Monthly Archives: August 2009

Watching the Athens Wildfires

The Athens wildfires have devastated much of the countryside, but what we find most interesting is the speed in which NASA provided satellite imagery to Greece to help that government effort track wildfire patterns:

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Red Scare in Twilight’s Last Gleaming

Every so often, we need to stop, decompress from the tension in our present lives and look back at the human traps that were set in order to punish the foreign and the strange — and then we must vow … Continue reading

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tr.im Dies Ugly and Resurrects Horribly

The internet is a deadly and deceitful place.  We all try to get along with each other while chasing our greater dreams into the depths of the ether.  One thing you’ll need in your web journey is a “URL shortening” … Continue reading

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The Definition of Panopticonic

When I started this Panopticonic blog on November 27, 2008, there was no such word as “Panopticonic” in the world. I invented the meaning of the idea and applied it to an invented word. I created “Panopticonic” to give this … Continue reading

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