July 2011
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Geographic Information Systems Help Scholars See... →
Few battles in history have been more scrutinized than Gettysburg’s three blood-soaked days in July 1863, the turning point in the Civil War. Still, there were questions that all the diaries, official reports and correspondence couldn’t answer precisely. What, for example, could Gen. Robert E. Lee actually see when he issued a series of fateful orders that turned the tide against the Confederate...
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Mayor pushing to ban plastic bags at Austin stores →
unconsumption:
See also earlier Unconsumption posts here on other plastic-ban ordinances.
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humanscalecities:
With “Carmageddon” looming in Los Angeles, I decided to take my “LA with no cars” video and re-edit it with new music, coloring and opening shots. Editing was done in Final Cut, coloring done with After Effects and shot on a Canon 60D.
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The Texas Tribune: Meet the Trib's new Multimedia... →
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Got a photo of the great Texas drought of 2011? Or a massive wildfire? Video of Gov. Rick Perry or U.S. Rep. Ron Paul on the hustings? We’ve got a place for it.
Today, we launch the Trib’s new multimedia Tumblr blog, a repository for reader-generated photography and multimedia content on…
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The Next Biggest Boom Towns in the US →
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Of course Austin, Dallas, San Antonio AND Houston are on this list.
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Beautiful, especially around 2:53. →
An almost painterly sensibility suffuses the String Quartet No. 5 from 1991, which is so rich in color.
Through their exemplary intellectual consideration, richly varied tone and gorgeous use of color and texture, Brooklyn Rider revealed to me far more within Glass’ music than I had ever heard before — and I can’t think of better praise for such a project.
Holy. Also listen to...
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Edward Tufte’s “Slopegraphs” →
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Beirut live show stream. →
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http://www.sanantonioriver.org/ →
I just got back from a presentation on natural channel design and a tour of the Mission Reach Project given by San Antonio River Authority staff. I have to say that I am BLOWN AWAY by the level of coordination present between SARA, the city of San Antonio, Bexar County, the San Antonio River Foundation and the US Army Corps of Engineers. There’s no way this could have happened if not for the...
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