Interesting Links, September 20, 2011

Here are links I found interesting on September 20, 2011:

GPS Visualizer: Draw a map from a GPS data file – Great Web site for drawing GPS data on a map. Can be saved and embedded.
Gov. Perry Cut Funds For Women’s Health In Texas – 25% of the population of Texas is uninsured. This surprises me a lot more than the article headline.

Interesting Links, August 23, 2011

Here are links I found interesting on August 23, 2011:

Watching Attribution Erode on Twitter – Fascinating look at how proper attribution for popular tweets is eroded to the point of non-existence.
Why Amazon Can’t Make A Kindle In the USA – I think it's too late to fix this problem, but I sure wish we'd try.
FAA won’t ground your iPad – Good news for iPad-wielding pilots.

Here are links I found interesting on August 11, 2011:

FAA Clarifies Stand on iPads in the Cockpit – This has prompted me to get official FAA approval for my iPad with Foreflight as an EFB.

Here are links I found interesting on July 17, 2011:

Call to action: Help save GPS – I personally can't imagine the US government allowing a private company to screw up the GPS system…but then again, i dont know how many of our fine politicians have been bought.
Wash. pilots be alert for military’s aerial rodeo – So now it's not just crop-dusters that I'll have to contend with.
The Journal Becomes Fox-ified – "It’s official. The Wall Street Journal has been Fox-ified." Read more in the NY Times.
Choose your own flight path… – Some thoughts on a different approach to building a career.
The Six Worst Things to Happen to Rupert Murdoch Today – I'm really enjoying the misfortunes of this guy. Yes, it's true schadenfreude.

Here are links I found interesting on July 10, 2011:

Republicans: Trillions Could Be Cut from Budget if We Eliminate Empathy – This one is probably closer to the truth than intended.
A Letter from Rupert Murdoch – Ah, too funny.
Doonesbury: Creationism in Schools – If this doesn’t highlight the utter stupidity of teaching creationism, nothing does. Thank you, Gary Trudeau.
LightSquared blames ‘legacy’ GPS for interference – if this is true and LightSquared moves forward, GPS is in big trouble.