The top 20 data visualisation tools | Feature | .net magazine. Posting this for me, mainly. Charts are awesome.
Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
The top 20 data visualisation tools | Feature | .net magazine
Tuesday, September 18th, 2012Terms of Service; Didnt Read
Tuesday, August 14th, 2012Terms of Service; Didnt Read. Right down my alley, my paranoid, nerdish alley.
Duolingo | Learn English, Spanish and German for free
Wednesday, June 20th, 2012Duolingo | Learn English, Spanish and German for free. A quixotic quest perhaps, but I like the cut of their jib (this sentence counts as “difficult” in the translation stakes).
Presto.fm – Free Music, Listen to Streaming Music Online on Presto Radio
Friday, March 23rd, 2012Presto.fm – Free Music, Listen to Streaming Music Online on Presto Radio. So some friends of mine have built this brilliant music discovery sort of thing. I’ve been fortunate enough to have beta access so I’ve been using it for some time.
To get up and running quickly, just type in a few bands you like and it’ll put together a mix of some of their stuff, but also other bands in a similar vein that you might enjoy. Then you can use one of these new bands as a jumping off point for a whole new slew of recommendations. I’ve discovered countless bands, really esoteric stuff, using this service and I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Are Big Wave Surfer’s Taking Cue From the Ski Industry’s Avalanche Airbag Systems?
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011Are Big Wave Surfer’s Taking Cue From the Ski Industry’s Avalanche Airbag Systems?. (dh) A great idea but I do have a couple of issues: If you’re really deep, the sort of decompression you’ll suffer on the way up isn’t going to be super healthy (I think?) and what happens if you’re surfing a break with a sheer rock face way on the inside. You’ll be bobbing around like a cork for the wave to do as it pleases – you certainly won’t be able to dive under waves. It also might give less fit/experienced surfers confidence to go out on really big days, thereby making it more dangerous for everyone. That said, I’d certainly wear one if it got big and I still wanted to surf!
Kindle: Awesome
Monday, May 30th, 2011Seriously, kindles are awesome. I don’t generally get too excited about gadgets any more – anything with an “i” at the start is pretty much guaranteed to plunder your privacy (and dignity) and most other companies can’t seem to make hardware that’s half as good as apple’s. The one exception I’ve found is amazon’s kindle. It’s a delight (so long as I tell myself that turning off wifi means they can’t invade my privacy…).
Google Body – Google Labs
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Beware the spyware model of technology – its flaws are built in | Technology | guardian.co.uk
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com
Monday, March 7th, 2011Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer – Interactive Feature – NYTimes.com. It beat me early on, but then I got wise to its tricks. Biological entities are superior!
Countries: index
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011Countries: index. At time of posting Estonia is rocking The Smiths, Guam’s listening to Bright Eyes, Luxembourg’s all about Opeth(!), and the rest of the world is struggling to stay awake through Radiohead’s new album.
Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex « Tom Guilmette
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011Locked in a Vegas Hotel Room with a Phantom Flex « Tom Guilmette. I read the article before watching the video and was all “whatever, slow-mo isn’t that cool”. Then I watched the video. That bit where the tap stops and you can see the stream break into individual droplets, which then start to join back up is particularly amazing.
Mind vs. Machine – Magazine – The Atlantic
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — hiybbprqag
Thursday, February 10th, 2011The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows — hiybbprqag. This one is double-tricky. Hiybbprqag was one of the nonsensical words Google used in their efforts to catch Bing copying their search results (story here).
Why Twitter Was the Only Company to Challenge the Secret WikiLeaks Subpoena | Fast Company
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011An Interview With WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange [Forbes]
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010The Great Cyberheist – NYTimes.com
Monday, November 15th, 2010The Great Cyberheist – NYTimes.com. (dh) When I read these long form crime articles, I can’t help but think it sounds so similar to blackjack: you know sooner or later that you’re going to lose, it’s just a matter of how much you think you can get out before you do. Like blackjack it always seems that the most successful ones (you hear about, anyway) are the ones who are addicted to the game rather than the profit.
YouTube – World is Mine Live in HD (1080p 1920 x 1080)
Sunday, November 14th, 2010Invasion of Privacy. | Attack Vector
Sunday, October 31st, 2010YouTube – How Ink Is Made
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010Infovore » Something on my mind grapes
Monday, September 27th, 2010Infovore » Something on my mind grapes. Damn near perfect. I can’t help but read it all the correct voice.
Cynical-C | Man Who Commits Suicide at Harvard Leaves 1,905 Page Suicide Note Online
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010evercookie – virtually irrevocable persistent cookies
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010evercookie – virtually irrevocable persistent cookies. Catch you later, privacy.