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A Collection of Maps and Diagrams

Hobbit Houses of the Real World

The house is nestled into a hillside. Stone and mud (and magic) were the basic construction materials. Water pipes in by gravity feed from a nearby spring. They use a compost toilet--so that's how hobbits do their business. Their refrigerator is cooled by air coming in from the underground foundations.

Hobbit Houses of the Real World

Tiger's Nest Monastery

The Tiger’s Nest is a Buddhist Monastery in Bhutan.

The Most Famous Unkindness

Ainsley Drew, writing for kottke.org, dishes some dirt about an unkindness of ravens that the Tower of London keeps in residence. Love their names.

New Haven Commuters, 1961

New Haven Commuters, 1961

In honor of season two of Mad Men coming out on DVD, look at all the commuters drinking and smoking.

YouTube - New York Nearest Subway Augmented Reality App for iPhone 3GS from acrossair

YouTube - New York Nearest Subway Augmented Reality App for iPhone 3GS from acrossair

It’s like the future. Reminds me of the locative art in Spook Country.

How To Keep Motherfu#%s From Putting Their Seats Back

How To Keep Motherfu#%s From Putting Their Seats Back

Calculate the carbon impact of your travels with Dopplr

Really cool: Dopplr has partnered with AMEE to show you how much carbon your travel uses.

Dopplr

Dopplr has launched. It’s a neat site that lets you document trips you take, and does stuff like hook up to your Flickr feed and tell you when your friends are going to be in the same city. I’ve wanted to play with it for a while, though I don’t really travel enough to make too much use of it. My profile is here, which is I think only useful if you’re a member.

The Road to Clarity - New York Times

The Road to Clarity - New York Times

Awesome new Google Maps feature: Draggable Routes (kwc blog)

Awesome new Google Maps feature: Draggable Routes (kwc blog)

This is nice. I also like the feature they added a few months ago to make custom, annotated maps. Great for giving people directions if your place is hard to find based on the default directions.

Platform 9 3/4, King's Cross Station

Platform 9¾, King’s Cross Station

Harry Potter comes to life.

Official Google Blog: Stuck in traffic?

Official Google Blog: Stuck in traffic?

Google Maps now shows traffic data for some major cities (DC included).

Pac-Man hits the road

Pac-Man hits the road

Minnesota painted white dots on its roads to help people know not to follow other cars too close. Someone painted a giant Pac-Man.

Real Star Constellations in the Wii Forecast Channel's Globe View

Real Star Constellations in the Wii Forecast Channel’s Globe View

Double awesome. The constellations visible in the Wii weather view are the actual stars, not just random dots.

TSA Travel Tip: Cheesecake is not a Gel

TSA Travel Tip: Cheesecake is not a Gel

Theater of the Absurd at the T.S.A.

Theater of the Absurd at the T.S.A.

New York Times piece on airport “security”.

Rush-Hour Metro Fares May Rise as Much as $2.10

Rush-Hour Metro Fares May Rise as Much as $2.10

Yikes. The idea here that charging more for crowded stations will get people to move to other stations is absurd. I don’t really have the option of moving my office building to a less crowded area.

Luise2

Luise2

Crazy hotel room that’s made to look like it’s a cartoon. Click around for lots of other theme rooms.

In Your Hands

In Your Hands

Pictures of things in front of the things of which they’re a picture. (via glynn)