October 4, 2008
- Great one-page summary of the financial crisis
better than anything i’ve seen from a major newspaper
October 1, 2008
- Interactive chart of recessions and growth periods since 1948
helpful descriptions when you click on any segment of the timeline
September 30, 2008
- Search Google as it existed in 2001
771 pages for Barack Obama, compared to 78.6 million today
September 26, 2008
- Joey Comeau on the books he loved as a teen
if the combination of those two things doesn’t seem perfect to you, then you are a very different person from teen joey
September 12, 2008
- R.I.P. Don LaFontaine, the voice of 5000 movie trailers
in a world, where one man
- Add more cowbell to any MP3
or, add christopher walken
September 8, 2008
- Google Map annotated with the travel notes of Marco Polo
passages from his book, plus modern-day names and photos
- Philip Pullman’s 40 essential books
wide-ranging tastes in poetry, art, philosophy, and of course fiction
September 4, 2008
August 31, 2008
August 29, 2008
August 27, 2008
- Nikon announces the D90, first digital SLR that records HD video
definitely a game-changer, and only $999
- Vincent Laforet: How much did I shoot in Beijing?
28,444 photos, of which under 1% were used
August 25, 2008
- Fantastic tool for voter registration
idiot-proof interface, under 60 seconds to print out a PDF you can mail to your state to get registered
August 24, 2008
- Vincent Laforet on what it’s like to photograph the Olympics
great insight into what it takes to be a pro
- Photos: Disassembled household appliances
i like the can opener
August 21, 2008
- Sculptures made from graphs and charts
military spending by nation
- Steven Frank on the tradeoffs of the iPhone App Store
stability and ui consistency, at a high price in developer and customer freedom
August 18, 2008
- An insider’s description of the Daily Show’s Tivo and video archiving setup
truth is, it’s less about technology and more about the staff being really good at their jobs
August 17, 2008
- Data-driven enhancement of facial attractiveness
search the face space
August 16, 2008
- Michael Phelps’ 12,000 calorie diet
about $75 a day in eggs, mayo, cheese, pizza, and assorted carbs
- Screenshots of earlier versions of the Gmail interface
it’s come a long way
August 15, 2008
- Photos: American cities of the 1950s
the full cushman collection, 14,500 images, is at the indiana u site
August 4, 2008
- List of books where the author spends a year doing something unusual
may it grow no longer
August 3, 2008
- Photos: Large Hadron Collider
fairly nuts
July 30, 2008
- More than one way to skin a bar chart
12 versions of the same infographic; amazing how the same data can tell so many different stories
- Google reaches 1 trillion URLs indexed
and the entire graph is reprocessed several times a day
July 28, 2008
July 22, 2008
- NameTrends, data analysis of baby names
sliced by time, geography, category, etc; addison and jayden are hot this year
- Four innovative designs for wind power
one turbine floats 1000 feet up on a helium balloon to capture high-velocity winds
July 12, 2008
July 8, 2008
- Wil Shipley on the greatest bug of all
99% of the time operating system bugs are actually bugs in your program, and the other 1% of the time they are still bugs in your program, so look harder, dammit
July 4, 2008
July 1, 2008
- Using nuclear radiation to detect art forgery
any work painted since 1945 will be tainted by isotopes from nuclear explosions
- Russell Shorto on population decline in the developed world
shrink constructively
June 22, 2008
- Andy Baio interviews the creator of The Big Picture
computer programmer at boston.com doing the whole thing on the side
June 18, 2008
- The web that time forgot
‘a steampunk version of hypertext’
June 17, 2008
- Where-are-they-now stories of 10 failed dot-coms
rights to the pets.com mascot bought by a subprime lending company
June 13, 2008
June 7, 2008
- Do food miles matter?
eating local helps, but eating vegetarian helps more
- Boston.com’s The Big Picture
hi-res news photos, great stuff
- Photos: RFK’s funeral train
waves his straw hat in farewell
May 29, 2008
- NYT to roll out a public API within a matter of weeks
adding even more value to their already amazing online presence
- Google now hosting major AJAX libraries
excellent example of not being evil
- Photos: My Dad’s Vietnam
‘overpowering and almost haunting’
May 25, 2008
- Video: High-speed footage of people getting punched in the face
what happens when you’re bored and have a 1000fps camera lying around?
- Photo: Aerial view of a tulip farm
also see the google maps link in the comments