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Sunday Seven: Interesting links from the past week

April 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments

  1. April Fool’s pranks for nerds. A little geeky, but funny. From Wired.
  2. New book by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Children of Hurin, edited and completed by Tolkien’s son Christopher, will be released on April 17. From The Independent via Slashdot.
  3. World Mapper. We’ve all heard that the U. S. uses more than its share of resources or that India has more than its share of people, but World Mapper puts this (and a ton of other data) in graphic form. Via Signal vs. Noise.
  4. Speaking of maps, Family Watchdog takes public data about sex offenders and puts it on a Google Map. Enter your zip code and registered offenders around you will be mapped. Thanks to my mom for this link.
  5. The case for teaching the Bible. Time magazine featured this article last week about teaching the Bible in a secular way in public high schools. My HS did this and it was a very popular class. Via Relevant.
  6. LibraryThing. I just started fiddling with this social network built around books. Thanks to Brad Parish for this link.
  7. Keith Waggoner. A new blog of fiction and essays by an MHCCer who has the same name as the blog.

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  • 1 » Megan’s Law meets Google Maps… » jmcgready’s misc. universe » Blog Archive // Apr 1, 2007 at 11:37 pm

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  • 2 Kristen // Apr 2, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    1. The world mapper is neat. We have entire classrooms at Pellissippi dedicated to that type of thing. It’s really cool on the big screen.
    2. Keith’s blog is good! You’re setting yourself up for a little Competition with that one… :)
    3. I have spent about two semesters in college and have heard a lot about the bible. It used to be considered common knowledge even for people who were not Christians. It should still be that way.

  • 3 Marsha // Apr 2, 2007 at 6:40 pm

    The Family Watchdog weblink is good. I looked up our house and there are about 10 offenders in the surrounding area with one being on the next road over. It gives pictures, so you know what they look like.
    Great tool for families.

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