datacenter design for HPC: Rate of Convective Heat Transfer q = hA(Ts − Tb); need CFM/kw < 100 & <<150

Average low density, non HPC, 5kw rack ≈ 5 hairdryers http://bit.ly/5qtGeA datacenter

RT @GoKunming: Cycling From Kunming To The Vietnam Border - Part One http://bit.ly/4Nhmpy travel

Mumbai India restaurants | Stan Sesser WSJ travel http://bit.ly/4x5zH1

travel China budget hotels | Stan Sesser, WSJ http://bit.ly/61hB9n

RT @EFF: Guide to E-Book Privacy: http://bit.ly/7WBXPS <-Track search, reading, purchase? Share with whom? Any customer control?

travel New form of malaria threatens Thailand -#Cambodia border http://bit.ly/60uWQc

37 Data and Visualization Blogs | FlowingData http://bit.ly/8WJLFv

Visualizing US Unemployment 2004 to Present (& How to Make a Map Like This) http://bit.ly/7CVzhV

A competitive board game on building *power grids* http://bit.ly/7INJnS datacenter infrastructure cool

Scaling challenges for future planet wide systems, not just 10*Facebook http://bit.ly/4PRGtH

Infographic coins remove confusion about value http://bit.ly/82uk8h <-but need clear country id! travel

datacenter container show review incl. IBM with flex config that addresses adoption barrier http://bit.ly/6XsrAb

British Airways (BA) strike next week for 12 days, 12Dec-2Jan? http://bit.ly/5GKxXR travel Oweee!

Looks like Agoda is big in Asia for hotel travel discounts, but not much splash in US except for FlyerTalk http://bit.ly/4QZ8QG

Cueva del Milodon (Milodon Cave), Chile mapped with photo/website data http://bit.ly/4rpmrv travel

Amazon spot EC2 instances, run work as long as your bid exceeds current spot price http://bit.ly/6GjKJ1

datacenter power arbitrage: 120v AC 30A rack in downtown SF $21/amp/month; $1K install

Mapping Patagonia Andes routes. Campamento de Agostini Chile map backpacking travel http://bit.ly/5Em4Aj

RT @sidboswell: Broadband mapping may have just gotten easier http://bit.ly/8gBRyV <-IDInsight's Broadband Scout http://bit.ly/4Efzco

Microsoft pivot : experimental analysis of large data collections http://bit.ly/72RDnq

Roundup of possibly worthwhile Google Chrome extensions http://bit.ly/7bxeiM

Lenovo Thinkpad System Update R4 for windows7 (found it previously, but not apparent today, duh) http://bit.ly/4W2TcG

Can Google Spanner principles be adapted to minimum case of 2 geo dispersed datacenter ? http://bit.ly/4NLkWJ

Need to reread Google on distributed systems, especially storage design. Light on network design. http://bit.ly/8r0uJl

datacenter site considerations: avoid electric power from coal. US energy map http://bit.ly/8rgYzM

Google wave still doesn't like iPhone. Inbox is ok, but wave display is blacked out on the right 1/3.

Global online mapping competition 15 Dec 09-31 Jan 10 http://bit.ly/8HhEh6

Interactive Mapping for Filmmakers @ BAVC, SF 12/3; 7PM http://bit.ly/8TTnjD

Japanese Google Picasa:quick response/QR bar codes with Web addresses. Scan QR code with phone; links to online photos http://bit.ly/4UhRST

Corporate Win 7 distro still borked with some weirdo authorization issue. Thanks Microsoft.

travel All-Inclusive All-You-Can-Eat Buffet Guide http://ping.fm/4HyCc

Easier 3D building development for #Google #Earth http://ping.fm/6JxmG

#datacenter water supply: "purple pipe" is used (in LA) for recycled water; $1M/mile; not transmission, but distribution; source: LADWP

#travel Closed areas in #China http://ping.fm/1rib3

#Datacenter site = f(Fiber ∩ (Bonneville Power Administration))

Slideshare with Audio Narration

Simple slide presentations with accompany audio narration keyed to the slide change

Windows oriented. Assumes:

• microphone available, perhaps from a webcam
• PowerPoint or OpenOffice Impress.
  

1. Open SlideShare account
2. Open Internet Archive account
3. Get Audacity audio recording and editing software
4. Search for Windows built in screen capture Snipping Tool
5. Create slides using Impress, inserting JPG screen shots
6. Record audio narration using Audacity
7. Edit audio narration
8. Upload slide presentation to SlideShare
9. Export audio in WAV format from Audacity and store locally
10. Upload audio WAV to Internet Archive
11. Edit SlideShare. For a demo see this.
    

#travel #Goggle Maps is useless for finding better #Lourve entrances than the dumb pyramid http://ping.fm/bPDIW

#Sitebricks - #Google web application development framework from built on top of #Guice http://ping.fm/CrHBZ

"Technical debt": design easy to implement in the short run but has a larger negative long run impact http://bit.ly/4FGfD

#travel Cross-border bus service planned between Laos and Cambodia http://ping.fm/FZIui

Nonin GO2 Achieve Fingertip Pulse Oximeter

Found this at REI for $99 for measuring O₂ saturation and heart rate.

Color of the one REI had is blue, which seems kinda dumb if you want something that stands out so you can find in in a gear bag, but the Nonin web site shows that the other colors aren't much better, though dark orange seems slightly better. At this point I'll try this one and see how if the color matters in practice.

Garmin Foretrex 401

Picked up a Garmin Foretrex 401 at REI for full price, $250, + CA sales tax, less last year's annual dividend and expecting something like a 10% dividend for 2009 purchases.  It's been getting very mixed and scanty reviews, but I want something for both traveling around and for heart rate monitoring.  Amazon had the best price on the associated heart rate monitor.

I had found a significantly better price at PC Nation but, once the PC Nation on line ordering system found out I was in California, it wanted an additional 9% use tax.  REI has the best return policy in case the Foretrex 401 turns out to be a turkey. 

Garmin's web site doesn't describe where the serial number is.  It's under the batteries.

Garmin's WebUpdater recognized the unit, but found no applicable updates.

One set of interesting functions is for free fall exit and descent management, "jumpmaster" functions, though that's a bit of a misnomer since besides calculating the High Altitude Release Point it can be also be used once out of the airplane to manage both the free fall and under the canopy parts of the descent.

Reduce time spent on noise in Google Reader with sort by magic (but have to Share and Like) http://ping.fm/gjKdd

Advice from #Google on large #distributed systems http://ping.fm/eOM26

#Panoramio is now an #iPhone app! (geo-tagging seems not to be transferring, though)

Add easypublic@appspot.com to wave contacts list and use to create public waves #GWave #GoogleWave

#GWave You may need to add your googlewave.com address to your profile so your contacts can automagically see you in GWave Contacts

#iPhone Unlimited International Data Plan #travel http://ping.fm/jBCPR

View PDF, Powerpoint, TIFF without opening app and leaving browser http://ping.fm/PR1c7

Equipment huts for telcom fiber deployment http://ping.fm/pWOvU

As part of researching details of #Vientiane points of interest, came across an interesting journal #laos http://ping.fm/98o1c

Flickr iPhone app: pretty slick

#travel Ramsar Site 999 - The Flooded Forests of Northern #Cambodia http://ping.fm/vav7j

#datacenter Water supply uses transmission and distribution, just like power. "Purple pipe" can supply recycled water for chillers.

Report map errors http://ping.fm/9VAl9

G1 or #iphone for extended #travel in Asia? http://ping.fm/Jh0W9

Use a non US SIM in #iPhone and disable data to avoid spurious charges. No jailbreak. http://ping.fm/gMMKr #travel

Garmin Foretrex 401 wrist wearable GPS with baro altimeter, disposable batteries (and military freefall/skydive functions!) http://ping.fm/YDcxv

Need Vietnamese/Lao speaker who doesn't complain to ride motorbikes on loop Lak Sao > Vinh > Đông Hà > Xepon > Salavan #travel

#travel Best credit/debit card for foreign exchange. Latest info in post 1625 http://ping.fm/3wZdW

Hong Kong men's suit: bring Jil Sander suit to copy; get style where pants can be worn without coat; get 2 pairs of pants; expect 3 fittings

#travel Maps of Indian Himalayas (Ladakh, Lahaul, Spiti), Sri Lanka, Maldives, and (claimed soon) Oman, Nepal, Borneo http://ping.fm/FURI6

#travel #Singapore prepaid mobile broadband http://ping.fm/YsHez (but see http://ping.fm/m8VHt for free wifi)

Overheard: Local SIM in #Bali #Indonesia Telkomsel for best network; XL for best price #travel http://ping.fm/YylAb

HP Desktop Config Aug 09

Purchased from CostCo
registration 8/21/09
Win Vista Home Premium 64bit
Intel Core i7 920@2.67GHz
12GB RAM
ATI Radeon HD4850 driver 8.581.1.0 4/28/09
5.9 Windows Experience Level
Hard disk: Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 1TB Cache 32MB
DVD 1 HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH40L
DVD 2 ATAPI DVD D DH16D5S
Intel 82567V-2 Gigabit Network

Have D-Link DIR-655
Old: HP a6177c

MyBook WD5000D032
--start by using USB
--try Firewire
--shows driver not installed, but able to scan disk using Win Explorer


Received FedEx Indirect Signature

Synced old computer music, pictures, and main files using Goodsync to two external disks
Took picture of rear ports

Defined screen resolution as 1920x1200, 60Hz for HP x2408 LCD monitor

Plugged in network
Plugged in USB from monitor
--monitor USB supports speakers and IR for keyboard/mouse (?)

Turn off Windows startup sound from Sound control panel

Defined one click access for folders

Computer can't access internet. Forgot that, even though access is wired, home router restricts by MAC address.

Used model and serial number for new name

Defined home workgroup

Determined MAC address (Help > Control Panle > Network and Sharing Center > Connection > View Status > Details)
Defined MAC address to DIR-655 router to allow internet access. Router didn't need reboot.
Reserved DHCP address

Invoked Windows Update multiple times to get Vista SP2 plus other fixes, including optional

Change mouse characteristics
--pointer options

Downloaded Revo Uninstaller
Removed trial security (to be replaced with Avast)
Removed Microsoft Works (to be replaced with OpenOffice)


Customize Start menu
--small icons
--unlock toolbar

Download/install Avast
--register to get reg key
--turn off Avast sound
--set auto update program
Download/install Firefox
Download/install Chrome Beta
Set default search to Google

AT&T Self Support Tool
(actually skipped this, but should have done early)

Download/install Java VM
--wants to install toolbar
--wants to install TuneUp that "fixes" iTunes--try

Download/install Google Toolbar for Firefox (beta?)
Download//install Google Updater with minimum software (Desktop)
Changed Google Desktop preferences to allow search across network

Control Panel, Network and Sharing
--turn on network discovery

Download/install Flash
Download/install Shockwave
Download/install Vuze (need appropriate port from router)
--wants to install toolbar

Download OpenOffice (should have done through Vuze torrent)
Download iTunes

Install iTunes/Quicktime
Set Firefox home page

Install Firefox addons
--delicious
--Diigo (doesn't work from Mozilla site, use Diigo site)

Download/install Thunderbird
--customize account
--don't use GMail account setting, since it's POP, not IMAP

Install OpenOffice
--custom: install ActiveX control

Install Google Docs with offline access
--install Google Gears

Install Windows Live Sync and sync to folders

GCal
--setup for offline access

Download/install Goodsync
Activate pro version (ok)

USB powered external disk not recognized
USB external MyBook recognized through USB, not Firewire

Sync Music and Pictures (approx 21MB/sec)

Download/install Roboform
--activate pro version (oops)
--activate pro version based on name/email

Sync to online Roboform

Update iTunes

Slysoft activations
-10/23/07
--make sure each download is installed before trying to activate
--use Win Explorer, search "license keys"
--

HP J6450 Printer
--software
--HP Solution Center-ok
--HP Smart Web Printing--defer
--HP Document Manager 1.0--defer
--OCR--ok
--HP Photosmart Essential 2.5--no
--needs restart

HP Deskjet 6980xi
--use "Add Printer" through network

Skype
--download/install

Picasa
--download
--install
--scan for photos

Acrobat Pro
--9/18/08 original purchase

MediaMonkey
--Gold registration (search "ventis")

PDF Password Remover (Emetrix)-todo

Hardware Tuning:
--Device  Manager > Hard Disk > Policies > Enable Advanced Performance ?

Money Plus-todo

Hardware Diagnostics
--Disk SMART program from seatools.seagate.com

Google Earth
--download/install

TweetDeck
--download/install

Uh oh, Blue Screen of Death
--probably from MyBook

Also, USB powered disk doesn't work.  WD website no help.  Works on other machines.

Garmin
--plugin
--Training Center

Google SketchUp 

Doesn't read SDHC

Garmin Webupdater

Need: OpenProj

Apple MobileMe control panel
--download/install
--control panel classic view
--configure, sync auto, sync with Yahoo and IE bookmarks

Firefox Yapta add on

Firefox Screengrab add on

Preah Vihear and Banteay Toup temples, Spean Mema bridge, and Sen Monorom waterfall added to Google MapMaker #Cambodia #travel

#Cambodia locations GPS Coordinates http://ping.fm/uWTZZ #travel

Looking for imagery of the SOG Leghorn site at YB604356 in Lao. Bet it hasn't been visited in 30 years

#Cambodia north/south Route 68 between Kralanh and O'Smach on #Thailand border to be upgraded http://bit.ly/UKlwh

Single visa proposed for #Thailand and #Cambodia #travel http://bit.ly/UKlwh

Just noticed that Carlos Saura's incandescent Carmen is available on Criterion DVD. Hooray! http://ping.fm/MGcCI

How to guide on creating large documents such as reports in Open Office Writer http://ping.fm/UwVNU

Nice high resolution view of Long Tieng, #Vietnam War era secret #CIA air base in #Laos http://ping.fm/Uyi1o

#Cambodia electricity cost, $.20/kwh, has limited foreign investment. New $160 coal 100Mw plant by 2012. Grid investment, too? http://ping.fm/2Da9G

3d map of Hong Kong #hongkong http://ping.fm/TL3dK

K5 minefield in #Cambodia is 700km wide and 400-500 km long along Thai border. Nice tourist attraction.

Graphic of path of 22 July 09 solar eclipse across #China http://ping.fm/5EwTn

#travel lesson learned for car rentals: upgrading to a Compact car from Economy is no longer sufficient to guarantee power windows/locks

New in Google Labs: City Tours. London, SF, NYC. Shows promise. #travel http://ping.fm/2frr4

#Angkor feature in National Geographic July 09 issue #Cambodia #travel http://ping.fm/2rshX

Need Lenovo charging tip L10a 41R4481 for #iPhone 3G/3GS replacing L10 41R4318 that worked with iPhone Gen1 $10 http://ping.fm/g8fO7

Mobile Me calendar review: 1/2*. Need to look at GCal for pointers to additional function

Lenovo 90w Slim AC/DC adapter with L10 tip charges iPhone G1, but L10a tip needed for 3G/3GS. Wonder if I can get a free L10a from support

Yahoo's patent on #datacenter cold row containment, but why isn't this prior art? http://ping.fm/5NOQo

Road from Poipet to Siem Reap #Cambodia now sealed as of 3 May 09! End of an era. #travel http://ping.fm/Jf55H

#Japan prepaid 3G internet data providers #travel http://ping.fm/FiuBX

RT @drelu: Great write-up on the distributed consensus problem by Mark Mc Keown: http://bit.ly/9QI93 #cloud

Ha ha, AT&T phone-in customer service doesn't know that you can pre-order a new #iPhone at http://ping.fm/M64ov

New "truck" border crossings: Mukdahan, Thailand and Savannakhet, Laos; the other Dansavan, Laos and Lao Bao, Vietnam http://ping.fm/OVzCL

#Google Docs now can read, but not write, .docx and .xlsx (Office 2007) http://ping.fm/OjR3m

Angkor (Khmer) Temples and Sites with Coordinates

Here's a work in progress of a listing of Angkor era sites in spreadsheet format, including:

• name
  
• country
• near (city/town/village)
• latitude
• longitude
• Panoramio photo, if available
• whether on Google Maps
• source.

If possible, this will be extended to OpenStreetMap.

As of 27 June 09 this includes 91 sites, including all those listed in:

• Ancient Angkor by Michael Freeman and Claude Jacques, River Books, Bangkok, 1999. A 2009 revised edition is available.

If AT&T implements HSPDA 7.2 to support iPhone video chat, will embarrassing coverage/signal strength improve? http://ping.fm/KOcPv

Design practices for #datacenter console area/"war room" including readability of large, wall mounted screens http://ping.fm/pWlnn

#travel MiFi pocket 3G WiFi router connects up to 5 WiFi 802.11b/g,devices; WPA2; Verizon/Sprint; 2 oz; 4 hr battery http://ping.fm/r07NR

Report #Google Maps satellite imagery with poor resolution http://ping.fm/flCio

#Google #Contacts added fields: nickname (sometimes), birthday; note:SSL http://ping.fm/ViGIi

Listing of Large Scale Mapping by Country

Just in case this information disappears, I'm going to extract the listing of map series by country for arge scale mapping from the US Defense Mapping Agency.  I believe these series generally are of 1:50,000 scale.

APPENDIX C

GUIDE TO GEODETIC STATUS¹
OF LARGE SCALE MAPPING

DATUM CODES
   A    Map sheets are on preferred datum.
   B    Mapping is being converted to preferred datum.
   C    Map sheets are not on preferred datum.
   *    Insufficient or unavailable information.
    

GRID CODES

   1    Map sheets portray UTM or UPS grid.
   2    Map sheets portray a nonstandard preferred grid.
   3    Mapping is being converted to a preferred grid.
   4    Map sheets portray a non preferred grid.
   *    Insufficient or unavailable information.
    

SERIES	AREA	DATUM/GRID
A741	CANADA	B 1
A742	CANADA	B 1
C762	ICELAND	C 1
E703	LESSER ANTILLES	* *
E712	BAHAMAS; TURKS AND CAICOS	* *
E714	BAHAMAS	* *
E721	JAMAICA	C 1
E722	CAYMAN ISLANDS	* *
E724	CUBA	C 1
E732	HAITI	C 1
E733	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	C 1
E735	PUERTO RICO	B 1
E736	VIRGIN ISLANDS	B 1
E741	MARTINIQUE	C 4
E742	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	C 4
E751	NICARAGUA	B 1
E752	HONDURAS	B 1
E753	EL SALVADOR	B 1
E754	GUATEMALA	C 1
E755	BELIZE	C 1
E762	PANAMA	B 1
E763	COSTA RICA	B 1
E772	COLOMBIA	* *
E785	VENEZUELA	C 1
E792	GUYANA	* *
E793	SURINAME	* *
E794	FRENCH GUIANA	* *
F701	MEXICO	* *
G712	CAPE VERDE	* *
G7222	MALI	C 1
G7232	MAURITANIA	C 1
G722	THE GAMBIA	C 1
G7252	SENEGAL	C 1
G7262	WESTERN SAHARA	C 1
G7312	NIGER	C 1
G7422	SIERRA LEONE	C 1
G7442	LIBERIA	C 1
G7452	GUINEA-BISSAU	C 1
G7462	GUINEA	C 1
G751	GHANA	C *
G7532	BENIN	C 1
G7542	IVORY COAST	C 1
G7552	TOGO	C 1
G7562	BURKINA	C 1
G7642	NIGERIA	C 1
G7712	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	C 1
G7722	CAMEROON	C 1
G7732	EQUATORIAL GUINEA	C 1
G7742	CONGO	C 1
G7752	GABON	C 1
G7812	CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC	C 1
G7822	CHAD	C 1
G7912	SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	C 1
G792	ST HELENA	* *
G793	ST HELENA	* *
H701	ARGENTINA	* *
H702	BRAZIL	C 1
H733	BOLIVIA	B 1
H741	PARAGUAY	C 1
H771	URUGUAY	C 1
J701	CHILE	C 1
J722	ECUADOR	C 1
J731	PERU	B 1
K717	CYPRUS	A 1
K7232	SYRIA	C 1
K7242	LEBANON	C 1
K724S2	LEBANON	C 1
K7252	SYRIA	C 1
K7372	JORDAN	C 1
K7372	JORDAN	C 1
K732	ISRAEL	C 1
K743	IRAQ	B 1
K753	RAN	B 1
K7610	BAHRAIN	C 1
K7614	KUWAIT	A 1
K7615	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	A 1
K7617	QATAR	A 1
K7619	YEMEN (SANAA)	A 1
K762	YEMEN (ADEN)	C 1
K763	SAUDI ARABIA	* *
K768	OMAN	C 1
L7001	TAIWAN, HONG KONG, MACAU	C 1
L7010	MALAYSIA	C 4
L7014	VIETNAM	C 1
L7015	LAOS	C 1
L7016	CAMBODIA	C 1
L7017	THAILAND	C 1
L7021	CHINA	* *
L7023	MONGOLIA	* *
L752	SOUTH KOREA, NORTH KOREA	A 1
L753	SOUTH KOREA, NORTH KOREA	A 1
L776	JAPAN	A 1
M619	SWEDEN	C 1
M7020	ALBANIA	A 1
M704	BULGARIA	A 1
M705	ROMANIA	B 1
M709	YUGOSLAVIA	A 1
M711	NORWAY	B 1
M713	FINLAND	B 1
M715	DENMARK	A 1
M716	SWEDEN	C 1
M726	UNITED KINGDOM	A 2
M733	NETHERLANDS	A 1
M736	BELGIUM	A 1
M745	WEST GERMANY, EAST GERMANY	A 1
M753	POLAND	B 1
M761	FRANCE	A 1
M771	AUSTRIA	A 1
M774	CZECHOSLOVAKIA	B 1
M775	HUNGARY	B 1
M781	SPAIN	A 1
M7812	AZORES	* *
M782	PORTUGAL	A 1
M783	BALLEARIC ISLANDS	A 1
M792	ITALY	A 1
M795	SWITZERLAND	C 1
M796	MALTA	* *
N701	USSR	B 1
N7011	USSR	A 1
N707	USSR	A 1
N709	USSR	* *
P711	CANARY ISLANDS	* *
P722	MADEIRAS ISLANDS	* *
P7332	MOROCCO	C 4
P741S	ALGERIA	* *
7432	ALGERIA	C 4
P7512	TUNISIA	C 4
P7612	LIBYA	C 1
P761S2	LIBYA	C 1
P7732	EGYPT	C 1
P7772	EGYPT	C 1
Q701	UNITED STATES	C 1
R712	AUSTRALIA	* *
R722	AUSTRALIA	* *
R733	AUSTRALIA	C 1
R742	AUSTRALIA	* *
R753	AUSTRALIA	* *
R754	AUSTRALIA	* *
R777	NEW ZEALAND	* *
S701	PHILIPPINES	C 1
T702	PAPUA NEW GUINEA	* *
T7113	INDONESIA	C 1
T725	INDONESIA	* *
T728	INDONESIA	C *
T731	INDONESIA	C *
T735	MALAYSIA, BRUNEI	C 4
T753	INDONESIA	* *
U711	AFGHANISTAN	C 1
U722	PAKISTAN	B 3
U723	BANGLADESH	B 3
U744	BURMA	* *
U753	INDIA	B 3
U763	NEPAL	* *
U771	SRI LANKA	B 3
U782	BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY	* *
U784	MALDIVES	* *
V712	UNITED STATES	B 1
V713	UNITED STATES	B 1
V714	UNITED STATES	B 1
V715	UNITED STATES	B 1
V716	UNITED STATES	B 1
V721	UNITED STATES	B 1
V722	UNITED STATES	B 1
V731	UNITED STATES	B 1
V733	UNITED STATES	B 1
V734	UNITED STATES	B 1
V741	UNITED STATES	B 1
V742	UNITED STATES	B 1
V743	UNITED STATES	B 1
V744	UNITED STATES	B 1
V745	UNITED STATES	B 1
V746	UNITED STATES	B 1
V747	UNITED STATES	B 1
V751	UNITED STATES	B 1
V752	UNITED STATES	B 1
V753	UNITED STATES	B 1
V754	UNITED STATES	B 1
V761	UNITED STATES	B 1
V762	UNITED STATES	B 1
V763	UNITED STATES	B 1
V772	UNITED STATES	B 1
V774	UNITED STATES	B 1
V775	UNITED STATES	B 1
V776	UNITED STATES	B 1
V777	UNITED STATES	B 1
V778	UNITED STATES	B 1
V779	UNITED STATES	B 1
V781	UNITED STATES	B 1
V782	UNITED STATES	B 1
V783	UNITED STATES	B 1
V784	UNITED STATES	B 1
V785	UNITED STATES	B 1
V791	UNITED STATES	B 1
V792	UNITED STATES	B 1
V793	UNITED STATES	B 1
V794	UNITED STATES	B 1
V795	UNITED STATES	B 1
V796	UNITED STATES	B 1
V796	UNITED STATES	B 1
V797	UNITED STATES	B 1
V798	UNITED STATES	B 1
W721	WAKE ISLAND	* *
W733	UNITED STATES	A 1
W743	GUAM, NORTHERN MARIANAS	A 1
W756	CAROLINE ISLANDS	* *
W761	MARSHALL ISLANDS	* *
X701	FRENCH POLYNESIA	* *
X711	SOLOMAN ISLAND	* *
X721	VANUATU	* *
X731	NEW CALEDONIA	* *
X7411	TUVALU	* *
X746	KIRIBATI AND PHOENIX ISLAND	* *
X747	WALLIS AND FUTUNA	* *
X754	FIJI	* *
X765	AMERICAN SAMOA	* *
X769	WESTERN SAMOA	* *
X773	TONGA	* *
Y627	DJIBOUTI	C 1
Y628	ETHIOPIA	C 1
Y712	SUDAN	* *
Y7222	ETHIOPIA	C 1
Y724	SOMALIA	C 1
Y731	KENYA	* *
Y732	UGANDA	* *
Y741	TANZANIA	* *
Y742	ZANZIBAR ISLAND	* *
Y752	SEYCHELLES	* *
Y761	MOZAMBIQUE	* *
Y775	MADAGASCAR	* *
Y783	MAURITIUS	* *
Y784	REUNION	* *
Z703	ZAIRE	* *
Z721	BURUNDI	* *
Z722	RWANDA	* *
Z731	ANGOLA	* *
Z741	ZAMBIA	* *
Z742	MALAWI	* *
Z745	ZIMBABWE	* *
Z752	NAMIBIA	* *
Z753	SOUTH AFRICA	* *
Z762	BOTSWANA	* *
Z772	SWAZILAND	* *
Z783	LESOTHO	* *
Z7842	SOUTH AFRICA	C 1

¹This guide provides information concerning unclassified mapping only. It is based on an appraisal of a majority of the maps available in the series. For information regarding map series not listed contact DMA (PR).
²This will be the correct status for these series if the present configuration of Appendix D is approved.  [apparently not available]

Hmm, is this a Thai military outpost within Cambodia? http://ping.fm/DPYx9

Ho Chi Minh Trail Travel Research

I've been interested in the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos for quite a while. I'm creating this post to summarize resources and findings.

Travel accounts:
Here's an account of 6 days of 250cc motorcycle riding from Vientiane to Salavan and return.

Books:

The Blood Road: The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War, John Prados, 1998 (reprint)
A History of the Ho Chi Minh Trail: The Road to Freedom, Virginia Morris & Clive Hills, 2006

13 May 09
Using Ray Smith's info on maps, I called Library of Congress Maps Division at 202-707-6277 and ordered L7014 Vietnam, L7015 Laos, and L7016 Cambodia map indexes.

Email received from maps@loc.gov:

I have included the indexes to the L7015 and L7016 series. Our records show that the restrictions were lifted for reproducing sheets from both of these sets in February 2005. However, sheets from the L7016 series produced during the year 1994 and later are still restricted.

Sent an on line inquiry to NOAA to see if they sell Operational Navigational Charts and Tactical Pilotage Charts.

Scanned Maps of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
http://www.nexus.net/~911gfx/sea-ao.html

General Information on Tactical Pilotage Charts
http://www.terrainmap.com/rm41.html

(to be continued)

Flight Memory

#travel Flight Memory: keep track of where you have flown; produce maps showing your flight routes http://ping.fm/L2rIX

Gobi global mobile 3G broadband

#travel #Gobi global mobile 3G broadband; both EVDO and HSPA cell http://ping.fm/cFZWt

Free fax receive

Lost pre-historic free eFax info. Solution: Search "fax receive free"; get new eFax->;email number; works with GMail, but x64 not supported

Opentable and Facebook

Opentable now supports posting of restaurant reservations and reviews on Facebook

Singapore prepaid mobile broadband

#Singapore M1 prepaid mobile broadband #travel http://ow.ly/3kSm

Useful maps of #Laos including some province details #travel http://ping.fm/HmvLj

Apples' Knowledge Navigator

Ok, this is from *1987* (and people wonder why Apple is hard to emulate) Knowledge Navigator http://twurl.nl/8jwoyn

China air pollution reporting credibility

Statistical anomalies in air pollution reporting in #China: no reports just over 100 (no 101, 102) http://poprl.com/IAS

Comparative US Electricity Cost Among States

Geez, why is the electricity cost 6 cents/kw-h in Missouri and 13.55 in Calif (Oct08) http://ping.fm/GSnoF

Preah Vihear Cambodia border temple (Thai: Phra Viharn) set to reopen from Thailand side

Preah Vihear Cambodia border temple (Thai: Phra Viharn) set to reopen from Thailand side 10 Feb 2009 http://poprl.com/HOr

update: this has been delayed by intensified military activity

Nikon D40 took 8GB Cl 6 SDHC ok

Nikon D40 took 8GB SDHC ok. Kingston Class 6 from Amazon currently cheapest non-fake

Posted walk along Limantour Beach, Pt Reyes, CA to WikiLoc

Posted walk along Limantour Beach, Pt Reyes, CA to WikiLoc http://poprl.com/G7Y

Tom Stoppard play 'Every Good Boy Deserves Favour' @ National Theatre #London until 25 Feb http://ping.fm/vxgjh

Blog format converters (WordPress, Blogger, MovableType, LiveJournal) http://ping.fm/gRKN9

Summary of multi vendor #cloud interoperability demo http://ping.fm/hqTBr

Approaches to replacing ACID/RDBMs/shards in a distributed database, cloud (elastic, commodity hardware) setting http://ping.fm/BUPv7

English language timetable information for railways in #China #travel (schedule; trains) http://www.chinatt.org/

Google-sponsored imaging satellite GeoEye-1 covered inaugural, passing over Washington DC at 11:19am local http://ping.fm/C0o6f

8-Gbps Fibre Channel (FC) service extends #SAN over 135km distance with no mid-span amplification ADVA COLT #Europe http://poprl.com/DjV

MIT's Citeline, web publishing bibliographies/citation collections as shared interactive exhibits http://ping.fm/KBfFJ

Motorbike trip: south of Xi'an to Xinjiang, where #China #Kazakhstan #Russia #Mongolia meet #travel http://ping.fm/2069M

Telcordia NEBS Requirements for Telecomm #DataCenter Equipment/Spaces GR3160 http://ping.fm/ZSIji

Discussion of tether vs data card for #travel net access including combined 3G usb-modem/wifi-router http://ping.fm/xy1nU

#China hotel review site #travel (can't attest to its accuracy, but may not be spam) http://ping.fm/MVvLo

#Vietnam tourism stimulus Jan-Sep 09. 30-50% rate cut hotels, airlines #travel http://vietnamnews.vnanet.vn/showarticle.php?num=02TRA291208

More on global roaming smartphones, virtual hotspots, 3G, post #8 http://ping.fm/AHYSM

Thread on smartphone data roaming in Europe http://ping.fm/F3T3H