East Coast people, first, let me be honest: yes, we’re all giggling about your 5.8 earthquake on this coast. And no, it isn’t fair, but you probably laugh at our occasional funnel clouds. Second, it’s still very important to go report what you observed if you felt the earthquake; use this USGS link: USGS: Did [...]
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Report your earthquakes!
Posted in current events, nature, science, tagged earthquakes, engineering, geology, science, tools on 23 August, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Google Earth layer: Contaminated sites
Posted in environment, technology, tagged contamination, environment, google earth, local, maps, software, tools on 30 June, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another useful Google Earth feature today: the Contaminated Sites layer from Terradex. This company compiled, and makes available free online, a list of USEPA Superfund and RCRA Cleanup sites, and state sites including California, Oregon, Washington and New Jersey. The layer requires the use of Google Earth 4 or later. When you click on individual [...]
Resume review scam
Posted in employment, job search, tagged Career, job search, scams, tools on 29 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
If, like many of my friends, you are searching for a new job — unemployed, underemployed, looking for new horizons — you may be tempted to try the “free resume review” service from The Ladders. What’s the harm in getting a little free advice, right? If so, I recommend you read this informative and courageous [...]
Getting good stuff for free
Posted in technology, tagged excellence, networking, planning, tools on 21 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some free online learning resources you can use to do some research, improve your skills, and share information. I like using free e-books, slide presentations, images, and videos to find cool ideas, information, and resources. Scribd — a place where you can store documents online and browse what others have uploaded. I’ve found [...]
Google Earth for northern California
Posted in local, technology, tagged california, google earth, humboldt, landscape, local, software, tools on 19 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve mentioned several times things I love about Google Earth. I use it a lot for my work, but I also find it to be a lot of fun. Today, I’d like to share some interesting resources and tips on more geographic information about local features that can be explored in Google Earth. Google Earth [...]
Animal or vegetable
Posted in environment, nature, science, tagged birds, database, fisheries, google earth, natural resources, plants, science, software, species, tools on 20 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here are a few sites I want to gush about, as educational resources, as entertainment, and as serious technical and scientific resources. Not only can they be used in the classroom, or browsed for the sheer enchantment of discovery, but they are pure gold for for professionals in the environmental fields as well. NatureServe Explorer [...]
Google Earth: Wilkins ice shelf collapse
Posted in current events, science, technology, tagged climate, environment, google earth, landscape, maps, media, science, software, tools on 17 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The various stages of collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf in the Antarctica has been in the news over the past couple of weeks. Now you can watch an animation of the process in Google Earth, as assembled by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). After downloading the file and opening it with [...]
She blinded me with science!
Posted in science, technology, tagged chemistry, science, tools on 16 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve already established that I’m a nerd, so don’t be too alarmed when I tell you that today’s topic is snazzy periodic tables. I have three favourite sites I want to share, plus as a bonus, a fantastic chemistry database. If you’re not excited by the concept, maybe your high school-age kids will be! You [...]
What are latitude and longitude?
Posted in science, technology, tagged information, maps, science, tools on 9 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Monday’s post I talked about the North Coast Geotourism form through which you can submit locations of interest; on Tuesday I mentioned that the only tricky part of the form was getting the latitude and longitude coordinates, and on Tuesday I explained how to do this online. If you want some background on what [...]
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