Blog Heap o'Transport Links 23 February 2009

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Blog-Heap links regarding transportation and related infrastructure,
also energy, because it takes energy to transport,
and virtuality, because telepresence saves on transpresence.

Digital Future is Now

penguin
Linux: Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Moves From Eucalyptus Trees to the Cloud
i.gizmodo.com Mon 2009 Feb 23, 8:43am

Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala, has been officially announced, and promises to change, among other things, the one problem keeping Linux from world domination: the poop-colored desktop theme.

Infrastructure Failure

Concrete shakes loose from Okla. bridges
komitv.com Mon 2009 Feb 23, 8:59am

In the four years since a Texas woman was killed when a piece of concrete fell from an interstate bridge and crashed through her windshield, more than two dozen other people have filed similar claims against the state. Although no deaths were reported, information provided to The Associated Press under an open records request shows 26 people have filed claims against the state involving falling concrete since Osborn's fatal accident in June 2004.