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Things 116: Cloud Phase Time-Lapse, 3D Map, Better Tube Map
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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.
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This is apparently pretty [...]
Things 63: Avalanche, The Universe, Russian Ablum Covers
(Originally sent December 2009, maybe)
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This is what it looks like to cause an avalanche, get buried in it, struggle to breathe for four long minutes, and then get dug out. Now that’s what I call reality television.
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An awesome bit of flash to help you comprehend the scale of everything in the universe. I recommend zooming [...]
Things 61: Story Analysis Special
(Originally sent October 2009)
Recently I’ve come across a whole bunch of things that could be termed ‘story analysis’ – the appliance of science (or at least pattern-spotting) to the art of the story.
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It started when I recently read Joseph Campbell’s “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, in which he details the stages of the ‘Hero’s [...]
Things 105: Pervasive Game Event, Monty Hall, American Politics
Upcoming Event, Thursday August 4th
People that like Things are very likely to like this. On Thursday August 4th from 7pm-10pm, Hide & Seek are running a Sandpit gaming event at the Southbank Centre. In practice this means you get to turn up and play lots of interesting games (for adults) for free. Having been to [...]