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Library of Congress, on Flickr

Search within any Flickr user’s account, then click the Slideshow icon/link in the top right to create your own. Grab the embed codes from the Share link (once you’re looking at your slideshow).

U.N. launches World Digital Library

Last week, the United Nations launched the World Digital Library, featuring historic books, maps, recordings and other artifacts from many of the great institutions around the globe. The WDL draws on the resources of the Library of Congress, UNESCO, and other cultural institutions. For example, below is a digitized film from 1899, shot by Thomas [...]

maps

The Independent‘s cover story is a look at how digital technology is enhancing maps, and how maps have historically enhanced our understanding of and interactions with our environment. The article identifies anchors in the Triangle’s mapping community, people who share a desire to critique the world through spatially arranged lines and icons that, in sum, [...]

Ride of Silence, tonight

from the Herald Sun’s website: Ride of Silence set tonight RALEIGH — As part of National Bicycle Safety Month, the N.C. Bicycle Committee has endorsed tonight’s nationwide Ride of Silence, a slow-paced bicycle ride to honor those who have been injured or killed in bicycle-motor vehicle collisions and raise awareness of bicycle safety. “Bicyclists share [...]