B.J.S. Cahill (Bernard Joseph Stanislaus Cahill, 1866-1944), cartographer and architect, was the inventor of the octahedral “Butterfly Map” (published 1909; patented 1913) His Butterfly World Map, like Buckminster Fuller’s later Dymaxion Map of 1943 and 1954, enabled all continents to be uninterrupted, and with reasonable fidelity to a globe.
Iranian military personnel participate in the Velayat-90 war game in unknown location near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran, December 30, 2011.
REUTERS/Fars News/Hamed Jafarnejad
indeed!
human decision required, Space 1999
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in a letter to Zelda’s Dr.
I think I’ve posted this before. I love this quote, and seems appropriate today if you have found your other half.
I know all these guys. (via VHX)
(Source: gifshop)
“The Dutch are bicycle fanatics. Almost half of daily travel in the Netherlands is by bicycle, while the country’s bike fleet comfortably outnumbers its 16 million people. Devotees of the national obsession have taken the next logical step by launching what is likely the first bicycle school bus.”
(via Dutch Kids Pedal Their Own Bus To School | Co.Exist: )
I’m fairly certain this photo was taken in Nijmegen, where I used to live…makes me miss the Netherlands.


