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Friday, October 3rd, 2003
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5:19a - Maps
Multimap.com, an online atlas service based in the UK, has some very nice maps. It is much easier to navigate than Mapquest or Yahoo! Maps, and has nicer-looking and more detailed maps (especially for Europe but also for North America). It also has a nice interface for when multiple places have the same name, or one with very similar spelling. For instance, this disambiguation map for the search "Mantovino" in Italy shows eleven places that I might have been thinking of. Unfortunately, they seem to only offer aerial photos by post for £24.95 (without even showing any previews).
current mood: dorky
current music: some noise in the common room (comment on this)
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8:17p - Natural-Born Professor
I managed to lead a class discussion today. Without having notes. Without having even looked at that section of the book in more than a cursory manner (mostly during class announcements). With an hour and a half of sleep and a cup of English Breakfast. I even did it well, stimulating interesting discussions that made the class lose track of time. Oh, and my professor is the author of the book.
NB: I really shouldn't do things this way, especially when I really enjoy the content (like in this class), but it's good that I can do so. Imagine the courses I'll teach while prepared.
current mood: satisfied (1 comment |comment on this)
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