Alternative Transport is a blog dedicated to "old, current and new travel, transportation and language." Authored by "cartography, language and travel enthusiast, with an engineering background," Stephan F. Steinbach, this eclectic blog will appeal to those who enjoy exploring maps, ruminating on urban planning, or analyzing linguistic trends, among others. Public transit enthusiasts will be...

The University of Missouri Digital Library has over three dozen digital collections, including those that focus on the Civil War and historical Missouri newspapers. One of the more recent additions is this archive of the American Railroad Journal. This publication was started in 1832, and it covered all aspects of the railroad industry for over 70 years. Taken as a whole, this archive offers a...

Getting a handle on what the phrase “globalization” means can be a bit like trying to lasso a fast-moving cloud. Does globalization mean the cross-pollination of different musical styles? Is it the vast geographical expansion of major multinational corporations into remote locales? Well, of course, it’s both of these things and quite a bit more. In a paper that appeared in the Autumn 2006 edition...

The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology is a national organization "that provides platforms allowing women's voices, ideas and spirits to influence technology." In honoring Dr. Anita Borg, who "is responsible for including women in the technological revolution - not as bystanders, but as active participants and leaders," the organization offers programs and events for academics,...

Dedicated to promoting archaeological inquiry and public understanding of the material record of the human past around the world, the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) is North America's oldest and largest organization devoted to the world of archaeology. The AIA is a nonprofit group originally founded in 1879 and chartered by the United States Congress in 1906, with over 9000 members at...

The private Argosy Foundation is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was started in 1997 by the co-founder of Boston Scientific. The "Who We Are" link on the homepage provides an excellent overview of how they choose to fund projects, and the "Frequently Asked Questions" section informs visitors about the special programs they fund. For example, the "Contemporary Music Fund" is "designed to...

Rushdie Wins Facebook Fight Over Identity [Free registration may be required] http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/technology/hiding-or-using-your-name-online-and-who-decides.html Sir Salman Rushdie claims victory in Facebook name row http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/facebook/8891136/Sir-Salman-Rushdie-claims-victory-in-Facebook-name-row.html 'Nym' wars, part...

Ebert returns to the movies http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/870571,ebert040108.article Meet a Critic: USA Today's Claudia Puig Surveys The Critical Landscape http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1719013/ The Nation: James Agee's Review of "It's a Wonderful Life" http://www.thenation.com/doc/19470215/agee The Movies Are: Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays,...

A number of private and public concerns continue to search for alternative energy sources, and some of them have contributed mightily to the wide array of emerging technologies in this important area. The Asia Alternative Energy Program (ASTAE) was created in 1992 by the World Bank in order to maintain support for a broad range of alternative energy projects and related activities throughout Asia....

Along with ushering in a new age of global unrest and high anxiety, the emergence of the atomic bomb had a curious and not totally unpredictable effect on the world of popular (and not-so-popular) music. This site brings together these various subgenres of "atomic" music in a way that's rather fun, intriguing, and at times, a bit scary. Visitors can look through such subgenres as "Atomic", "Cold...