January 2009
Explain the world with maps. - UUorld →
Data analysis overlaid onto geographic space
Star Wars Yoga Poses →
Star Wars yoga poses. Yes, Star Wars yoga poses. Via John Hodgman.
Flat World Knowledge →
They finally have opened their (still growing) catalog of open college textbooks.
Academic Earth Goes Live →
The open education movement got a little stronger this week with the launch of Academic Earth. Run by Richard Ludlow, a new social entrepreneur only a couple of years out of Yale, Academic Earth…
Hydro-Pharmacology →
Medical researchers have found that some of the streams, rivers, and groundwater in Patancheru, India, are really “a soup of 21 different active pharmaceutical ingredients, used in generics for…
Rick Lieder's fantastic backyard bird photos --... →
Rick Lieder, the talented sf/f artist whose backyard nature photographs have stunned me for years, has released a new book of photos of small birds on the wing, shot in his own backyard in south…
Road sign hacking →
Caleb Kraft via Hack a Day shared by 6 people
We’ve all seen these on the side of the road and wondered how we could change the message. It turns out that it is actually pretty…
Rouxbe — The Recipe to Better Cooking →
Instructional cooking videos
Monty Python's free web video increased DVD sales... →
Mashable reports on Monty Python’s YouTube channel:
“We’re letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless…
How to Create Advanced Isometric Illustrations... →
Lemon Marmalade →
Caramel Popcorn →
Exhibit 1.5 on the Behance Network →
via http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Exhibit-1_5/147718
Vahakn Matossian →
Vahakn Matossian is a British-Armenian designer studying at the Royal College of Art and Design. I recently came his site and love the Bear+Cart project, a mobile…
New construction from 1953 →
“New construction from 1953.”
Toothpaste For Dinner Store (T-Shirts, etc) →
via http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/gallery-where.php
Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity: Now Live... →
This week, Stanford has started to roll out a new course, Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Taught by Leonard Susskind, one of America’s leading physics minds, this course is the fourth of a…
Visit the Prado Art Collection with Google Earth →
Thankfully, it’s not all bad news here in Silicon Valley. Yesterday, Google and the Prado (the major art museum in Madrid) announced that you can launch Google Earth from wherever you live, travel…
One Dollar Origami! - BOOOOOOOM! - CREATE *... →
via http://www.booooooom.com/2008/10/24/one-dollar-origami/
Иногда она оживает... - 20 Март 2008 - Снегопад -... →
via http://snegopad.net/news/2008-03-20-440
How long can wood last? →
Some thoughts on wood as a millennial material.
Orientation Cartoon | Savage Chickens - Cartoons... →
via http://www.savagechickens.com/2009/01/orientation.html
Dumb materials that do smart things →
Stewart Brand sent me this interesting bit on a couple of potential long term building materials that have recently been discovered to be improving rather than degrading their environs:
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Shoot the Baddies →
Shoot the Baddies, by Flickr user Olly Moss, whose portfolio site is here . (Thanks, Wayne de Geere!)
grapefruit curd →
Yummy
FineLine WoodWorks →
Handmade furniture in California
The Best WordPress Themes of 2008 →
Rhetorica, Center for Distance Education, UAF →
Sock monkey goddess →
The latest in Flickr user Jek in the Box’s series of mystical sock monkeys is “Saras Sock Vati,” a Hindu deity in sensible elasticated wool. Don’t miss the Sock Buddha and Sock de Milo.
saras…
Law prof wants to webcast RIAA lawsuit →
Campaigning law prof Charlie Nesson wants the whole world to see how the RIAA shakes down students, so he’s asked for the proceedings to be webcast. The RIAA wants to hide under a rock:
A Harvard…
Law prof wants to webcast RIAA lawsuit →
Campaigning law prof Charlie Nesson wants the whole world to see how the RIAA shakes down students, so he’s asked for the proceedings to be webcast. The RIAA wants to hide under a rock:
A Harvard…
The best selling MP3 album of the year was free →
Chris Anderson via The Long Tail shared by 22 people
Cool news: The best-selling MP3 album at Amazon in 2008 was Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV, which was released free…
The White Balance Lens Cap →
Simply flip your camera into custom White Balance mode, snap a photo with your White Balance Lens Cap on, and your camera creates a perfect profile of the actual lighting in front of you