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Saturday, March 8, 2003

Professional Gear Doug was intrigued by the frequent references to Cayce Pollard's Buzz Rickson's MA-1 Flight Jacket scattered throughout Gibson's Pattern Recognition. He found a MA-1 jacket at U.S. Wings. In due course, U.S. Wing's Type 440 (G-8) US Navy Leather Flight Jacket led me to Indiana Jones Gear. Just professional interest mind you. Jackets are one thing, but it has become quite a challenge these days to find a good fedora or bullwhip. 9:12:00 PM    comment   trackback []

NASA's Newest Maps Reveal a Continent's Grandeur and a Secret "From Canada to Central America, the many grandeurs of North America's diverse topography star in a just-released high-resolution map from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). But a relatively obscure feature, all but hidden in the flat limestone plateau of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, is what emerges as the initial showstopper from the mission's first released continental data set." [NASA's Earth Observatory] Amazing space-based imagery, just amazing. 8:59:16 PM    comment   trackback []