Stories by mikeocool

Metrication in the United States

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike

LeVar Burton launches Reading Rainbow startup

What If London’s Geography Were As Distorted As Its Tube Map?

Groupon aquires HyperPublic, API to shutdown in 2 weeks

How Far Can You Get From McDonald's?

A Look Inside LEGO’s Design Offices

World's largest scale model of the solar system covers all of Sweden

Building a ZeroMQ app with Python

Vassar computer error incorrectly informs 72 applicants they're accepted

Former lobbyist tells all, describes bill he lobbied for as a 'boondoggle'

Using more of ex in Vim

How StackExchange monitors their servers

Notable typefaces of 2011

Events of World War II Being Tweeted in Real Time

60+ Megapixel Map of 1918 US 'Auto-trail' System

Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Building a Map Server

Don't launch a company, launch an experiment

Rippled timber reindeer observation platform built in Norwegian tundra

Claiming SOPA is 'exclusively aimed at foreign piracy sites' is false