A patron asks a librarian for a book called "Oranges and Peaches." The librarian asks, Do you happen to know the book's author? The patron replies, Oh, it's by someone named Darwin. I have to read it for a class. The librarian finds a copy of "The Origin of Species" for the patron.
1.20.2008
And speaking of geography...
...this map is cool. Countries are labeled by the two-letter country codes that are used in URL extensions.
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This kind of a map is prone to inaccuracies and questions of what really are useful/interesting comparisons, but well, the idea, if nothing else, is interesting: http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/
3 comments:
This kind of a map is prone to inaccuracies and questions of what really are useful/interesting comparisons, but well, the idea, if nothing else, is interesting: http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/131-us-states-renamed-for-countries-with-similar-gdps/
What an interesting map! Cool that you looked around the strange maps site, too. Minnesota would have to be Norway...
Long pause in the discussion…
And look at this map—interesting to watch it unfold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US_states_by_date_of_statehood.gif
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