Disorganism

Inundated with placenames

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:30:00 -0400

This map taps into the place names contained in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset to show how the generic names of streams vary across the lower 48. Creeks and rivers are symbolized in gray due to their ubiquity (although the etymology behind the American use of creek is interesting), while bright colors symbolize other popular toponyms.

eBay Patents 10-Click Checkout

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:05:00 -0400

eBay Patents 10-Click Checkout:

In one well-publicized filing, eBay had tried to patent a purely decorative, non-operational “Keep me signed in” checkbox, but Sony’s PlayStation Network already had one just like it.

Photo

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:33:41 -0400

"We’re all fucking crazy. Don’t beat yourself up about it. I know everyone wants to appear..."

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:22:30 -0400

“We’re all fucking crazy. Don’t beat yourself up about it. I know everyone wants to appear well-adjusted but we’re all just silently losing our shit.”

- http://thoughtcatalog.com/2011/5-things-you-should-know-about-people/

Ex-Apple Designer Creates Teaching UI That "Kills Math" Using Data Viz

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:10:21 -0400

Ex-Apple Designer Creates Teaching UI That "Kills Math" Using Data Viz:

Victor’s key insight is that what we think of as “math” — equations, numerals, operators, variables, those squiggly symbols filling up millions of blackboards and textbooks — isn’t math at all: it’s merely the interface. And it sucks.

Routine

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 08:44:00 -0400

Routine:

Moguls at Beaver Creek. Lots of powder!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:43:19 -0500

Moguls at Beaver Creek. Lots of powder!

Direct link to YouTube's HD .flv video of "Home"

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:13:00 -0400

Direct link to YouTube's HD .flv video of "Home":

Direct link to HD-quality .flv of Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s documentary “Home” on YouTube. Useful for viewing via VLC (for HTPC setups).

"Any educated American has already read enough books. Everything else you read is gravy, and hitching..."

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:22:21 -0500

“Any educated American has already read enough books. Everything else you read is gravy, and hitching your wagon to the so-called dumbing down of society argument merely lends your voice to the shrill chorus of others throughout history who thought they were smarter than everybody else.”

- http://www.moreintelligentlife.com/blog/defense-not-reading

"Like designers, if you give a programmer a problem with parameters, they’ll apply every bit of..."

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:51:14 -0500

“Like designers, if you give a programmer a problem with parameters, they’ll apply every bit of genius they have to solve it in the best possible way. If you tell them how to do it, you’ll suffer the wrath of an angry God.”

- http://powazek.com/posts/1655

The Secret City uploaded to YouTube! Zebtron taught me to draw....

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:30:06 -0500

The Secret City uploaded to YouTube! Zebtron taught me to draw. More episodes.

Map Quilts!

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:58:04 -0500

Map Quilts!:

HOWTO: Audio over HDMI with the HD3200 \ RS780 in Ubuntu

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:24:23 -0500

HOWTO: Audio over HDMI with the HD3200 \ RS780 in Ubuntu:

This actually worked for me!

Data is a singular noun

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:16:50 -0500

Data is a singular noun:

“Can we just clear this up now: the word `data’, in english, is a singular mass noun. It is thus a grammatical and stylistic error to use it as a plural.”

"Irish goodbye [..] refers to the practice of inconspicuously leaving a place where one has gathered..."

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:24:00 -0500

“Irish goodbye [..] refers to the practice of inconspicuously leaving a place where one has gathered with friends (usually for quite some time) without ever formally announcing that one is leaving.”

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_goodbye

We bouldered with some icicles in Great Barrington.

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:38:00 -0500

We bouldered with some icicles in Great Barrington.

Lessons In Electric Circuits

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:26:45 -0500

Lessons In Electric Circuits:

A free series of textbooks on the subjects of electricity and electronics

Hi there, tumblr!

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:18:29 -0500

Hi there, tumblr!