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Wednesday, November 28, 2001

iSee : Routes of Least Surveillance
This interesting web application will map a route between two points in Manhattan, avoiding known surveillance cameras. As the map shows, there are a lot of cameras. Click on the icon to the left of the question mark icon for the actual application.
i-SEE
" iSee is a web-based application charting the locations of closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance cameras in urban environments. With iSee, users can find routes that avoid these cameras -­ paths of least surveillance -­ allowing them to walk around their cities without fear of being "caught on tape" by unregulated security monitors."
posted at 11/28/2001 07:47:08 PM

Friday, November 09, 2001

2001 Leonid Meteor Shower
In the early morning of Sunday Oct 18, on the east coast of North America, viewers will be treated to a spectacular show of 800 to 4000 meteors per hour. I'll certainly be up bright and early.
Jaw-dropping Leonids
"Observers in North America, Hawaii, Australia and Asian countries along the Pacific Rim will be favored for the best views of the 2001 Leonids. Meteor rates in those places could climb as high as 8000 per hour -- not quite as intense as the 1966 storm, but more than enough to make a sky watcher's jaw drop."
Also see: Leonids 2001
posted at 11/9/2001 04:19:00 PM

Thursday, November 01, 2001

Osama bin Laden Assassinated ?
This article from the National Review discusses reports out of China and Japan that Osama bin Laden may have been assassinated by members of the Taliban.
Q&A on Osama bin Laden on National Review Online
" On October 24 a Chinese internet news site, Zhongxin Wang, ran a piece describing in detail the purported assassination of Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar by members of their retinue at an underground base near Kandahar on October 16."
via Follow Me Here
posted at 11/1/2001 12:46:23 PM