Owner: hobolinks URL:http://www.cyberhobo.net/hobolinks/ Join Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:46:54 -0500 Rating:1 Site Description: Links for the internet hobo. Topics include nature, species discovery and extinction, maps, outdoor adventures, rock soup, and how these things relate to the internet and web development. Site statistics:Click here
The temptation of Mokshi 2006-10-19 00:07:19 Expedition 360 adventurer Jason Lewis arrives at a destination he’s contemplated over more than a decade of trekking: a Tibetan monastery. He describes his reaction and the temptation
to end his journey there.
Maurice Horn Poem 2006-10-18 23:03:17 This made me smile when I saw it posted on yourclimbing.com:
The Fragrance
This morning when I awoke,
My pipes were frozen.
So I went climbing
And returned home late at night.
I didn’t shower
And my hair began to grow.
By July my pipes were thawed,
But not before I smelled
The fragrance of myself.
More on Maurice
’s site.
Geodistance.com 2006-10-16 16:39:30 A simple interface for drawing a route and finding the length.
(Via Programmable Web)
Mouse species discovered in Cyprus 2006-10-12 21:10:13 The first mammal species
discovery in Europe since 2001. Fossils indicate the mouse has been on the island a few thousand years more than humans, one of a very few mammals predating us there.
Read more:Mouse
, Cyprus
Brush-Finch species discovered in Coloumbia 2006-10-11 21:56:08 This mountain exploration project is funded by the BP Conservation Program. Is it greenwashing? I don’t know, but they say the remote territory will yield several more discoveries before they’re done.
(Via Stellar Magazine)
Read more:species
, Brush
, Finch
GIS Jobs Mashup 2006-10-11 16:28:28 The GIS Jobs Clearinghouse now has, appropriately, a Google Maps Mashup
of job locations. There’s one in my town…
(Via Progammable Web)
Forest Service Topos 2006-10-10 17:45:36 You need software able to decompress them (I have 7-zip), but there appear to be a wealth of free quad images at the ForestService
Geodata Clearinghouse.
(Via The Map Room)
Read more:Topos
Liberated Topos 2006-10-24 14:13:00 The libre map project has started liberating topos, although they’re only available at the moment via the internet archive, these are full-resolution TIFF images. Colorado is among the states available.
Read more:Topos
700 hobos 2006-10-24 16:30:50 The 700 hobos project has surpassed its goal of collecting voluntary illustrations for all 700 notable hobo names.
(Via J-Walk Blog)
The Kouprey: a post-extinction species invalidation? 2006-10-24 23:05:20 Northwestern University researchers conclude that the Kouprey, subject of a (probably) failed campaign to save the Cambodian mammal from extinction
, may not have been a real species
after all. Does that mean it’s not extinct, even though there are none left? Eyiyi.
Vancouver to Vancouver 2006-10-28 14:42:51 Linked from an expedition 360 update is Vancouver
to Vancouver, another human-powered around-the-world expedition. I wonder how many amazing adventures are underway in relative obscurity?
cyberhobo's outdoor search 2006-10-27 23:45:12 I took a minute at the new Google Co-op to create a search engine for the outdoor
sites I frequent. I’m sure, like me, you’ll all use it responsibly for serious outdoor topics like ‘pee’ and stuff.
Whooping cranes reproduce in Winsconsin 2006-10-27 19:54:37 The last recorded successful US Midwest nesting was in Iowa in 1894. From a low point of 15 individuals, this is considered a milestone in the effort to preserve the species. It seems like the hope is that if human predation is controlled the species will survive on its own.
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Extinct, the reality TV show? 2006-10-26 23:28:05 I guess it’s one way to garner attention for a few endangered species. There’s a schnazzy promo site. So will money actually save a species, or just keep it around long enough to entertain us over the holidays?
(Via Another Chance To See)
Read more:Extinct
, reality
Liberated Topos at libremap.org 2006-10-30 16:21:58 libremap.org is now in business with free hi-res topo map downloads for many US states. Cheers to all who made this happen!
Read more:Topos
London Zoo breeds a Socorro Dove 2006-10-30 23:26:28 Extinct in the wild for 30 years, it looks like this bird just might survive in captivity. I wonder how many species are “zoo-only” at this point?
Read more:Zoo
, breeds
Try "em all 2006-10-31 15:45:59 If you’ve wondered how Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo! online maps compare but haven’t had time to try them all, you can play with all three at once here. They’re synced up so each map shows the same area.
(Via ProgrammableWeb)
Free US Shaded Relief Map 2006-11-01 17:38:24 Along with lots of details about how it was done. Is the seed for public-domain topos of the world in here somewhere?
(Via The Map Room)
Localharvest.org 2006-11-01 21:01:19 I’ve been looking for local farms recently (since reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma), and this is the the best online resource I’ve found so far.
Platial Mapkit 2006-11-03 15:47:41 A tool for adding a Google-map-based community to your own website. I’m sure some outdoor sites will want to give this a try.
(Via Google Maps Mania
Last call for seafood 2006-11-03 18:31:27 We have only 50 years left for wild seafood
according to this BBC news article. The evidence is based the number of “collapsed fisheries”, but it doesn’t clearly explain what “collapsed” means, or how it relates to species extinction.
Hike to The Wave 2006-11-04 04:33:55 Hiker Rick of besthike.com has made it to The Wave in southern Utah. The pictures of this place never fail to intrigue me.
A little nice news for climbers 2006-11-06 23:56:15 A 62-person study concludes: Rock Climbing Does Not Increase Risk Of Osteoarthritis.
(Via Stellar News)
Read more:little
, climbers
Outdoor Vancouver 2006-11-09 01:49:39 I suppose local outdoor mashup sites like this will continue popping up until a really good global wiki makes the scene. This one has some Google maps, but they weren’t working for me.
(Via Programmable Web)
Read more:Vancouver
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