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Awesome Magnetic Visualization

Semiconductor’s Magnetic Movie is a stunning, if questionably accurate visualization of magnetic fields and their interactions. Worth a watch: Magnetic Movie from Semiconductor on Vimeo.

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Travel time heatmap visualization

Some very interesting work happening in the UK by mysociety.org studying travel time related to mode of transport (particularly rail versus car). I really hope such studies will happen in North America, I suspect it would highlight where it would … Continue reading

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More music madness – Songbird, a time-lapse mashup and other music miscellany

40 years of pop music summaried in 37 minutes Before I get to one of the more interesting pieces of music aware software I have seen lately, I need to credit Alex Gelfand with another interesting music nerd article in … Continue reading

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Visualizing scale

A great collection of scale visualizations. Worth a quick browse if you want to regain some perspective on the universe (photo from www.rense.com). Signal Versus Noise is the blog of 37 Signals, a company which has shattered the usefulness to … Continue reading

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"Comprehension follows perception"

I follow a number of interesting blogs, but few are as consistently interesting as information aesthetics. They have really clued me in to the importance of presentation in making information come alive. It also emphasized the absurdity that throughout my … Continue reading

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The Wild Kingdom of Spore

Spore looks to be a truly amazing game in the works from the original creators of Simcity. It seems to combine elements of some other classic simulation strategy games such as Populous and Civilization, crossed with the more modern “god” … Continue reading

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Bobsled

Dan Fischer of Paradrenaline fame and the legendary Step Up for the Cure event recently took a trip to Lake Placid where apparently you can spend $40 to run and ride in a bobsled. He has a great story about … Continue reading

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Small news, very small news

New Scientist reports on DNA Origami: A map of the Americas measuring just a few hundred nanometres across has been created out of meticulously folded strands of DNA, using a new technique for manipulating molecules dubbed “DNA origami”. According to … Continue reading

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MRI magic

Looking inside yourself is quite surreal, and I’m not talking about introspection: I had an MRI scan due to a nagging back injury from indoor ultimate. The whole process was quite fast, about 20 minutes. You get loaded into a … Continue reading

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Killer Beans

Speaking of coffee, Fishbooks and I like to get our fresh ground espresso nearby at Cafe Union. Highly recommended for their deep knowledge of all things espresso related, their friendly service, and their coffee bar. Our precious Gaggia machine was … Continue reading

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