On University of New Mexico geographer Maria Lane’s fascinating work on the late 19th and early 20th century mapping of Mars (sub. req. or you gotta watch the ad): Schiaparelli, Lowell and a host of others in the late 19th century were using advanced new telescopes to study Mars every two years as Earth made …
I didn’t have my camera with me this morning when I rode by the Wal-Mart up on Carlisle, so you’ll have to forgive this Inkstain file photo to illustrate today’s update on the onrushing Christmas consuming season. When last we tallied up the temporary shipping containers filling the parking lot behind this particular Wal-Mart superstore, …
From Somalia: The flood-hit communities in southern Somalia were already vulnerable because they had not recovered from the severe drought of earlier this year when they lost thousands of livestock and had no harvest. “Juba has been in a chronic humanitarian crisis,” said Cindy Holleman, technical manager with Somalia’s Food Security Analysis Unit (FSAU), a …
20061123webstats Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. Y’all are a predictable bunch, according to Google Analytics. This is the number of visitors by day of the week since last June, when I started running GA. I can’t imagine how this blog could possibly be work related, but there it is. The stats don’t lie: you roll into …
charger Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. The artist L. Heineman made the decorations for our Thanksgiving table today in the manner of the season. We’ve a big feast planned, which is both cultural ritual obligation and genuine fun. This is an interesting time of year in a desert culture both removed from environmental but also steeped …
It’s not that Andy Dessler’s been gone, actually, but in his move over to Grist, there wasn’t any way to get an RSS feed of just his stuff. Being an RSS junkie, I would forget to go directly, and missed some good stuff. Apparently I’m not alone, so Andy’s going to do some sort of …
From the Environment News Service: Expect Warmer Than Average Weather This Winter Meanwhile, in other news, Sun Expected to Rise Tomorrow.
From the BBC: The move has also been opposed by the environmental and coal lobbies. What could be so vile, so heinous that it could bring together these traditional enemies?
Don Pizzolato has a thoughtful post this morning on the Duke City Fix that reaches beyond the traditional “rise of the creative class” economic development palaver that underpins much discussion these days in Albuquerque to examine the underlying premises. In the careful way of my favorite writers, Don’s smart enough not to come to any …
My first cranes of fall Originally uploaded by heinemanfleck. The whole point of yesterday’s bike ride was sandhill cranes. Nature did not disappoint. update: Looks like Johnny_Mango was there a week ahead of us. It’s like these birds are out there posing for photo ops.