Click this map to animate hurricane Sandy. As you can see in the image above the wind is pretty strong right now, about 30 mph, and it’s expected to pick up. It’s a rather beautiful way of visualizing nature. Be safe east coast friends! [via thefoxisblack.com]
Author Archives: Neal Mueller
Today I taught kindergarten
Today I taught 22 kindergartners about the thawing arctic. These children are mostly 6-years-old. Symbolically, the route that ArcticRow rowed was frozen until 6 years ago. A clear example of global warming. These kindergartners just completed a lesson on the Arctic. My companies’ non-profit arm, the VMware Foundation, provided lunch bags to demonstrate the lesson of reuse+recycle. When …
Launching the Lifthrasir Rowboat
Last night we launched the refurbished Lifthrasir rowboat into the flat evening waters of the San Francisco Bay. The Lifthrasir had been in the boat shop since April for a strip, overhaul, and varnish. The launch happened after 3 hours of last-minute touch-up and assembly work by 20 members of the Dolphin Club Rowing Club, including my …
Sunday SF Chronicle
I went rowing this weekend to watch the Blue Angels and the America’s Cup sailing race. The SF Chronicle was out on the town, snapped a picture, asked my name, and put Tenzing and me in the Sunday print and online edition. Thankfully the “spills” on the headline is in reference to one of the …
Small Teams Are Often Best
About Project Graph: At Wharton we’re taught that everything can be graphed. This is my attempt to graph my goings-on.