Things I tripped over on my way to the internet.

“[The American] obsession with mobility, the urge to move on every few years, stands at odds with the wish to endure in a beloved place, and no place can be worthy of that kind of deep love if we are willing to abandon it on short notice for a few extra dollars. Rather, we choose to live in Noplace, and our dwellings show it. In every corner of the nation we have built places unworthy of love and move on from them without regret. But move on to what? Where is the ultimate destination when every place is Noplace?” —James Howard Kunstler, emphasis added. (via Joseph Scalice)

Title of the linked picture.

Awesome. Google Sky is now available on the web, not just in the Google Earth desktop application.