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Geography Aware with Map Laptop Case

Mary Jo Manzanares — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:06:00 +0000

I’d like to think I’m pretty good at geography, but honestly – there are times I get a little confused. The other day the discussion centered on how close Iceland was to the U.K. (Yes, I actually have those discussions with friends.)

I had to wait till I got home to locate an atlas to figure that out (1188 miles, under half the distance between Seattle and Hawaii). The actual mileage wasn’t important, I was just trying to get a sense of where things were.

With this Map Laptop Case, however, I could have taken a look at this laptop sleeve and figured it out! The sleeve is vinyl, padded and reinforced, and will fit laptops up to 15 inches.

Seems like a great way to end those geography arguments.

Available online, $39.99.

Photo credit: Pop Deluxe

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Geography Aware with Map Laptop Case

Pinning Your Trips on a Map

Mary Emma Allen — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:00:47 +0000

When our daughter was young, we followed our trips on a United States map as we traveled. (There were no GPS maps at that time!) At home, we pinned the places we visited. It was fun to see all the states and areas we visited, hiked, camped, explored, and climbed mountains.

Image: sxc.hu

Perhaps that helped to reinforce our memories, so that 40 years later, we still talk about those ventures across and up and down our country, traveling from our New Hampshire home as far west as Idaho. These trips were for pleasure and business, and incorporated research for my travel writing as well. Most of the time we drove and only occasionally flew.

They included:

Visiting relatives in Ohio
Exploring the Gros Ventre Mountains of Wyoming on horseback and on foot
Spending some days at Disney World and Epcot
Watching the first night space shuttle launch from a Florida beach
Crossing the border in northern Vermont to visit Quebec, Canada
Following portions the Oregon and Mormon Trails
Visiting the old section of Denver along Cherry Creek
Spending time with friends in Laramie, Woming
Exploring Mammouth Cave
Stopping at Hershey, PA and eating chocolate
Viewing the Nubble Lighthouse in Maine

Along with pinning your trips on a map, you can make up scrapbooks and photo albums, create slide shows (now on computer), and write about them in journals.

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Pinning Your Trips on a Map

Creating your own “old” map

Cyndi Lavin — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:00:34 +0000

Maybe you’d like to do the decorating project from yesterday, but would like to use an antique map. But maybe you don’t have an antique map. Read on…

There are many ways to fake the look of old ephemera for collage, altered books, and mixed media work. Now Luv2help on the TechEBlog has shared a terrific way to get that look for your digital work! Starting with a scan or digital file of anywhere (or anywhere that really isn’t), you can end up with a weathered, burned, stained old map. What could be better?

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Creating your own “old” map

Using maps in all of your decorating…

Cyndi Lavin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:00:51 +0000

Probably better than using antlers in all of your decorating (sorry, Beauty and the Beast is on my mind recently!).

Actually, I really love the way these older maps look on tables, bowls, and more. Great gift idea for the book or map lover on your list!

Marajane01 gives us the lowdown on how she made her coffeetable.

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Using maps in all of your decorating…