http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/ Links of interest en Copyright 2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:11:04 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The Knowledge of London Michael Overs blogs about his efforts to learn the streets of London well enough to earn the green badge of the London cabbie.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/the_knowledge_of_london_the_kn.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/the_knowledge_of_london_the_kn.html Maps Travel London Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:11:04 -0600 The London cabbie's "Knowledge" - downloadable for £24.99 To get a London taxi license, a cabbie has to master "The Knowledge" --memorize 320 runs and 20,000 points within five miles of Charing Cross. This is a set of study materials. "This complete pack contains a full set of runs, Points (over 30,000), Blank Maps (over 30), a list of London Embassies, Restaurants (over 4,000), Police Stations and Police memorials, Blue Plaques, London Museums, Theatres, Squares and Statues."]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/the_london_cabbies_knowledge_-.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/the_london_cabbies_knowledge_-.html Maps Travel Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:19:38 -0600 Opt Out From Online Behavioral Advertising By Participating Companies (BETA) Yet another place to set your browser to opt out of behavioral tracking cookies from 87 internet ad companies.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/opt_out_from_online_behavioral.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/opt_out_from_online_behavioral.html Technology Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:39:01 -0600 Google Ads Preferences Manager You can opt-out of the tracking cookie Google uses to track your surfing around the web for ad-serving purposes.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/ads_preferences_manager.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/ads_preferences_manager.html Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:16:47 -0600 Network Advertising Initiative If you don't want internet ad networks to track your movements around the web, you can opt-out here. (Must do this on each browser on each machine that you use to surf the web.)]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/network_advertising_initiative.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/network_advertising_initiative.html Technology internet advertising privacy Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:04:42 -0600 HomeschoolMath.net: Calculate square root without a calculator Just like Pete Stickney taught me.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/calculate_square_root_without.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2012/01/calculate_square_root_without.html Education Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:06:48 -0600 Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts and Symbols If your web browser renders characters as little squares instead of the symbols or letters you expect to see, you may need a TrueType font from this site, which has the massive Symbola and Unidings fonts and many others, available free of charge.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/unicode_fonts_for_ancient_scri.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/unicode_fonts_for_ancient_scri.html Technology alphabets fonts symbols Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:51:30 -0600 Cambridge Digital Library - University of Cambridge - Isaac Newton Collection The college notebooks and other manuscripts of Sir Isaac Newton, free to read online. (More about the Newton collection here.)]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/cambridge_digital_library_-_un.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/cambridge_digital_library_-_un.html Technology Cambridge Isaac Newton science history Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:44:04 -0600 Seth's Blog: Assorted tips, hope they help Some words to the wise (12 tips in all), including where to hide your spare house key, what to eat and not to eat, and how to get your head on straight. Also, backup your hard drive. (Via Ace of Spades HQ overnight thread.)]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/seths_blog_assorted_tips_hope.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/seths_blog_assorted_tips_hope.html Profound Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:40:16 -0600 Et tu, Mr. Destructo?: Game Over: Scans of Over 50 Ron Paul Newsletters The controversial statements, in their original context. (Via Ace of Spades HQ.)]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/et_tu_mr_destructo_game_over_s.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/et_tu_mr_destructo_game_over_s.html Politics::Election2012 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:32:23 -0600 DREW FRIEDMAN: A JACK DAVIS sampling A selection of cartoons, album covers, movie posters, and other art by the prolific MAD Magazine illustrator, whose work is the subject of a new anthology, Jack Davis: Drawing American Popular Culture by Fantagraphics Books. And don't miss Drew Friedman's story of Jack Davis's appearance at the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/d_r_e_w_f_r_i_e_d_m_a_n_a_jack.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/d_r_e_w_f_r_i_e_d_m_a_n_a_jack.html Whimsy cartoons Jack Davis Mad Magazine Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:09:57 -0600 Internet Archive: Academic Film Archive of North America Mathematics, astronomy, sociology, history, biology, poetry, current affairs -- educational short films from the '50s, '60s, and '70s.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/internet_archive_academic_film.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/internet_archive_academic_film.html Education Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:45:18 -0600 GoGeometry: Incenter, Circumcenter, Centroid, Orthocenter: Journey to the Center of a Triangle. A 1977 instructional film illustrating how the different centers of a triangle are constructed.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/incenter_circumcenter_centroid.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/incenter_circumcenter_centroid.html Education geometry mathematics Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:39:08 -0600 The American Spectator: Christopher Hitchens, Remembered: An Index to Remembrances Links to eulogies of the late controversialist and journalist, including one by his brother Peter Hitchens.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/the_american_spectator_the_spe.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/the_american_spectator_the_spe.html Culture Politics Christopher Hitchens obituaries Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:42:16 -0600 Oklahoma Almanac 2005: Oklahoma History Comprehensive lists of Oklahoma's statewide elected officials, legislators, U. S. Senators and Representatives, District Judges, Appeals Court Judges, Supreme Court Justices, District Attorneys, Federal Judges, U. S. Attorneys, and U. S. Marshals, plus lists of museums, historical markers, Hall of Fame members, and Rhodes Scholars, from statehood to 2005.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/oklahoma_almanac_2005_oklahoma.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2011/12/oklahoma_almanac_2005_oklahoma.html Oklahoma::History Oklahoma Oklahoma history Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:36:19 -0600