What does Wikipedia consider Important?
Fun/disturbing little article comparing word statistics from wikipedia entries. Does the size of the article (in word count) determine the cultural relevance of the material? If so this paints a grim picture of the internet community in my opinion. Some days I wonder...The Obsolete Man
Just saw an interesting episode of the Twilight Zone; The Obsolete Man. Though it’s overtly a commentary on fascism it is all somehow relatable. I see myself in the little librarian played by Burgess Meredith. Not that I’m an avid reader (skipping of...FANCY SOME TEA DARLING?
I Love it! From link removed for spamIncredible Hulk Musings
The Incredible Hulk [IMDB link] delivers on a lot of personal scores for me. The main point which can not be denied is the homage to the 70s T.V. show. I posted a few weeks ago about the Hulk marathon that the SciFi channel was running and it was fun to reminisce. I...Gamucci
I think this is my favorite video this week.SporeVote
Since the release of the Spore Creature Creator [link] EA is starting the build up to the official release. One novel and funny idea is Spore Vote [link]. Get a bunch of B-list celebs to design creatures and use their creations to promote your product. There’s...Last Three Months of natecooper.net
Found this great sight last night wordle [link] that generates a very configurable text cloud from paragraphs of text. Definitely check it out. The results are beautiful. Found it on konigi [link] Above is a word cloud using the words from all the stories at...Boarding a train that doesn’t stop | Urban Planning Blog
Urban Planning Blog has found a nifty video of a concept train that basically never stops. [link] Seems like what happens is that arriving passengers head towards a smaller train on the top of the main train and this train rolls to a stop at the station while at the...Fake Speed Bumps – Philadelphia Using Psychadelic 3d Tricks to Slow You Down
Here’s a pretty neat idea. Paint fake obstructions on the road to get people to slow down. [link] I swear there was something like this at UCSC where there was a series of three speed bumps all marked with striped white paint but the third one was just a striped...Ken Burns Effect Before Ken Burns
This trailer for 1970’s Love Story is essentially an iPhoto Slideshow pre-PC. Analog panning and zooming effectively communicate a story. [VIDEO – LINK] If they only knew then how many countless Senior Proms would cop their style perhaps they would have...That design is money – physical interface
An in-depth tour of Wells Fargo’s new ATM interface and some of the design decisions. This makes me miss California a bit. My current bank’s ATMs don’t come even close to looking that pretty or being that functional. Plus why is Wells Fargo the only...About Nate
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