tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post4361173512171333308..comments2023-05-29T08:58:13.381-04:00Comments on Recycled Knowledge: Justice at lastJohn Cowanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-67881512166424031472008-02-08T10:10:00.000-05:002008-02-08T10:10:00.000-05:00Oops. Beverly is north of Boston all right, but S...Oops. Beverly is north of Boston all right, but Sharon is west of it.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-46326048449661719162008-02-08T10:07:00.000-05:002008-02-08T10:07:00.000-05:00It's easy to create these things with Google Maps....It's easy to create these things with <A HREF="http://maps.google.com" REL="nofollow">Google Maps</A>. You switch to the "Get directions" tab and enter the start and end cities at the top, then use "Add Destination" at the bottom of the left frame to add the other places, and then drag them about (using the boxes with the - signs next to each city to make the detailed directions disappear).<BR/><BR/>"The city" must be Boston, and I arbitrarily defined "Cape Cod" as Chatham. So <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Boston,+MA&daddr=Marion+MA+to:Chatham,+MA&mra=cc&sll=42.004407,-70.606384&sspn=0.767402,1.691895&ie=UTF8&z=9&om=0" REL="nofollow">here</A> is the original route (which requires a bit of a detour to enter Marion at all, in fact); <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Boston,+MA&daddr=Beverly+MA+to:Sharon,+Norfolk,+Massachusetts,+United+States+to:Chatham,+MA&mra=ps&mrcr=1,2&sll=42.729801,-72.232783&sspn=3.034267,6.767578&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=0" REL="nofollow">here</A> is the second, which is pretty loony, as Cape Cod is south of Boston and Beverly and Sharon are north of it, and <A HREF="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Boston,+MA&daddr=Lawrence+to:Lowell+MA+to:Lawrence,+MA+to:Quincy+MA+to:Norton+MA+to:Athol+MA+to:Marion,+MA+to:Chatham,+MA&mra=ps&mrcr=6,7&sll=42.195645,-70.58429&sspn=1.530169,3.383789&ie=UTF8&z=8&om=0" REL="nofollow">here</A> is the third route, which is completely insane. Somehow I think yer man was looking at a list of town names, not a map.<BR/><BR/>As for the limericks, they satisfy all the required formal properties of limericks except wit.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-28374574504205362612008-02-08T04:13:00.000-05:002008-02-08T04:13:00.000-05:00I'd love to see a similar map for John Forster's w...I'd love to see a similar map for John Forster's wonderful song <A HREF="http://www.johnforster.com/ENT_MAR.html" REL="nofollow">"Entering Marion"</A>.<BR/><BR/>And on the subject of limericks, well, <A HREF="http://radio.weblogs.com/0100945/stories/2002/04/06/tahoeTripReportJuly2001.html" REL="nofollow"> here are a few</A> of dubious origin.scruziahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04753665681997405438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-30233465078563690342008-02-07T13:35:00.000-05:002008-02-07T13:35:00.000-05:00Thanks for the tip, Arthaey.Hmm. A lot of classic...Thanks for the tip, Arthaey.<BR/><BR/>Hmm. A lot of classics in there, a lot of old chestnuts (same thing from a different perspective), and a lot of would-be limericists who don't know where the stressed syllable of <I>clitoris</I> is. <BR/><BR/>Whether they know where the referent is, that I leave up to others.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11807812.post-15611770777245396862008-02-07T02:17:00.000-05:002008-02-07T02:17:00.000-05:00If this isn't the most timely coincidence...Xkcd j...If this isn't the most timely coincidence...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/02/04/limerickdbcom/" REL="nofollow">Xkcd just posted</A> about his new <A HREF="http://limerickdb.com/" REL="nofollow">LimerickDB</A>.Arthaey Angosiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107174886837969594noreply@blogger.com