The Whole World in New York

The New York Talk Exchange (NYTE) uploaded these incredibly cool visuals of how connected and reliant the rest of world is to New York City. Go to the site and watch the videos too.

Check this out:














"In the Information Age, the flow of IP (Internet Protocol) data between locations is nearly ubiquitous. Globe Encounters visualizes in real time the volumes of Internet data flowing between New York and cities around the world. The size of the glow on a particular city location corresponds to the amount of IP traffic flowing between that place and New York City. A greater glow implies a greater IP flow."















World Within New York shows how different neighborhoods reach out to the rest of the world via the AT&T telephone network. The city is divided into a grid of 2-kilometer square pixels where each pixel is colored according to the regions of the world wherein the top connecting cities are located. The widths of the color bars represent the proportion of world regions in contact with each neighborhood. Encoded within each pixel is also a list of the world cities that account for 70% of the communications with that particular area of New York.

coooooooool!

Total Lunar Eclipse

So I've dodged the flu bullet all winter and yesterday it finally struck my core. I'm sick and running a fever and up-chucking left and right. I miss my Mommy.

Buuuuuuut....

There is a Total Lunar Eclipse tonight I'd thought I'd pimp out:

On Wednesday, February 20, 2008, beginning at 7:01 p.m. PST, the moon will move completely under the shadow of the Earth in a total lunar eclipse. The eclipse can be seen in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Hope for good weather because the next total lunar eclipse won't happen until December 2010.

The moon will be completely under Earth's shadow for about 50 minutes. During this time, the moon won't be completely obscured because of indirect light coming from the Earth's atmosphere. But the moon will appear to change colors from light gray to orange or deep red. The shade depends on the amount of dust and clouds in the Earth's atmosphere.

For you West Coasters the eclipse starts at 7:01PM, Mountain region 8:01, Central 9:01 and us amazing East Coasters 10:01.