Live at Shepherds Bush
April 8, 2014
ACME Planimeter
ACME Planimeter has got to be one of the best online web tools I've ever used. I love to look at real estate ads, then find them on Google Earth or Bing Maps, but the Google Earth measuring tool has limitations - at least in the free version I use - in that I can use it to outline the dimensions of the property, but then have to use my calculator or an online acreage calculator to figure out the total area. That takes time and often isn't all that accurate, the cause of which is not completely my incompetence.
Well, I want to believe that, anyway.
Here's the outline of a property I'd love to own near Quitman, Texas. (home town of Sissy Spacek) The listing says it's 50 acres and using the ACME Planimeter gives the exact same figure.
It's really easy to use. From the website:
Drag the map with your mouse, or double-click to center.
Click on the map to place points.
The enclosed area is shown below.
The page remembers your most recent position/zoom/map-type for the next time you visit. If you haven't visited before, it tries to figure out your location based on your internet address. The area computation is done using spherical geometry, so it's correct for large regions.
Well, I want to believe that, anyway.
Here's the outline of a property I'd love to own near Quitman, Texas. (home town of Sissy Spacek) The listing says it's 50 acres and using the ACME Planimeter gives the exact same figure.
It's really easy to use. From the website:
Drag the map with your mouse, or double-click to center.
Click on the map to place points.
The enclosed area is shown below.
The page remembers your most recent position/zoom/map-type for the next time you visit. If you haven't visited before, it tries to figure out your location based on your internet address. The area computation is done using spherical geometry, so it's correct for large regions.
And I Make Your Pee Stink
| You Are Broccoli |
 You are down to earth and practical. You go for whatever is tried and true. You tend to be a bit cautious, but you're not as boring as people think. There's a little room for spice in your life. You are very healthy, and you take good care of yourself. You do your best to make good choices. You are reliable and stable. You may not be the hottest thing, but people come back to you over and over again. |
Not sure about being very healthy or taking good care of myself or even making good choices, but I think most of the rest holds true. Well, maybe not reliable and stable, either, but I DO like broccoli.
The one problem with it is it's on the list of foods to avoid if you're prone to kidney stones...but I don't pay a lot of attention to that list. Then again, when I'm in the throes of agony from a stone, I always regret not paying attention to the list.
Oddly enough, a good online friend of mine and I were talking about vegetables earlier today on Facebook after she had posted a cauliflower recipe. Cauliflower isn't in the results, but I wouldn't have minded being that vegetable, either. After looking at all the possible results, I'm surprised I wasn't a mushroom.
Why? Well, because I'm usually in the dark and people feed me crap all the time.
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omphaloskepsis
omphaloskepsis om·pha·lo·skep·sis [om-fuh-loh-skep-sis] noun
contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
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