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• Maps of Parallel Americas: Republik van Nieuw Nederland If you’ve ever wondered what New York would be like if it remained a Dutch colony until the late 1700s? I’m thankful we finally have an answer. “New Netherland achieved independence in 1798, after the ‘old’ Netherlands were overrun by the French. Philip Schuyler, the last Director-General of the colony, became the first Prime Minister of the
• Friday, March 9, 2007 11:45:24 PM Tonight, I hacked together the First Crack Conversation Map. Now when you visit your favorite Dunn Brothers, you can listen to a podcast recorded there.
• Joe Urban on Denver’s Public Transit “The bottom line is that good transit is frequent, affordable, easy to use and takes you where you want to go.” - Sam Newberg Sam really likes Denver. Unlike some other friends of mine. Personally, I’ve never been. Just around. Airport, Boulder, Broomfield. Though I’m always happy to hear when public transit works. I’m optimistic, but walking
• RSS: Rude Screen Scrapers? “I hate it when RSS scrapers steal my content” - Thord Daniel Hedengren Yes - crediting the source is polite. I make a point of linking back and crediting, and expect the same those of you that find what I write interesting. That said, spammers are inherently rude. They don’t change their ways when asked politely. If
• T-81 and Counting In the interests of incremental deadlines, I’ve added this project to the list of demos at the upcoming MinneDemo.