Monday, October 8, 2012

Digital records of life-space

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In Germany, Malte Spitz asked his cell phone carrier what it knew about him. After some unanswered requests and a lawsuit , he received 35...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Modelling Cities from 1977

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A Old Movie About Modelling Cities from 1977 from Michael Batty on Vimeo . I thank Joao Meirelles for the pointer. A Old Movie About...
Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Assorted Links

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Car use is peaking in the rich world  and exploding in China Confirmation Bias and the iPhone 5 The fractals at the heart of African des...
Monday, October 1, 2012

Counting the World: documentary by UNFPA

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Counting the World is a not so new documentary produced by UNFPA. The film documents the many stages of the census process in five diff...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Replay: What exactly is a Ph.D.?

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Here is a very precise explanation (by Professor Matt Might) in a graphic way. obs. This post is a replay from a 2010 post .
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Land Regulation in Brazilian Cities

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It is somewhat difficult to find academic studies about Brazilian cities published in English. So here are some interesting papers I would...
Monday, September 24, 2012

off-topic: Art with maps

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Artist: Matthew Cusick  ( via ) ‘mylan’s wave’ [Click on the image to enlarge it] ‘girl from the amazon’ [Click on ...

Shrinking life expectancies in the USA

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The average life expectancy of least-educated whites in the U.S. is shrinking. (via  MR  and GS ) [image credit: NYT] "The rea...
Saturday, September 22, 2012

off-topic: Recommended film

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The Intouchables . Great movie!
Friday, September 21, 2012

The home-ownership debate

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The Economist Magazine has published a new 'Economist debate'. Should home-ownership be discouraged? (via Richard Green ) Gre...