January 2010
49 posts
Maps! Maps! And more maps! →
WatchCounting people, ages 1 to 100. An unexpectedly moving short film.
If you have some time to kill, click here. The... →
WatchActually really creepy. It’s called “drift animation.”
MLA's US maps
The Modern Language Association has an interactive US map show the language density of counties across the country.
This map is of Arabic speakers. Consistently, it seems like southern California is the most polyglotist area of the country, having high densities of languages like Chinese, Hungarian and even Urdu. I wonder why those particular counties are so culturally dynamic…
WatchA pretty cool marriage proposal using light exposure photography.
WatchWow. Five seasons of LOST in 8 minutes.
Unlikely Creatures from American Folklore
From Futility Closet:
The gillygaloo lays cubical eggs that won’t roll downhill (hard-boiled they make excellent dice).
The gyascutus has legs of unequal length so that it can walk easily on hillsides.
The Funeral Mountain terrashot is shaped like a casket and explodes in the desert heat, leaving a grave-shaped hole.
The squonk weeps continually at its own ugliness, and when surprised...
WatchReally? Boiling water with the lid on the pot takes 1/4 the energy? Fantastic advice for energy conservation from DB.
WatchCool Vimeo Movie #9: Skhizein, a French short film.
WatchCool Vimeo Movie #8: music students record a song & video in a single take.
WatchCool Vimeo video #7: the history of Auto-Tune, from Cher to T-Pain to Internet parody.
WatchCool Vimeo movie #6——this one went viral a while back, I think.
WatchCool Vimeo movie #5——especially good.
WatchCool Vimeo movie #4
“The really good people want autonomy — you let me do it, and I’ll do it.”
– Gordon M. Bethune, former CEO of Continental Airlines, quoted in today’s @nytimes.
WatchCool Vimeo movie #3.
WatchCool Vimeo movie #2
WatchCoolest Vimeo movie #1
From Seth Godin's blog
“Welcome to the frustration decade (and the decade of change)
“Here are my picks for the two most important trends of the decade we’re just starting:
“Change: The infrastructure of massive connection is now real. People around the world have cell phones. The first internet generation is old enough to spend money, go to work and build companies. Industries are being...
More People Are Going to College →
tedxqueens:
In the last 20 years, the number of people aged 18 to 24 in college has increased fairly dramatically, especially the number attending two-year colleges. Click here to see our infographic on…
