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March 31, 2003
The new war between France and America ...
No comment needed on this. :-)
Posted by daen at 07:27 PM
March 30, 2003
Baghdad satellite images
DigitalGlobe Baghdad satellite images
Amazing satellite photos of Baghdad - before and during the war. 0.6 meter resolution means you can see cars and trees, but you can't quite see Saddam in his presidential swimming pool ...
I love looking at cities from the air. It seems such a shame to be bombing the living crap out of Baghdad.
Posted by daen at 11:40 PM
March 26, 2003
Copenhagen Zoo
We went there yesterday. Great place, especially the ring-tailed lemurs, which in my opinion are the cutest animals known to humankind. They have the complex social structure of primates, a soft mewing cry like a kitten, fur like a teddybear, big orange eyes like I don't know what, and they sit amusingly in the sun for all the world like little old men, with legs spread wide and their "hands" on their thighs, as if they're about to lean forward and tell you a funny joke about what happened to them before the war.
Posted by daen at 01:59 AM
War in Baghdad
The famous blog, posted by "Salam Pax". Read it and get an insight into what life in Baghdad is like right now. Only, don't try sending e-mail to him - his mailbox has exceeded its disk quota (probably many times over).
Posted by daen at 01:33 AM
March 25, 2003
GPS: Now, where are we?
The Global Positioning System: Assessing National Policies (contains PDF).
Interesting document from the Rand Corporation about GPS. Appendices A ("GPS Technologies and Alternatives") and B ("GPS History, Chronology and Budgets") are especially interesting, if a bit out of date (1995). The Block IIR satellites referred to are slightly delayed due to delays with the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) which was supposed to come online in 2000, but flew its inaugral flights late last year.
Posted by daen at 11:38 PM
First floor : geostationary satellites, mens' shoes and cutlery
A 60,000 mile long 3 inch wide carbon nanofibre cable costing $7bn - which goes straight up into space? Science fiction? Not for much longer ...
Posted by daen at 11:22 PM
March 22, 2003
Get your eyes checked ...
If you'd said to me some time ago I'd be referring to US DoD MIL-STD-150A on this blog, I'd have thought you'd gone stark staring bonkers.
Posted by daen at 10:30 PM
MT 2.6.3, new server ...
Just finished moving the blog to the new web server, and have done the upgrade to MT 2.6.3 - all went well, hurrah!
We just have to wait for the DNS changes to kick in, and we're rockin' and rollin'!
Right now, I'm off to bed ... zzz ... zzz
War! What is it good for? etc.
Posted by daen at 12:19 AM
March 21, 2003
More wore
There was another "Stop the War" demo on Sunday 15 March in Copenhagen, at 12:00 outside the American embassy at 24 Dag Hammarskjölds Allé. This time the demonstrators went to the Ministry of Defence at 42 Holmens Kanal.
There were also demonstrations, as on 15 February, in other places in Denmark and in other countries. Other demonstrations are going on day by day. See the "Nej til krig" website for details.
Posted by daen at 11:56 PM
Another poster for peace
Download and print peace posters from artists like Milton ("I ♥ NY") Glaser and Ellen Gould (above).
Posted by daen at 11:52 PM
Iraq
Library of Congress entry on Iraq
Global Policy Forum information on the Iraq crisis
CIA World Bumper Factbook entry on Iraq
The history of Iraq is fascinating ... and disturbing.
Posted by daen at 11:49 PM
March 05, 2003
Rock & Roll!
Bob's Rock Shop: Crystallography and Mineral Crystal Systems
No, I don't really know what this is doing here, either. I started writing my first essay for my Open University course S809 : one of the questions was about radionuclide imaging and gamma cameras. Well, gamma cameras have thallium-doped sodium iodide crystals in them, and they have {100} cleavage form. Which lead me to this site. Mike & Darcy Howard have really taken some time to put this together, with "crystal clear" (ha ha) explanations and lots of graphics ... I think it's time for bed - my concentration has gone completely. :-(
Posted by daen at 12:11 AM
March 03, 2003
EGNOS/WAAS for Garmin users on 1st April!
ESTB switching to SBAS Mode (DO 229C Format) on 1st April
A story of great interest to those of us Garmin GPS users who have, for example, eTrex boxes with WAAS capability but who can't use it (because ESTB is currently transmitting using message type 0 which Garmin, correctly, ignores), and of absolutely no interest to the rest of you (go to your homes : there's nothing to see here ...). At last - sub 3m accuracy! And it'll be on in time for our Spain trip! Hurrah!
Posted by daen at 10:25 PM
Danish National Library of Science and Medicine
Danmarks Natur- og Lægevidenskabelige Bibliotek
I joined Denmark's National Library of Science and Medicine today. All you need is a CPR number (the Danish SSN or Social Security Number) and some ID. It's free, you can get electronic access to thousands of electronic versions of journals and they will reserve books and articles for you for a nominal charge. The library has been around in one form or another for 521 years, on various sites. They have somewhat in excess of 1.4 million volumes and an extensive collection of important works on-line such as Flora Danica and the book which put Tycho Brahe on track as a career astronomer, "De Nova Stella" from 1573.
Posted by daen at 09:54 PM