National Geographic map of the day
National Geographic has a nifty map of the day feature.
Browse through history using our daily maps of historical news events and milestones. Navigate the map using our zoom tool.
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...is a weblog about the liberal arts 2.0 edited by Jason Kottke since March 1998 (archives). You can read about me and kottke.org here. If you've got questions, concerns, or interesting links, send them along.
National Geographic has a nifty map of the day feature.
Browse through history using our daily maps of historical news events and milestones. Navigate the map using our zoom tool.
(via khoi)
Justin reports on his family's results of a neat project called the Geneographic Project, co-produced by National Geographic and IBM. If you purchase a testing kit, they'll trace the specific genetic markers of your ancestors back to (possibly) our common African root.
The right of Conde Nast to sell The Complete New Yorker (which is completely awesome from a content standpoint, BTW) without paying authors for republish rights is a gray area legally. National Geographic has stopped selling a similar collection because of the unsure legal terrain.
The best way to get a sense of what kottke.org is all about is to head to the front page or check out some random entries from the archives.
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