====== Resources - Miscellaneous ====== ==== Law and Crime ==== * [[http://dictionary.law.com/|Law Dictionary]] * [[http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucr|The Annual FBI Uniform Crime Reports]] * [[http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/|The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913]] (197,745 criminal trials) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/184201.html?thread=1001201545#cmt1001201545|18th-c. pirate hunting by British Navy captain]] (FFA thread) * * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_forms_of_government|Forms of government]] * [[http://vamphile.livejournal.com/208707.html|The Fanfic Writers' Guide to the US Foster Care System]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/169862.html?thread=918403718#cmt918403718|Crime and punishment, 18th c. UK/France]] (FFA thread) * Crime McGuffins (FFA thread) //Police// * [[http://backspacewriters.blogspot.com/2010/10/10-rules-for-writing-about-cops.html|10 Rules for Writing about Cops]] * [[http://goldenmeme.livejournal.com/740.html|A Brief Guide to Handcuffs]] (and how to escape them) * [[http://www.homesecurity.us/articles/guide-to-crime-scene-investigation.html|Guide to Crime Scene Investigation]] ==== Transportation ==== * [[http://orbis.stanford.edu/#%C2%A0|ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World]] * [[http://omnesviae.org|Omnes Viae]] — A Roman Empire routeplanner * [[http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/stories/how-fast-could-you-travel-across-the-us-in-the-1800s|Rates of Travel, U.S., 19th Century]] * [[http://anything-aos.livejournal.com/tag/online%20resources|Age of Sail resources]] * [[http://alexdallymacfarlane.tumblr.com/post/79378222397/cauda-pavonis-youvegotaluckyface-gehayi|Women in the Age of Sail]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/192911.html?thread=1054774927#cmt1054774927|Stagecoach from London to Plymouth in bad weather]] * [[http://www.impdb.org|Internet Movie Plane Database]] * [[http://www.imcdb.org|Internet Movie Car Database]] * [[http://www.rotaryaction.com|A Guide to Helicopters in Cinema and Television]] //Traveling by Horseback// * [[http://www.wwwestra.com/horses/history_travel.htm|How far can a horse travel in a day?]] Are there some guidelines to use when writing fiction? * [[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-426426.html|Long-haul average speed of horseback travel?]] * [[http://www.terryburns.net/How_fast_could_they_travel.htm|How fast could they travel?]] * [[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080719211926AA6pSEs|How fast can a man travel on horseback,]] miles per day on flat land and also rough terrain? * [[http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081229221720AABvbrF|How fast could a person in the 1800s travel BY HORSE]] per day going through pretty level, easy terrain? * [[http://horses.about.com/od/diseasesandillness/fl/Should-I-Buy-a-Stallion-Gelding-or-Mare.htm|A modern guide to whether to buy a stallion, gelding, or mare]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/147163.html?thread=779595227#cmt779595227|Riding horses at night]] (FFA thread) ==== Nature/Science/Technology ==== * [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/08/this-could-be-the-biggest-example-yet-of-climate-shaping-human-history/|How 5th-6th century climate change affected history]] * [[http://fuckyeahsources.tumblr.com/post/108373115376/twenty-tips-on-how-to-science|Twenty Tips on How to Science]] * [[http://little-details.livejournal.com/3078496.html|Natural resources (and their consequences) in a small lake country]] * [[href=|What If the Moon Didn't Exist? and What If the Earth had Two Moons?]], both by Neil F. Comins * [[http://scienceray.com/earth-sciences/deserts-are-weird-a-writers-guide/|Deserts are Weird: A Writer's Guide]] * [[http://www.stormpulse.com/hurricane-three-1862|Historical Atlantic hurricane data resource, 1852-present]] * [[http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/index.php|Hurricane and cyclonic storms: Worldwide historical data]] * [[http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml|National Hurricane Center data archive]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/126161.html?thread=650467537#cmt650467537|How geography affects climate]] (FFA thread) * [[http://www.xenology.info/Xeno.htm|Xenology - An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization.]] From the 1970s, so somewhat out of date, but still interesting. Author is a nanotechnologist who was involved with SETI and who advocated for space exploration. * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/40034.html?thread=181892706#t181892706|Whether the pupils of theropod dinosaurs would have been slit or round]] (FFA thread) * [[https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/179503.html?thread=977356591#cmt977356591|U.S. phones, early 1970s]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181914.html?thread=988621722#cmt988621722|Prepaid burner phones and call tracing]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/186997.html?thread=1019221877#cmt1019221877|Biological pest control]] (FFA thread) ==== The Arts ==== * [[http://www.cedarseed.com/fire/tutorials.html|Cedarseed's Tutorials]] * [[http://johanirae.livejournal.com/365616.html|What Architects Do]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/186997.html?thread=1018425205#cmt1018425205|Irish step dancing]] (FFA thread) * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/181914.html?thread=988702874#cmt988702874|Dubstep subcultures]] (FFA thread) //Theatre// * [[http://performingarts.about.com/od/Administration/u/Production-101.htm|Production 101]] * [[http://www.ia470.com/primer/theatres.htm|Theatre Spaces]] glossary * [[http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/education/discovery-space|Shakespeare's Globe On Screen]] ==== Miscellaneous ==== * [[http://www.businessdictionary.com/|Business Dictionary]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.livejournal.com/40034.html?thread=181735266#t181735266|Nine Homeworlds discussion]] (FFA thread) * [[http://www.tuition.com.hk/geography/|Geography Dictionary and Glossary for Students]] * [[http://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/113470.html?thread=576322622#cmt576322622|How to write one character tracking another]] {{tag>todo threads threads:research}}