Google Earth imagery update

Via Google Earth community



New high resolution:
Canada: Downtown Vancouver, BC
England: Northamptonshire, Nottingshire, Berkeshire, Peakdistrict,
Birmingham, Greater Manchester, Avon Gloucestershire, Linconshire
France: Rennes, Poitiers
US: Omaha, NE; Missoula, MT; Amherst, MA; Keowee, SC;
Catawba Wateree, NC/SC; Rolla, MO; Nashville ("Burbia"), TN; US Gaston
County, NC; Anne Arundel County, Metro Water District of Southern
California; State of Arkansas

Updated Imagery:
Spain: Gran Canaria, Fuertaventura, El Hierro, La Gomera, Tenerife, and Las
Palmas (Canary Islands) Spain
US: Austin, TX; San Bernardino, CA; State of Connecticut

Fixes:
Danish plane replicants removed
Andes, Maccu Picchu terrain repaired

Found on Google Books

A Journey through Ireland in 1834
Handbook for travellers in Ireland, 1854
History of Cork , 1861
Annals of the Famine in Ireland - first hand account of the Irish famine, published in 1850.
Letters on the condition of the people of Ireland

Linkdump

Austria's 5 star prisons
Why are burglary rates so high in Austria?
Find an old Unix command = $$$ Profit
an interesting observation. Yahoo Pipes = bash. Gmail = pine. Twitter = wall. Google = grep.
Waxy on the explosion of Twitter
nice graphs.

Toy Robot heads

These toy robot head pics make for some nice avatars.
Via Flickr

Invisible Octopus