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we left this side blank so you can help

Posted May 20th, 2009 at 9:44 am. There are 0 comments.

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Photo credit: (dcdan on flickr)

Not quite the same as the whole Dangermouse thing, but a great blank side to an awesome Dead Kennedy’s album, err cassette, In God We Trust, Inc.

space shuttle in transit of the sun

Posted May 17th, 2009 at 11:13 pm. There are 0 comments.

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Amazing.

Photo Credit: (NASA/Thierry Legault)

workplace skills of the future

Posted May 16th, 2009 at 12:35 pm. There are 0 comments.

In the rapidly approaching future, and increasingly the present, new sets of skills are required to successfully operate within the new work landscapes we are creating for ourselves. My top five from the list of 10 Workplace Skills of the Future

Longbroading
Seeing a much bigger picture; thinking in terms of higher level systems, bigger networks, longer cycles

Open Authorship
Creating content for public modification; the ability to work with massively multiple contributors

Multi-Capitalism
Fluency in working and trading simultaneously with different hybrid capitals, e.g., natural, intellectual, social, financial, virtual

Signal/Noise Management
Filtering meaningful info, patterns, and commonalities from the massively-multiple streams of data and advice

Emergensight
The ability to prepare for and handle surprising results and complexity that come with coordination, cooperation and collaboration on extreme scales

boffin from last.fm

Posted May 15th, 2009 at 8:42 am. There are 0 comments.

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Boffin is last.fm radio for your local music. You aim it at your music collection and it crunches for a bit. While it eats up your music you get a wonderful view of it all, with filename scrolling at warp speed in the background and album covers moving right to left.

This is the nicest possible progress bar an app could have.

When it’s done you get a tag cloud and you can pick the different genres you want to listen to.

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today is a

Posted May 12th, 2009 at 11:07 am. There are 0 comments.

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todayisa.com checks the weather, news stocks and other mystey stuff to determine is the day is goo, or bad. Also available in json, LOL, boolean or on twitter @todayisa

is this your luggage?

Posted May 10th, 2009 at 4:15 pm. There are 0 comments.

isthisyourluggage.com

WHEN A BAG GETS LOST THE AIRPORT OR AIRLINE WILL STORE IT FOR A WHILE AND TRY TO FIND THE OWNER.

IF THEY CAN’T IDENTIFY THE OWNER OF THE CASE THEY SEND IT TO BE AUCTIONED OFF WITH THE PROFIT GOING TO CHARITY.

I GO TO THESE AUCTIONS AND BUY THE CASES SO I CAN PHOTOGRAPH THEM FOR MY WEIRD VOYEURISTIC PASSION.

THE REASON FOR THE WEB SITE? I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO TRY TO FIND THE PEOPLE WHO OWN MY SUITCASES, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FRIENDS WHO HAVE LOST A CASE PLEASE GET THEM TO HAVE A LOOK.

subway sparklines

Posted May 9th, 2009 at 4:18 pm. There are 0 comments.

Mike Frumin’s map that show New York City subway ridership between 1905 to 2006 with sparklines for each station. Its great to see sparklines in use on a map, where the detail given by the sparkline is a kind of cartographic detail you can get lost in when looking at a map.

The general idea it that the history of subway ridership tells a story about the history of a neighborhood that is much richer than the overall trend.

best made co. axe

Posted May 7th, 2009 at 1:03 pm. There are 0 comments.

Best Made Co. sells axes. The company, started in part by designer Peter Buchanan-Smith, offers 11 models of American crafted, designer axes.

Every high-rise condo, luxury office, executive suite, ranch house, and farmstead must have an axe in it. We know that axes shouldn’t only be in the hands of lumberjacks: anyone and everyone should have an axe in their name. Put it in your cubicle, give it to your niece as a graduation present, or your dad for father’s day, bring it to the company picnic, carry it to the door next time Jehovah’s Witness come, or just lean it up against your living room wall and admire. An axe is indispensable and sublime, the epitome of self-reliance and independence, a perfect design object, a timeless instrument.