The Geography of Coffee

Posted by Miss Cellania in Food & Drinks, Travel & Places on August 28, 2009 at 10:33 am

James Hayes-Bohanan, Ph.D. is a professor of geography AND a scholar with the Vanderbilt University Institute for Coffee Studies. His website Geography of Coffee is full of information about coffee around the world, including the places coffee is produced, shipped, and sold. You’ll also find out about fair trade and the politics of the coffee business. Of course, there are also coffee reviews and instructions for making the perfect cup. Link -via the Presurfer

 
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Where's That Landmark?

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on August 7, 2009 at 11:12 am


You know about these famous landmarks, but do you know where to go to see them? In this Lunchtime Quiz from mental_floss, you’ll be given a landmark and you decide where it is. It’s a bit harder than you might think. I scored 77%. Link

 
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Flags of Forgotten Countries

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on July 7, 2009 at 12:00 pm


Dark Roasted Blend takes a look at the flags of nations and empires that no longer exist. The double eagle is a recurring motif, found in the flags of the Byzantine Empire, Imperial Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Yugoslavia. Pictured is the Russian flag that was in use until the 1917 revolution. Link

 
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Borderlands

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on June 17, 2009 at 11:28 am


Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss is my favorite kind -geography! You’ll be given a pair of US states. Do they share a border or not? I scored 100%, of course. Link

 
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The Geography of the Seven Deadly Sins

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on April 27, 2009 at 4:40 pm


Geographers from Kansas State University have plotted the seven deadly sins of the nation. They began with Nevada only, but expanded the project for the entire United States, using statistics for each county on crime, income, STDs, and other data. They call it “a precision party trick — rigorous mapping of ridiculous data.” The results show that the area I live in (Southeast Kentucky) is only high in gluttony, which is calculated by the number of fast-food restaurants per capita. At the link, you can pull up a map of each of the seven deadly sins. In this map of the lust “hot spots”, red is above average, while blue is below average. Link -via Metafilter

 
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Name All 50 States

Posted by Miss Cellania in Everything Else on February 3, 2009 at 11:40 am


This one should be easy! Today’s Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss challenges you to name all 50 United States in 5 minutes. Spelling counts. Even though I never learned the “Fifty Nifty” song, I did it in one minute and 44 seconds. Link

 
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9 Gigantic Hearts

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on December 18, 2008 at 10:48 am


This is sweet! A collection of geographic hearts found all over the world. This forest is found in Cantabria, Spain. Link -Thanks, David E!

 
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