MAP and CHEESE: 2016

Friday, December 30, 2016

Earthquakes and GIS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

Be sure to expand the list in the upper left to access the Download button. It will provide you with multiple download options (CSV, GeoJson, KML, and more).

Also, click the gear (Settings) in the upper right to change what earthquakes are visible on the map.

http://mapandcheese.blogspot.com/2014/01/earthquakes.html

https://www.gislounge.com/find-tectonic-plate-gis-data/

Thursday, December 29, 2016

More Radio

KGLO AM 1300
KGLO AM News
KGLO shows
KGLO tunein

Coast to Coast AM
     -station finder
Dave Ramsey
   -station finder
Ground Zero
   -stations
Rush Limbaugh
Hannity

Monday, December 19, 2016

Radio in the Oskaloosa Area

KBOE
http://www.kboeradio.com/
104.9 FM

KMZN
http://www.radiokmzn.com/

740 AM
99.5 FM

KNIA
http://kniakrls.com/

95.3 FM
1320AM

KRLS
92.1 FM

Radio Locator

nice Osky News Article

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

New Google Sites

Prefix to new google site addresses:

https://sites.google.com/view/mapandcheese

Just change out the "mapandcheese" part.

Global Radio and NASA GIFs

Global Radio Article

NASA's GIF Library (article)

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Download Earthquake data for use in maps/GIS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

Be sure to expand the list in the upper left to access the Download button. It will provide you with multiple download options (CSV, GeoJson, KML, and more).

Also, click the gear (Settings) in the upper right to change what earthquakes are visible on the map.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016

CIA maps

Saturday, December 3, 2016

College Basketball Schedules

Friday, November 11, 2016

Lefse

Lefse time recipe
SOFN recipe

Friday, November 4, 2016

Fill my ballot out wrong

Courtesy of the Onion:

Oskaloosa Afternoon

Story Map

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Piper Disney Pixar

Disney Pixar's Piper short, which was shown before Finding Dory in the theaters.

Such a great video. The message it delivers about parenting, childhood, and diversity is so creatively done.

https://vimeo.com/189901272 (it appears to have been taken down)

Neatorama (it appears to have been taken down)

Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Little Free Library

https://littlefreelibrary.org/

Friday, October 28, 2016

Halloween Viewing

Weekend Halloween viewing list:

~~Roseanne Halloween episodes~~
~~Home Improvement Halloween episodes~~
~~Freaks and Geeks Halloween episode~~
My So Called Life Halloween episode
American Horror Story (Murder House and Freakshow Halloween episodes)
The Fog (John Carpenter's version)
~~Cabin in the Woods~~
~~Halloween 3~~
The Mist
~~Phantasm~~
~~The Office Halloween episodes~~
South Park Spooky Fish episode

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Anti-malware suggestions

Here are some great anti malware programs:

There are lots of antivirus programs out there. Here is a great article from PC Mag. I've tried most of these and have been most happy with Bitdefender.

For removal tools, here are what I always put on my computer:

Malwarebytes
SUPER Antispyware
Spybot
Norton Power Eraser
Combofix

Don't forget to use ninite.com to download what you want!

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Phone Vendors

Olympic voting:
If, after the first round of voting, no city obtains the absolute majority of the votes cast, as many rounds are held as necessary for a city to obtain such majority. The city receiving the least number of votes leaves the competition.

Monday, September 5, 2016

Random WTBS and USA memories from childhood

TBS Nite Flix (with the lava lamp)

Commander USA's Groovie Movies

Friday, September 2, 2016

Fav College Football Team Schedules

Georgia Tech

Air Force

Iowa State

Iowa

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Fantasy Football 2016

Fox Fantasy Football

2016 NFL Draft (rookies)

Depth Chart

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Mason City Council Candidates

North Iowa Today page

Friday, August 26, 2016

Oskaloosa Football Schedule

NOCoast in Oskaloosa

NoCoast Beer Company in Oskaloosa, Iowa

North Coast Brewing Co
Peace Tree Brewing

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Google drive mapping stuff

Noticed some mapping stuff within Google Drive.

In Drive, right-click, click more:

KML, KMZ viewer with Drive (opens up to http://kmlviewer.nsspot.net/)

There is also "on the go map", Google Fusion Tables, My Maps.

Just need to investigate farther.

Monday, August 15, 2016

End of the Summer Viewing

To quote Don Draper "Nostalgia literally means the pain from an old wound. It's a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone."

I think we all get that little twinge when summer comes to an end. Summer vacation coming to an end and school starting is something just about everyone grew up with. If you have kids (or are a teacher) you get to experience it all over again. Watching the pool toys and squirt guns move from end-cap to the clearance aisle and replaced by pencils, folders, backpacks. Perhaps summer ending is the best metaphor for growing up.

Whether you are reminiscing about your own childhood summers or the recent one that has come and gone, summer coming to an end is a melancholy experience.

So I thought I'd make a list of viewings that seem to capture that feeling.

14. The Myth of the American Sleepover Just the trailer seems to capture the nostalgic feeling of summer coming to an end.

13. "The Last Weekend" episode of Saved by the Bell. Remember when the gang got summer jobs at the beach resort Malibu Sands? Well, this is the last episode of that segment and features an end of the summer luau. Ah the memories....the volleyball game, the birthday/anniversary combo party, the wife from King of Queens. You can view this and all the episodes on Netflix.

12. Sideways Well, this is a more grown-up end of summer movie. The image of Miles sitting at his desk and Maya's voice over creates a melancholy moment.

"I did not cry then or ever about Finny. I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family's straitlaced burial ground outside of Boston. I could not escape the feeling that this was my own funeral, and you do not cry in that case."

11. Wet Hot American Summer To be honest, I often have a hard time distinguishing in my head Wet Hot American Summer, Meatballs, and Little Darlings. But this movie is hilarious and has an awesome last night at camp.

10. One Crazy Summer The Dew Drop Inn, Demi, Cute and Fuzzy Bunnies, Bobcat, touching cars, Godzilla, ugly dog, Teddy. Hopefully all these things make you smile and wish you could do the summer all over again. If they don't, you need to watch this movie.

9. American Pie 2 Jim and Michelle getting together, the end-of-summer party at their beach house, and the music all seem to capture the end-of-summer moment.

8. Meatballs Are you ready for the summer? It just doesn't matter! A classic summer camp movie.

7. National Lampoon's Vacation Just like the next entry in the list, I love the photos that show up at the end during the credits.

6. Summer Rental For some reason, this movie just seems to capture the road trip family vacations I remember when I was a kid. I love the rainy scenes. Summer isn't always sunshine and beaches.

5. MTV's True Life: I have a Summer Share That Tommy is an interesting character. For some reason this episode just seems to suck you into it. It has a somewhat poignant ending....time to clean up the place and head back to work. Watch the whole episode here.

4. Adventureland Ahhh summer jobs. For many people, they define a summer. It may have been a crappy job but at the end of summer you can't believe you are a little sad to leave it. Adventureland is a great movie about summer, relationships, and growing up. Martin Starr, Bill Hader, & Kristen Wiig round out a great cast.

3. American Graffiti The last night of summer before heading off to college I watched this movie. My favorite part is when Curt is talking to the Wolfman, eating popsicles.

2. Lucas It's too bad summer couldn't have lasted for Lucas. He met a new girl, snuck into concerts, caught bugs, and got to be his own eccentric self with no problems. Than summer ended and back to school where he experienced bullies, heartbreak, and social awkwardness.

1. Stand By Me In a way, Stand By Me is a perfect example of summer ending and having to grow up.

Columbia, MO GIS links

Here are some GIS and mapping links for Columbia, Missouri (in Boone County):

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Entertain Maps

Haven't had a lot of time to explore....but definitely will:

Monday, August 8, 2016

Milwaukee GIS Stuff

City of Milwaukee Data

Milwaukee County Data

State of Milwaukee Data (State Cartographer's Office)

Friday, July 29, 2016

USAToday's 50 state...

USAToday's 50 state scenic drives, views, quirky landmarks, adventures.

ARTICLE

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Cleveland Maps

This is Cleveland maps

Thursday, July 14, 2016

RAGBRAI maps

Town Maps:

RAGBRAI Maps:

Pork Belly Ventures Maps:

Campsites (2016)

JCG Story Map

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Google Domain Web Stuff

Web Forwarding

Integrate Google Domains & Sites

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Esri stories June 2016

Storytelling with Maps Contest Winners (DirectionsMag)

Winner Gallery

New Story Map apps

ArcGIS Earth 1.2 released

ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative

Best Free Antivirus 2016

PCMAG

Toms Guide

Tech Radar

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

New York's Central Park maps and GIS

http://www.centralparknyc.org/maps/

Monday, June 27, 2016

A couple mapping companies

Craig Williams Creative

CommunityLink

https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigwilliamsinpinckneyville

Elite Cartography

Friday, June 24, 2016

RAGBRAI links

RAGBRAI: website facebook twitter

Glenwood: website facebook
Shenandoah: website facebook
Creston: website facebook
Leon: website facebook
Centerville: website facebook
Ottumwa: website facebook
Washington: website facebook
Muscatine: website facebook

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

11 must see movies before you die

This list is courtesy of Mancow's 6.18.16 show from Owen Gleiberman :

1. The Godfather
2. Citizen Kane
3. Taxi Driver
4. Pulp Fiction
5. Double Indemnity
6. 2001: A Space Odyssey
7. The Graduate
8. Blue Velvet
9. Manhunter
10. The Road Warrior
11. It's a Wonderful Life