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Things 52: Pug Baroo, Location Based Services, Argument Visualisation
(Originally sent June 2009)
Last week, Things was once again postponed due to time pressures burning my midnight oil candles at both ends. However, now that both my IDM evening course and my PhD are over, I theoretically have more time, and I’ve also made progress with my answer to the puzzle from Things 46 on how to get [...]
Things 49: Galaxy Rising, Tube Time Visualisation, Back Flip Variation
(Originally sent May 2009)
Video
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 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 [...]