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Things 58: Video Special
(Originally sent September 2009)
I’ve built up a backlog of interesting videos I think are worth sharing, so it’s time for a Video Special. Whenever someone links me to a video I always have two questions I want to know before committing to a click – how long is it, and do I need sound – [...]
Things 49: Galaxy Rising, Tube Time Visualisation, Back Flip Variation
(Originally sent May 2009)
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Time lapse of the stars at night – be sure to watch to the end to see the Milky Way rising:
Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.
Link
A simplistic but interesting data visualisation showing travel times from and to different parts of the tube network [...]
Things 48: Bike Parkour, Limits of Men, Wolfram Alpha
(Originally sent May 2009)
I’m considering switching to a blog format for Things in time for Things 50. Let me know if you have any strong feelings on the subject. [You're now looking at it! - T.M. 28/5/11]
Video
Danny MacAskill does parkour/free-running but on a bike. Having seen these kind of videos before, I know a lot [...]
Things 100: Spaceship Earth, Fake Hacking, List, Scientific Method, Owlbears
It’s Things 100. Time for some particularly epic Things.
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I remember reading (in Critical Path, lent to me by John) that Buckminster-Fuller felt it was very difficult to watch a sunset or sunrise and intuitively apprehend that what you see is due to the earth turning – but that if we could succeed at doing so, [...]