg kann jeder drucken, was er will. Von Jörg Albrecht.
The article mentioned above is available in German only, sorry. However, the Project Gutenberg is available in both English and German:
Homepage des Projekt Gutenberg Digital (German).
Gutenberg digital – English and German versions.
And here is the Gutenberg Homepage, also available in German, of course.
Noch mehr Gutenberg-Links hat der Schockwellenreiter!
Antarctica
Because it’s been so hot lately, today I’m taking a trip to Antarctica…
- The Seventh Continent, Ethan’s Antarctic Home Page. He’s working in Antarctica and has a journal, a photo gallery and other interesting stuff. (The picture was taken from that site.)
- Alexandria Digital Library: Antarctica. Lots of links to sites with data, photos, animals, etc.
- Wired Antarctica. The site is intended for children, but has lots of info, a FAQ and photos.
- British Antarctic Survey: “British Antarctic Survey (BAS) undertakes a world-class programme of science in the Antarctic and related regions, addressing key global and regional issues through research, survey and monitoring.”
- The Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA) Virtual Tour: Antarctica
- Lonely Planet: Destination: Antarctica. “Antarctica is the last vast wilderness on the planet. Its gigantic icebergs, mountain ranges and the emptiness of the polar plateau boggle the mind, while its temperatures, winds and weather send shivers down the spine. It’s a place of extremes – beautiful and serene, savage and violent…”
- To the end of the earth – Judd and Mary’s journey to Antarctica, with a great Photo Journal.
Some photos from To the end of the earth (a click leads you to a page with thumbnails of more photos):
Hier gibt es noch mehr Gutenberg-Links.
Ich stelle fest, Du liest mein Weblog nicht sorgfältig.
Und ich stelle fest, Du überwachst mein Weblog offenbar Tag und Nacht!
Danke übrigens für die Werbung bei Dir!
Die habe ich übrigens auch eben erst entdeckt… :(
Ich sollte wirklich aufmerksamer lesen.
Und ich stelle fest, Du überwachst mein Weblog offenbar Tag und Nacht!
Du bist halt meine Lehrmeisterin in Sachen Weblogs (Lernen durch Imitation).
Du bist halt meine Lehrmeisterin in Sachen Weblogs (Lernen durch Imitation).
Wie komme ich eigentlich zu dieser Ehre?
Und wann hat überhaupt der ganze Schockwellenreiter-linkt-zu-Andrea-und-Andrea-linkt-zu-Schockwellenreiter-Blödsinn angefangen?
Andrea
P.S.: Vielleicht sollte ich noch ein paar mehr Icons/Gesichter bei Dir klauen. Der Clown wird ja langsam langweilig…
Und wann hat überhaupt der ganze Schockwellenreiter-linkt-zu-Andrea-und-Andrea-linkt-zu-Schockwellenreiter-Blödsinn angefangen?
Frühestens vor vier Monaten – länger gibt es den Schockwellenreiter noch nicht.
Hey, Susan finished the cover image for Real World Bryce 4. It’s beautiful and looks almost real! (Compare
it to the photos André and I took while at Bryce.)
Do I see Thor’s Hammer on Susan’s picture?
Glad you like it. I made my picture while consulting a Bryce canyon calendar, a little glossy color booklet on the canyon, and one other scenic calendar image. I took a look at your pic, and yes, those eroded hills with scree…multicolored with changes in elevation, broken by lines of hoodoos…yep, that’s Bryce Canyon… and I think about the challenge it would be to create an image like that, too. Heh. who knows, I might do it sometime, and then again not. (see today’s rant for why I might just leave off and do something else entirely.)
today’s rant
Poor Susan!
I hope your book is done soon! I take it you’ll be free by the end of September! I guess I can understand (at least a little bit) how you feel about it. When I was writing my essay on education and mathematics, I began to feel the same way – after only two months! I wonder what it will be like with my Examen thesis (wich I’ve just started preparing for and which I’ll write in December/January/February)…
When it feels that bad after only two months, it must be just horrible after more than a year! You really deserver a break!
Andrea
When it feels that bad after only two months, it must be just horrible after more than a year!
You really deserver a break!
Well, it’s not like I’ve been SLAVING away constantly for the full year. But one is not free of it till one is free of it.
As to breaks, tomorrow I’m gonna be hanging out at a pool-or-beach party hosted by Ken Musgrave. Do you know of Ken? I think I mentioned him a bit ago… he did his doctoral work under Mandelbrot. I’m sure you know of Mandelbrot, tho! ; ) In fact, I hope to be able to share a Mandelbrot story with everyone after hanging with Ken tomorrow.
Ken Musgrave. Do you know of Ken? I think I mentioned him a bit ago… he did his doctoral work under Mandelbrot. I’m sure you know of Mandelbrot, tho! ;Â ) In fact, I hope to be able to share a Mandelbrot story with everyone after hanging with Ken tomorrow.
Is this the Ken Musgrave you are talking about? Seems like he’s got a very interesting site; I definitely need to have a closer look at it.
Yes, I know about Mandelbrot, at least a bit. I’ll look out (and forward to) your Mandelbrot story!
Have a nice weekend,
Andrea