Where are the undersea cables that link the Internet? Most of the trans-continental Internet and phone traffic goes via submarine cables. Here’s a great map of where all those cables are http://submarine-cable-map-2013.telegeography.com/ There’s lots of little details on the map you can zoom in to see more. The red number for each country is the […]
Your own Oscar statue for each year. This is clever, each statue represents the Best Picture winner for that year. The designer Olly Moss has a large version on his web site so you can see details of each statue. It’s fun to pick out the ones you know or guess. You can satisfy your curiosity […]
Personal Internet radio isn’t just for the young folk. Personal Internet radio services seem great for young people with their rock and roll music so it’s been a pleasant surprise to discover it works for all generations. The idea is simple, you choose an artist or genre and the service streams to you appropriate music […]
Some photos from the 2012 Total Eclipse as seen from the ship Paul Gauguin Eclipse Circumstances on the Paul Gauguin 14 Nov 2012. Times are ‘ship time’ on the day – ie UTC +10. Details from ships daily info sheet on 19 Nov. Lat: 26° 40′ South Long: 166° 46.9′ East (GPS readings from […]
A different view of prime numbers and clever web programming. Jason Davies has created an amazing web page that shows patterns for prime and non-prime numbers. Go to http://www.jasondavies.com/primos/ and move your mouse pointer along the number line to see the periodic curves change for each integer. For the number 56 there are many curves showing […]
