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Category Archives: spying
New “Austin Towers” will soon be spying over Texas
For multiple decades the tallest building in Texas has been located in either Dallas, Houston, or San Antonio. That fact is about to change, as the booming state capital of Austin will soon takeover this vertical leadership role in the … Continue reading →
Posted in architecture, art, branding, business, cities, civics, Civil Rights, civility, commerce, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, engineering, gentrification, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, Housing, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, poverty, skylines, skyscrapers, sprawl, spying, Statistics, third places, tourism, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, zoning
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Tagged architecture, art, Austin, Austin Powers, Austin Towers, boomtowns, buildings, construction, displacement, engineering, gentrification, growth, land use, skylines, skyscrapers, supertall, Texas, towers
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Best of 2022…thus far – UPDATED thru 11/10/22
Here’s my list of the best for 2022 to date, nearly all of the way through of the year. Enjoy! _______ TV Comedies _______ TV Dramas _______ TV Mini-Series _______ Albums released in 2022 New songs released in 2022 _______ … Continue reading →
Posted in art, book reviews, books, Communications, culture, entertainment, film, fun, history, movies, music, music reviews, pictures, Radio, songs, spying, Television, theaters, video, writing
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Tagged albums, books, classics, comedy, documentaries, drama, entertainment, film, fun, movies, music, songs, streaming, TV
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“Slow Horses” – a brilliant new spy series
AppleTV has released yet another winner. Slow Horses, based on the book of the same name by author Mick Herron, was released in late April. The six-episode first season is a monumental triumph filled with great acting, superb writing, and … Continue reading →
Posted in art, books, branding, culture, entertainment, Europe, film, fun, music, songs, spying, Television, UK, video, Women, writing
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Tagged AppleTV, entertainment, espionage, Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott thomas, MI5, Slough House, Slow Horses, spies, spying, streaming, television, TV, UK
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Working list – Favorite fictional spies of film and TV
FILM James Bond – multiple actors (see image above) and multiple James Bond 007 films Ethan Hunt – Tom Cruise in multiple Mission Impossible films Jason Bourne – Matt Damon in multiple Bourne films George Smiley – Gary Oldman in … Continue reading →
Posted in art, cartoons, entertainment, film, fun, history, movies, politics, spying, Television, video
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Tagged actors, cartoons, characters, movies, spies, television, TV
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The global network of subsea digital communication cables and the coastal hub cities that stand to benefit from them
Despite the fanfare surrounding satellite networks, subsea cables still transmit 99 percent of all data between continents. Much like the interstate highway system, airline networks, and railways, undersea global communication cables form a hub and spoke system, albeit being somewhat … Continue reading →
Posted in adaptive reuse, Africa, architecture, Asia, business, cities, commerce, Communications, digital communications, distribution, ecommerce, economic development, economic gardening, economics, engineering, environment, Europe, futurism, geography, globalization, government, history, industry, infrastructure, internet, land use, logistics, Maps, marketing, nature, North America, Oceania, placemaking, planning, politics, Science, Social media, South America, spatial design, spying, Statistics, technology, topography, Trade, traffic, urban planning, video
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Tagged Bude, cities, coastal, data communications, digital communications, digital hubs, digital ports, Fortaleza, France, geography, land use, marine, Marseille, planning, subsea, subsea cables, UK, undersea
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Working list – Favorite spy sagas based on true events
To this blog author, spy stories are among the most thrilling and intriguing literature that can be read. This is especially the case for those stories that are based on actual historic events. The working list below identifies my favorite … Continue reading →
Posted in art, book reviews, books, cartoons, Communications, entertainment, government, historic preservation, history, literature, movies, politics, spying, technology, Television, theaters, writing
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Tagged books, espionage, intrigue, mini-series, movies, secret agents, secrets, spies, spying, surveillance, writing
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