Scoville Units Unite » Link http://agraham.org/blog reviews, rants and random chilli ratings Wed, 16 May 2012 13:32:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Link: Strange Maps http://agraham.org/blog/2008/12/11/link-strange-maps/ http://agraham.org/blog/2008/12/11/link-strange-maps/#comments Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:41:05 +0000 Alan G http://agraham.org/blog/?p=99 Given they have just pushed out a mega update it seems a good time to link to Strange Maps.

A really interesting site, especially if like me, you are a huge nerd.

There are all sorts of maps, from fantastical ones to real ones of countries that don’t exist and micro-nations which existed for a brief glimmer.

Some strange examples include:

Stalin’s proposed homeland for Russian Jews

Europe, If the Nazis Had Won

The World in (George Orwell’s) 1984

Elleore – occupies a special place among [Danish islands]: unpeopled for most of the year, and not part of Denmark when it is – that is, if you’re partial to the semi-jocular sovereignty claims of micronations.

Cannibal Map of the World

Prepare to lose a day or two learning obscure geography.

]]> http://agraham.org/blog/2008/12/11/link-strange-maps/feed/ 0 Link: UGS http://agraham.org/blog/2008/11/25/link-ugs/ http://agraham.org/blog/2008/11/25/link-ugs/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:28:36 +0000 Alan G http://agraham.org/blog/?p=63 I was an early member of UGS, having user number 37 until a database cockup a while back (Thanks KJ!).

It originally started as a board about hip hop, then a well timed explosion of the Dundee music scene a number of years ago co-ordinated with the death of the Kerosene board due to Colin deciding he was too old to be a DJ meant it had a period of rapid growth and then a decline when social network sites started taking off and filled the space sites like UGS were taking advantage of.

It now seems to be diversifying a lot after being narrowly focussed on the Dundee rock scene for a while.

I can heartily recommend it for random stuff, happenings in Dundee, crap films, good films and loads of bitter late 20 and early something ranters about the state of the world.

Linking

I am trying to write a short piece about why I am linking to a particular site and what it means to me rather than adding a plethora of random links from the blog. This means I have to actually think about my association with them and if I can’t write a short paragraph about why I am linking to them then I can’t really expect any readers to be interested in them.

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Giving him two old game reviews I wrote and will copy any future ones to that site too.

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His most interesting post so far was assisted by me. Whoops, forgot I was filming and moved to take a portrait shot.

He likes obscure bands. I’m sure his blog won’t suck.

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