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Badass Futurisim Video from Microsoft
Songbird: Mozilla’s Open-Source iTunes Killer
Well, I was an iTunes lovin’ mofo ever since I got my new Macbook Pro. Key word there, “was” because after my lovely student worker Bob informed me of Mozilla’s new open-source music program, appropriately called Songbird I’m afraid I’ve been permanently swayed. Read the rest of this entry »
The Impossible Map (1947)
is a badass video from 1947 that uses fruit, freaky animation and a sweet narrator to explain the problems with map making.
Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth. – National Film Board, Canada
Video Copyright Evelyn Lambart
Help Us Pick Our New Bumper Sticker!
Howdy! You can help us pick out our new bumper sticker. PLEASE leave a comment with your favorite #!
Thanks! All stickers Copyright 2009 Andrew Mansbach, Cynicalmedia.com
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New Google Earth = Badasssssss
check out http://earth.google.com immediately. Stop reading now.
Still reading? OK…
With the new version of Google Earth, you can view old versions of GIS data. Just looking around Furman University and downtown Greenville, South Carolina you can see how man landmarks have been built in the past 15 or so years. Really cool stuff. Also, they have all sorts of info on the Ocean. Reallllllly cool.
More pictures after the jump.
The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody)
Thanks to Katherine for sending me this. www.snuggie.com or www.slanket.com (snuggie competitor)
