June 14, 2015

Shanghai touts its leaning tower as Pisa Rival

Shanghai wants the world to know it’s not taking second place to anyone in the Leaning Tower business, and they have numbers to make their case.   Alright, they admit, the Shanghai tower, at right above, is only about 20 meters high compared with…

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Apple Maps still trying to find its way

A fleet of Google’s mapping cars…now Apple is doing the same                 Photo: westbayhomes.org   Apple, whose 2012 Maps application got no love as a replacement for Google Maps on Apple devices, is…

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Ethiopia Musings: 1) Getting to Addis

  I recently had the wonderful opportunity of going to the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to teach pathology at the University of Addis Ababa. The University was founded in 1950,  with 7 campuses in and around the city. I…

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Shanghai touts its leaning tower as Pisa Rival

Shanghai wants the world to know it’s not taking second place to anyone in the Leaning Tower business, and they have numbers to make their case.   Alright, they admit, the Shanghai tower, at right above, is only about 20 meters high compared with…

Read More

Apple Maps still trying to find its way

A fleet of Google’s mapping cars…now Apple is doing the same                 Photo: westbayhomes.org   Apple, whose 2012 Maps application got no love as a replacement for Google Maps on Apple devices, is…

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Ethiopia Musings: 1) Getting to Addis

  I recently had the wonderful opportunity of going to the Black Lion Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to teach pathology at the University of Addis Ababa. The University was founded in 1950,  with 7 campuses in and around the city. I…

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