Such a great episode of Doctor Who and I am so glad it is back. Regeneration episodes are not really my favorite as I have never really cared for the whole “getting to know the Doctor” plot line, although I understand it helps get people into the new character. I thought Peter Capaldi was brilliant as the Doctor and Jenna Coleman shines as Clara. Capaldi’s…
August 23, 2014Tomorrow is the launch of the new Doctor on the BBC’s long running show Doctor Who. I’ve been excited for Peter Capaldi’s Doctor since it was announced a year ago that he was taking over for Matt Smith. After all the hoopla for the 50th anniversary, which I enjoyed immensely, I have been looking forward to a new era. A new Doctor always gives the…
August 22, 2014I always remember this as THE Disneyland commercial. When this commercial came out I lived in Northern California and we were heavily targeted for Disney ads and I probably saw this commercial 100s of times…
August 21, 2014Reports out of Iceland say that Bardarbunga (missing all the Icelandic accents) has had elevated seismic activity related to movement of magma. It sits below the Vatnajokull icecap – the largest glacier in Europe so the first few eruptions probably won’t show anything, but if it manages to break through the glacier either directly above or to the side, expect a show due to the…
August 20, 2014THE FILM before THE FILM from ntsdpz on Vimeo. This neat short film on Vimeo by Nora Thös and Damian Pérez working at BTK (Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule) explains the evolution of movie titles from Thomas Edison’s experimental films all the way to today’s modern retro typography productions. Pretty neat stuff – an I would love to see more. via Sploid and Slashfilm
August 19, 2014Slate has an article up with examples and history of six beautiful relief maps that were drawn in 1914 by my good friends at the US Geological Survey. I love me some good historical maps and these are beautiful! via Maptacular, Slate’s The Vault and images from David Rumsey Map collection
August 18, 2014I am a lucky Geographer to have a good friend like Matt. Last month he was on an epic journey to places that I only dream about and being the good friend he is, he sent me some post cards that I can now brag to all of you about. The three post cards are from Vigur, Iceland (A small spear shaped island in the…
August 15, 201420 years ago, I was in the middle of Day 4 of Dome to Dome Twice, the epic 3900 mile road trip I took after graduating college and before starting Grad School. My friends Wendy, Joe, and Death set off from Chico, CA on a round trip that would take us through Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. The previous year, I had gone…
August 14, 2014