During the anniversary week of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings Map Monday featured two different nuclear targeting scenarios for the US. It was not only the most popular Map Monday post, but also the most viewed post in the history of this blog. A writer with a bigger ego… Read more“Map Monday, Where are the world’s nuclear power plants?”
Category: Science
Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US
This Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the first wartime use of a nuclear bomb. On Monday 6 August at 8:15 am the Enola Gay, a B-29 commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, dropped ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima Japan. Only about two pounds of the 141 pounds of U-235 (Enriched Uranium)… Read more“Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US”
Map Monday, Favorite Internet browser by country
As mobile devices take an ever increasing share of people’s internet time, the internet browser war seems to have fallen by the wayside. I spent more than a decade in the high-tech battlefield. I understand the ephemeral nature of these epic battles. My personal battle revolved around ATM switching vs…. Read more“Map Monday, Favorite Internet browser by country”