The Struggle for Survival is an Incredible Waste of Time
Every once in a while you run into a page on Wikipedia that never quite came together. It’s not a stub, but it’s far from complete. ‘Economic issues in the United States‘ is one such page. The edits still trickle … Read More
What would it look like if you took NASA’s Earth at Night image… …and subtracted Facebook’s Friendship Map? Artist Ian Wojtowicz has the answer with his UnFacebook World Map. Click the image for the enlarged version, which is quite beautiful. … Read More
“Poke your eye, pull your hair, you forgot what clothes to wear!” If you don’t catch the reference, 30 Rock has stepped up and given long-overdue meaning to Leap Day. Unless you have a better idea, it might be our … Read More
It’d be a wonderful thing if the numbers in the little red dots below were instances of ponies at birthday parties last weekend. But no, Iran does not currently have 42 exceptionally happy children on its hands. Those are the … Read More
A mixed bag of distractions to help you through the troubling hours ahead… [Meetings via Coding Horror, Video by New Order, Preview and image from Kurt Vonnegut’s Breakfast of Champions via Google Books]
The Ape Con Myth blog has been around long enough now that our Akismet plugin just snagged its 1,000th spam comment, and to celebrate we are going to share a few. Most are pretty obvious bottom-of-the-barrel commercial links. Some, however, … Read More
As Congress continues its six-month streak with 80%+ disapproval ratings, it is unfortunate that we can’t look to the current Congressional redistricting, based on the 2010 census data, for hope. ProPublica has some excellent coverage of the various forces moving … Read More
This one explains itself… If you’re looking for more charts of the like, search no further than the Economic Policy Institute‘s The State of Working America. The one above is from their Income & Poverty category, which brings together two … Read More
Believe it or not, it’s 2012 and there will supposedly be some flying cars around by the end of it. Driverless cars are around the corner too, as are legions of robots. It’s the future, kinda. There’s so much in … Read More
What do you remember from your day to day? Can you recall what you did last year, last month or last week? Nicholas Felton, aka Feltron, knows. No, he doesn’t know what you did, but he knows exactly what he … Read More
Got big plans for the weekend? Maybe taking a short trip? Then, here’s a golden opportunity to put it all in perspective. Click the image to launch a wonderful presentation that will make you feel utterly small and overwhelming gigantic … Read More