Decode Systems

My calculators page is here .

My "computer rescue" page is here .

A more comprehensive list of things I'm looking for can be seen here.

• The U.S. Department of the Interior has an interactive mapping service for the United States that can generate useful and informative maps. The National Atlas of the United States is available here.

• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has put their nautical charts on-line here .

• Some screen shots of a user interface design - from a movie.

• For a trip back to a more pleasant time, read this advertisement from the Bell Telephone Company ("Ma Bell") circa 1940. They actually advertise the pleasant demeanor of their operators!

• I received an interesting comic book produced by, of all people, General Electric. It extoles the virtues and nearly unlimited possibilities of atomic power - from the vantage point of 1948. Click here to read more.

• Bell Labs has a fun text-to-speech demonstration that allows you to hear a synthesized voice speak any phrase you enter in a variety of languages. As Joe Bob Briggs would say, check it out.

• NASA has a interesting set of web pages here describing early computers used in space missions.

• The Cable News Network (CNN) apparently does not have anyone left who understands basic science. During their coverage of the Space Shuttle Columbia re-entry accident they had this graphic at the bottom of the screen, reporting that the shuttle was moving at 18 times the speed of light.

• Escrimador at the Chinatown/Gallery Place Metro station.

• Do you measure up?

• A question you should not have to ask.

• Dangerous drink.