Coding with Fountain Pens

A new article from space.com sheds some revealing light on the recent collision of an Iridium satellite with a defunct Soviet military satellite. I think there was a common impression that Norad would pick up the phone and call operators if they saw an impending collision so that they could maneuver to avoid it. It […]

The Map Room put up a nice slidshow showing the huge growth of the Las Vegas metropolitan area over the last 20 years. What I found most alarming though was that you can actually see the water level declining in Lake Meade as the city grows. Granted, I’m not sure if this is just an […]