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Things 116: Cloud Phase Time-Lapse, 3D Map, Better Tube Map
Video
Point a camera at the sky, create a time lapse video of the clouds. Do the same thing every day of the year. Play back all the videos simultaneously in a grid. Voilà: a kind of phase-diagram visualisation, with seconds representing minutes and space representing seasons. Brilliant.
More detail here. Via Data Pointed.
Link
This is apparently pretty [...]
Things 107: Transmedia Hardware, Rorschmap, Cyborgs vs Robots
Puzzle
Here’s a cute data analysis puzzle, which I’m amazed I didn’t encounter sooner in my line of work.
You run a website that sells guns and banjos, and one day you notice from your web analytics data that the conversion rate of your site (orders divided by visits) is steadily declining over time.
Realising that you essentially [...]
Things 47: Flying Robot Penguins, Hamster Wheel Projection, Space Stick
(Originally sent May 2009)
Film
I saw Wolverine. I found it to be acceptable. I was particularly impressed that they held almost all shots of the enjoyably over-the-top climactic battle back from the trailer.
Video
In this video there are giant flying robot penguins, after the small swimming robot penguins, after the pre-roll ad, after the video loads. But [...]
Things 46: Miniatur Wunderland, Map of Remoteness, Door Considerations
(Originally sent April 2009)
Video
Brought to my attention by Richard, the official corporate video of ‘Miniatur Wunderland’, the largest model railway in the world, complete with earnest German-accented voice-over:
Link
An article on New Scientist with some great images showing the extent of rail, road and river networks across the globe, and the resultant ‘remoteness’ score for any [...]