15 month ago
philgyford : World Clock - Statistics (based on estimates) updating in real time about deaths, diseases, disasters, etc globally.
fastclemmy : worldclock.swf - worldclock.swf by fastclemmy & 5 other(s) The world, in realtime hotlinks clock world stats Copy | React (0)
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30 month ago
deusx : Are you prepared? - "In a major disaster, it might be several days before vital services are restored."
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31 month ago
deusx : infojunkies: Coffee supply crisis on horizon for 2007 - "Coffee futures may spike next year because of a looming shortage of green coffee beans caused by growing consumer demand coupled with an off year in Brazil's biennial crop cycle."
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32 month ago
philgyford : Enid Crow Disasters - Nice Cindy Sherman-esque self portrait photography of characters witnessing disasters.
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35 month ago
jkottke : Newsdesigner has the front pages of newspapers from when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff twenty years ago - Newsdesigner has the front pages of newspapers from when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on takeoff twenty years ago.
kayodeok : "They Slipped the Surly Bonds of Earth to Touch the Face of God" - On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 74 seconds after liftoff. Here are some front pages from that day and the next, culled mostly from the 7th edition of SND's Best of Newspaper Design book
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39 month ago
kayodeok : Slashdot | Condensing Your Life on to a USB Flash Drive? - What to take when you have to leave home in a big hurry
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39 month ago
kayodeok : How to Prepare for One Really Quick Getaway - New York Times - What is the first thing you will grab from your home if your house floods, catches on fire or comes tumbling down in an earthquake? Family photos? The pets? The Hummel figurines?
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39 month ago
kayodeok : Terrorists Don't Do Movie Plots - Commuter terrorism is the new movie plot. The London bombers carried bombs into the subway, so now we search people entering the subways. They used cell phones, so we're talking about ways to shut down the cell-phone network
Wayne Burkett : Wired News: Terrorists Don't Do Movie Plots - It's utterly depressing that Schneier, as always, is completely right and anyone who has spent five minutes on the problem knows he's right, but nothing will change. #
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