A couple of interesting links I’ve read the last two days. Bad Natitude? Some Montreal fans wish D.C. would leave their Expos alone – Tim Raines, the Montreal Expos Hall of Famer, was added to the Washington Nationals’ Ring of Honor Monday evening. Acknowledging the Nationals’ past as the Montreal Expos is controversial in theContinue reading “Random Links: August 31”
Tag Archives: Game of Thrones
The Shapes of Clouds
Even the clouds are Game of Thrones fans; this one is a map of Westeros. A few months ago at work, I had to write a description of a Game of Thrones map. It’s something I’ve seen many times before, and for the first time it struck me that the map must be a MercatorContinue reading “The Shapes of Clouds”
Link Roundup
Some random links that caught my fancy today. Islamic clerics in the United Arab Emirites have issued a fatwa against humans traveling to Mars. The reason? They consider it a suicide mission, and the Qu’ran prohibits suicide, therefore anyone who travels to Mars is committing suicide. A cellist wants HBO to rerecord the Game ofContinue reading “Link Roundup”