Monthly Archives: June 2009

Infographic FAIL

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So I’m on the train this morning sitting across from this PSA about giving your seat to the disabled. And for the life of me I can’t figure out which one is the disabled individual. This is because there are two conflicting forces at work here – one revolving around color and the other around [...]

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Inspirational Commencement Speech

(via Design Thinking) Paul Hawken: But let’s begin with the startling part. Hey, Class of 2009: you are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation [...]

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What Would MPs Really Make?

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Great looking data visualization of parliamentary salary normalized across different countries. I especially like that rotation correlated to “good government”, though I’d take issue with where the United States is positioned. By Shake Up Media.

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Disturbing/Awesome YouTube Clip of the Week

Yikes.

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Google Earth, the Arcade Game

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I was jut reading a post on Autoblog about how Codemasters’ FUEL features 5,000+ square miles of drivable terrain. Evidently its a world record. And it got me thinking about automating the level-creation/mapping process for video games. Essentially taking Google Maps or Google Earth and assigning roads/topography/features references to 3D objects in the video game [...]

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