DCC Online Information Resources includes various online encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and Infotrac Newspapers (”Access to 10 national newspapers from 1985 to date, 50 journals and periodicals covering subjects from astronomy and computing right through to geography and science. Also The Times digital archive from 1785-1985. If it made the headlines it’s here!”)…

Seems a well kept secret, you need to be a member of the library, great for next year’s cultural geography coursework or your other studies.

Hat-tip V.Ellis

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As in the title, might be useful when note taking for revision.

Hat tip - K.Cooper.

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Thanks to the individuals 103 individuals that have downloaded the Cyclone Sidr resources, a special thanks to those that have said ‘thanks’ and Alan for his efforts in advertising them over the last week. I will leave them for another week.

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A great set of Landsat images have been released of Antarctica, read more about the story here. Will be interesting to view these in Google Earth. A nice set of resources on the site as well.

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Thanks to Sam, who has directed me to some great first hand videos of the Gloucestershire floods on YouTube, whilst preparing his coursework task. An example below.

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There is now a page on the Geographical Association website about the project I have been involved with on webcams, some nice ideas already. I need to start writing up my parts now…

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Saturday is my DVD catch up day, apart from ‘The Lives of Others’, which is excellent and a nice background for those going to Berlin, I purchased this blast from the past ‘Last Place on Earth’, the last hour we’ll use in class, because I think the failings and challenges of Scott’s expedition will inform your coursework nicely. Stars a young Martin Shaw and a younger Hugh Grant, I was nine when this was first released, but it has aged well… produced by Central, remember them?

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Thanks to all the staff, students and new students that sent the Geography Department postcards, we had fifty, over the coming weeks I’ll produce a display and associated statistics about our travels outside the new Humanities computer room.

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A trip down memory lane for some, for others you have the fun to come. One of the walks on the MFL-Humanities Berlin visit, using embeddable Google Maps, with thanks to Stringy for the video. Direct link.

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A belated present from a Geographer mate Jo, ‘A long way gone’, is the true story of Ishmael Beah, a child solider involved in the civil war in Sierra Leone, those of you familiar with the film ‘Blood Diamond’ will know something of the background to the conflict, it is a harrowing read, but well worth it to gain an insight into the childhood geographies of others. There are a number of multi-media resources on the website, including Ishmael reading the first chapter from this book.

Ishmael speaks here on the The Hour show

A truly inspirational individual.

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