old trolley tracks exposed during construction at Grand Army Plaza. photo by Susan Kille via Brooklyn Spoke
The History and Origins of Science Fiction: an Infographic
Artist Ward Shelley maps the history of science fiction in painstaking detail. See the way big version here. Accurate?
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5 October, 1895 - ‘To Cyclists: Amenities of the Road’
The ‘G.O.P.’ took this from The Pocket Guide to Cycling, a book of Practical Hints, by Ernest M. Bowden, B.A. (Hay Nisbet & Co).
Be very careful to avoid giving offence to any one. Cyclists at the best are bound to be a nuisance to a good many people; and while they themselves have a good deal to put up with, it is not to be denied that they are often less careful to avoid causing annoyance to others than they might be.
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IBM Centennial Film: 100 X 100 - A century of achievements that have changed the world
Mapping America: Every City, Every Block »
NY Times turns Census Bureau data, collected 2005-2009, into distribution maps.
2010: Year in Fail
