The Colour Lovers Blog has a really interesting post on the color of currency around the world. The comments are now hosting quite  a selection of currencies the original post didn’t include.

Creating maps for years on end will certainly force you to learn about the proper use of color. Some of these currencies are actually quite stunning in their design.

Don’t trip over yourself downloading it.

Unfortunately internal testing will require a few more… days? No… Months. June 2008, 7 months after the bug was initially identified.
The WHS Forums are rejoicing with the good news, here’s a choice remark from a happy user

“Now that MS has kinda-sorta “promised” a fix a scant 7 months after the bug’s discovery, let’s lock all the related threads and just pretend all is well.  Now I remember why I hate forums on vendors’ sites:  conflict of interest.

There are only 50-75 people who have had this problem, my {rear end}.  If that were remotely true, the WHS developers wouldn’t be making it their #1 priority.

Seriously, explain to your kids how simply playing files thru Windows Media Player would constitute “editing” because WMP changes the “underlying metadata”.  Want to rotate that picture of Aunt Sally?  Just copy it to your desktop, open it up, rotate it, and then copy it back to the server.  Sheesh.  And these guys think a KB article nearly 3 months later suffices?  Really?  “Hey, kids, be sure to read this article, then initial here that shows you’ll abide by these rules.  It’s called an ‘Acceptable Use Policy’ and it’s kinda like one you may have to sign when you’ve got a job of your own!”

Anyway, enjoy this rant before it disappears like so many files on your Windows Home Shred, er, Server (WHS).

(I was asked to repost this here rather than in the new thread I created.  Sorry for the double post.) ” Bgood2

On another note, the server forums are full of deleted post goodness.

I see licensed, experienced surveyors make errors every day (not to bash the profession, I see an enormous amount of survey data) and the fallout from such mistakes can be dire. Now Alabama feels fit to introduce a bill to allow un-licensed surveyors to practice in rurals parts of the state. I don’t understand the logic here; if this passes they will be cleaning up this mess for years. The folks over at the Surveying, Mapping and GIS blog have an exhaustive series of posts on why this is a really bad idea.

It appears to have good functionality maintaining the bulk of the paid API’s features. Good news from the folks at MapQuest.

 

So, my brief hiatus has been due to a heavy dose of field work over the last two days. I’ve had the pleasure of tagging along for some Archaeological work our company has been engaged in over the last year. Always fun to apply GIS in new ways. Hopefully my 7 (count em) readers (hits ) were able to tide themselves over.

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Looks like the folks at ASUS have finally made the 9″ EEE PC a reality.

 Blogeee.net is reporting that the ASUS should provide full specs during a press release tomorrow.

Engadget has posted a few photos, and has claimed the device will sport up to 12GB SSD and 1GB of RAM. The resolution of the 9″ display is still under wraps, as ASUS will not turn the device on until its official unveiling tomorrow. Base price of the device will be €399. The device is reported to be scheduled for release ’mid 2008′.

 We should here more about this device during ASUS’ official press release tomorrow.