My Desultory Blog

RichC | October 26, 2017

Yesterday I shared a "map" diagram with my daughter Katelyn and labeled a small drainage ditch we called the "crick" … also shared a disease story with her that she decided not to share with her friend. The name for that bit of water got me thinking about all the names we use for bodies […]

Category: Memories, Misc, Tidbits, Video | No Comments »
Tags: crick, howard farms, interesting, katelyn, lagoon, lake erie, map, water

RichC | November 1, 2016

For those who study history and in particular World War II, this map illustrates the human toll on each country around the world. Likely the information is well know, but seeing the losses as a percentage of population suffered outside the United States visually leaves an impression.

Category: History, Millitary | No Comments »
Tags: History, map, war, ww II, ww2

RichC | March 20, 2016

  One cumbersome downside of driving older premium vehicles like our 2010 BMW X5 35D is that 6 year old technology might as well be 20 years old. The navigation software and maps leave a lot to be desired in today’s Internet connected mapping world. The current 2009 maps (above) have never been updated and […]

Category: Automotive, BMW, Technology | 3 Comments »
Tags: BMW, GPS, map, Navigation, torrent, x5 35d

RichC | February 11, 2016

(lower resolution JPG image above – download full resolution PDF from MedAire) MedAire launched its Travel Risk Map 2016 PDF, an interactive map that highlights medical and security risks across the globe. The online map rates regional security as ‘extreme’, ‘high’, ‘medium’, ‘low’ or ‘insignificant’, and medical risks as ‘low’, ‘medium’, ‘high’, ‘very high’ or ‘rapidly […]

Category: Health, Travel | No Comments »
Tags: 2016, map, medaire, risk, Travel

RichC | October 19, 2013

After offering a little tech help to a computer novice setting up email and an a few bookmarks, my friend asked me why some web pages are so “busy and confusing.” He was refering to the columns and underlined words in of all places … MY BLOG. Hmm … is it that confusing I wondered? Maybe because […]

Category: Blogs, Computer | No Comments »
Tags: blog, desultory, layout, map, richc, wordpress

RichC | July 9, 2013

EDIT: Once again a postie post that didn’t post when it was suppose to yesterday. Hmm??

Category: Archive, Misc | 1 Comment »
Tags: europe, map