IAD - Open for business
Come on, you've got still lots of work to do... ^^;
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jawoo koo / washington, dc
The last thing you wanna do in Miami (Florida, in general, I think) is..
Couldn't agree more, Michael.
Snow pile, taller than Bonna
She seems not very impressed though.. Overwhelmed? ^^;
Winter Wonderland
... used to be just a playground.
Magic? Science!
Bonny, amazed looking at the color of liquid in flask changes as she blows, well, CO2. This lab, at the Smithonian Museum of American History, quickly became her new favorite spot in DC!
Classic toys
"Classics from yesterday - for kids of today!", or for grown-ups with those memories.. I think these were in my house too. But, well, Bonna seems not very impressed. Quickly passing over to the Dora section. :p
Strawberry Swing
via youtube.com
Fantastic..
Global Surface Summary of Day
Speaking of weather, NOAA NCDC's GSOD is probably the biggest/greatest archive of global daily weather data from stations worldwide - since 1929. However, well, it's not very user-friendly/diggable. Maybe it's intentional, but hope somebody please tell them which century we're living in.. Urgh, like, have you guys heard of this thing called API? :p
How Weather Data Could Be the Next Location Data
Weather data is moving down to the micro and personal level with better, more granular data, and the emergence of applications that can use weather data effectively. I Google my local weather on a daily basis, and objects like clock radios commonly that provide real-time weather forecasts. In a video on Deep Thunder, IBM research Lloyd Treinish explained it as: today we need super computers to deliver this type of prediction service, but someday this will be more widely available on a desktop and for individuals.
via earth2tech.com
Then the question is, will this level of data ever available for really needy people, like smallholder farmers in Africa.. AGCommons?
