http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/ Links of interest en Copyright 2010 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:47:06 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Why you've never really heard the "Moonlight" Sonata. - By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine Pianos have changed since Beethoven's day. A visit to the Franklin Historic Piano Collection in Ashburnham, Mass., and audio of the "Moonlight" and "Appassionata" sonatas and works by Brahms and Debussy on contemporary pianos, compared to the same works played on a modern Steinway.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/03/why_youve_never_really_heard_t.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/03/why_youve_never_really_heard_t.html Music piano Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:47:06 -0600 Bob & Ray on the web Home page for the classic radio comedy of Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding. You can buy a thumb drive with the complete Bob & Ray audio archive -- 90 hours, 1837 routines -- for a mere $349. Bob & Ray audio is also available for download at Amazon MP3. Bob & Ray are (is?) on Facebook, too. And here's a New York Times story about Bob Elliott, his son Chris ("Get a Life"), and Chris' daughter Abby, a featured player on SNL.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/03/bob_ray_on_the_web.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/03/bob_ray_on_the_web.html Whimsy Bob & Ray radio comedy Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:18:08 -0600 Variety review: Biker Fox Self-produced biopic of one of Tulsa's eccentrics: "The man has no personal relationships we can detect, outside of the few people who work for him and the car-parts customers he frequently abuses on the phone. His past is an enigma, and the basis of his anger, which he admits to, is a secret. Without some kind of insight into what makes Biker Fox who he is, it's all a bit shallow, if frequently entertaining." ]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/03/variety_review_biker_fox.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/03/variety_review_biker_fox.html Tulsa Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:58:09 -0600 Eminent Domain as Central Planning by Nicole Gelinas, City Journal Winter 2010 An over-broad definition of blight (it includes "underutilization") allows cities to condemn land and buildings that aren't blighted at all. (Oklahoma has the same problem, which undermines our state constitutional protection against government seizing land for private use. "In the 1930s...'substandard' and 'unsanitary' meant 'families and children dying from rampant fires and pestilence' in tuberculosis-ridden firetraps. In 2006, by contrast, the UDC's consultants found 'substandard' conditions in isolated graffiti, cracked sidewalks, and 'underutilization'--that is, when property owners weren't using their land to generate the social and economic benefits that the government desired."]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/eminent_domain_as_central_plan.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/eminent_domain_as_central_plan.html Cities eminent domain Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:10:48 -0600 Peak Phosphorus May Follow Peak Oil | Miller-McCune Online Magazine "Without phosphorus, the world cannot grow food. Yet only three countries control 73 percent of the world's remaining known reserves of phosphate rock.... Phosphorus cannot be destroyed, but it is becoming dissipated in the environment... 'There's a whole industry that needs to be invented to capture phosphorus. We need a new way of growing crops that keeps it in the field instead of letting it run down into the Gulf of Mexico. We need plants that are more efficient at getting phosphorus.'" (Via Ace of Spades HQ.) ]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/peak_phosphorus_may_follow_pea.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/peak_phosphorus_may_follow_pea.html Technology phosphorus Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:49:44 -0600 Old Road Maps of Texas A great collection of scans, mainly of the city insets of oil company road maps of Texas, from 1942 to 1970. Some street maps (Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston). A resource for finding the pre-freeway routes of highways through cities.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/old_road_maps_of_texas.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/old_road_maps_of_texas.html Maps Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:50:56 -0600 Red army galvanizing in our bluest towns - BostonHerald.com Thanks to Scott Brown's win, Massachusetts Republicans are coming out of the closet and getting organized. Let's hope the party oldtimers, used to being big frogs in small ponds, don't throw too many obstacles in the path of the enthusiastic newcomers. (By the way, the headline illustrates why the Republican Party should never have allowed CNN's map to define red as its color. The Red Army was the army of the communist USSR. In every other country, red is for the socialist/left-leaning party, blue is for the conservative party.)]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/red_army_galvanizing_in_our_bl.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/red_army_galvanizing_in_our_bl.html Politics Massachusetts Republican Party Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:21:07 -0600 Republican Valentine e-Cards Some of these are pretty funny. Reid and Pelosi: "We crafted this Valentine's card behind closed doors." Obama: "I've saved or created millions of valentines." Algore: "I'll charter a flight to bring you this Valentine's card in person."]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/republican_valentine_ecards.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/02/republican_valentine_ecards.html Politics Whimsy Democratic Party Republican Party Valentine Day Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:18:56 -0600 Language Log: Modal deafness Trouble telling the difference between a major and minor triad? You're not alone. It's hardest when the chord isn't inverted.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/language_log_modal_deafness.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/language_log_modal_deafness.html Music Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:58:52 -0600 IEEE-754 Calculators Because sometimes you need to know the hexadecimal representation of a floating-point number.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/ieee754_calculators.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/ieee754_calculators.html Technology floating-point hexadecimal Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:37:50 -0600 Mako Snark A new blog of funny political Photoshops from a conservative perspective. (Via The Other McCain.)]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/mako_snark.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/mako_snark.html Politics Whimsy political cartoons Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:26:38 -0600 Why aren't my videos getting more web traffic? : Ft. Hard Knox Good advice on how to help websurfers find your videos. It's all about providing descriptive text that search engines can grab.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/why_arent_my_videos_getting_mo.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/why_arent_my_videos_getting_mo.html Blogosphere Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:15:05 -0600 Poetry related to US History and Geography Poems for school children about Peter Stuyvesant, Peregrine White and Virginia Dare, Pocahontas, Forty-Niners, Columbus, DeSoto, Miles Standish, Coney Island, and Niagara Falls, among other topics: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3. (Found in a search inspired by Dawn Summers' blog recitation of "O Captain, My Captain."]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/poetry_related_to_us_history_a.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/poetry_related_to_us_history_a.html American history poetry Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:06:30 -0600 Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Step-by-step chronological account of the development of US international and interstate boundaries, the creation of territories, and the settlement of disputes -- not only what boundaries changed, but why, with links to further information. A good example of what Wikipedia does best. ]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/territorial_evolution_of_the_u.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/territorial_evolution_of_the_u.html Maps Oklahoma::History Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:28:11 -0600 Library of Congress - Indian territory: compiled under the direction of the Hon. John H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, by C.A. Maxwell. Map shows boundaries of tribes and territories in 1889, with colored outlines and numbers to indicate areas that were ceded back by the tribes to the Federal government following the Civil War.]]> http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/library_of_congress_indian_ter.html http://www.batesline.com/linkblog/2010/01/library_of_congress_indian_ter.html Maps Oklahoma::History Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:22:58 -0600