February 2010
Dempster Highway to the Arctic: The Scary Dempster Highway Idea →
crazyguyonabike.com
This guy rode a recumbent bike all the way from Vancouver to the northern side of Canada (nearly). A great deal of the ride was on the famed Dempster Highway, a 750 km dirt road in the middle of the Arctic. Sample quote: “I have powerful lights for riding at night but I am a little worried about plowing into a black bear.”
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A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods →
visual-literacy.org
Wow, this is an incredibly useful tool.
“A mother of four, she went to court in that North Country village seeking an order of protection against her husband, who the police said had choked her, kicked her in the stomach and threatened to kill her. The justice, Donald R. Roberts, a former state trooper with a high school diploma, not only refused, according to state officials, but later told the court clerk, “Every woman needs a good pounding every now and then.”
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In Tiny Courts of N.Y., Abuses of Law and Power
Serious WTF. How does this shit happen in America today?
“Paulos and Goodman’s device, Jabberwocky, detects
the people its user encounters in travels throughout the
city, lighting up when it detects someone the user has
encountered before. While not designed as a friend finder,
it nonetheless renders spaces intelligible in terms of occupancy and patterns of hidden and potential familiarity.” —
the people its user encounters in travels throughout the
city, lighting up when it detects someone the user has
encountered before. While not designed as a friend finder,
it nonetheless renders spaces intelligible in terms of occupancy and patterns of hidden and potential familiarity.” —
“Anti-social behaviour includes a range of problems including: noise pollution, busking, drunken behaviour from excessive consumption of alcohol, abandoning cars, begging, vandalism /criminal damage, loitering, littering /fly tipping /dog fouling, intimidation, fare dodging, and spitting.”
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Good job, England.
