Paul Mison’s random stuff that doesn’t go elsewhere. Is it microblogging, or microactivity? (Previously known as ‘tumblr is my sock drawer’, for reasons that are somewhat unclear.)Tumblr (3.0; @blech)http://notes.husk.org/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1jtr4wjbH1qz4yloo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Cable & Wireless Giant Circle Map of 1945, photographed by <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tumblr.iamdanw.com/post/20009494648/for-blech">iamdanw</a>.</p> <p>There’s a <a href="http://blog.refractal.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/giantcirclemap.jpg">neater version</a> at “<a href="http://blog.refractal.org/2008/10/23/along-what-dimension-is-cyberspace/">Along What Dimension Is Cyberspace</a>”, a post on what looks at a quick glance to be the fascinating (if slightly neglected) <a href="http://blog.refractal.org/">refractal</a> site. (Again, thanks to Dan W for the pointer.)</p> <p>It’s interesting comparing this decorative, slightly off-centred polar azimuthal map to the <a href="http://notes.husk.org/post/20009217267/pan-am-world-routes">Pan Am route map</a>, made just twenty years later, that I posted earlier. For example, the Empire and Dominions (as they then were) are shown in red, whereas Pan Am leaves the entire world off-white, and there’s far more labelling. Of course, both have the handy property of showing great circles (other than the Equator) as straight lines. </p>http://notes.husk.org/post/20012404863http://notes.husk.org/post/20012404863Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:38:00 +0100azimuthal projectioncable &amp; wirelesscablesimagemapreblogtelecommunications1940ssubmarine cablebritainbritain the world centre“The demands are such that the 220 or so milliseconds it takes to reach Tokyo from London by maritime routes is now too long for some. Cloud computing, gaming, Skype, and financial trading are badly affected by “latency”, or delays in transmission. Demand for ultra-low latency connections is helping to drive a surge in construction. Four routes have recently opened up across the Asian continent and companies are selling links that will get your data packet to Tokyo in just 194 milliseconds.”<br/><br/> - <em>Frank Pope, in <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/eureka/article3330923.ece">20,000 terabytes under the sea</a>, which somehow I got at through a gap in <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/eureka/article3330923.ece">The Times</a> paywall. (<a href="http://new-aesthetic.tumblr.com/post/18856362045/the-technology-issue-cover-with-inside-fold-out">via</a>)</em>http://notes.husk.org/post/19196958583http://notes.husk.org/post/19196958583Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:28:05 +0000quotethe timesdatainternetcableslatencyhigh frequency tradingasiathe new silk road<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llwtb32Jyj1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/notascari/5763810984/" title="Decimated Power Lines">Decimated Power Lines</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/notascari/">Lulú De Panbehchi</a> on Flickr.</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/5930039005http://notes.husk.org/post/5930039005Sat, 28 May 2011 15:23:27 +0100imageflickrdecim8power linescableselectricidadglitch<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpembtrq9w1qz4vjro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>One for <a href="http://buildingservicesporn.com/">buildingservicesporn</a>? (Photo: Michael Appleton for The New York Times.)</p>http://notes.husk.org/post/178885031http://notes.husk.org/post/178885031Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:40:41 +0100imageny timesphotographcablestelephony