NYGeog

Geography, GIS, Geospatial, NYC, etc.

Friday, January 23, 2009

Offense place names, Microsoft Vista replacement, etc etc.

NY Times reports on possibly offense British place names.

Microsoft OS for replacing Vista: Windows 7.

Rising temperatures in Antarctic
a; Researchers report in the journal Nature that temperatures across Antarctica rose an average of 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit per decade. The study looked at 50 years of temperature data. Researcher Eric Steig explains why the warming trend wasn't detected until recently.

I haven't gotten a hold of the hype behind Twitter, but none-the-less here are some Twitter tips.

Transfer Jet: the wireless new USB.

Google AJAX API playground.