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The Monocle Gesture
September 5, 2009 at 4:57 am | Posted in Humor, Reference | Leave a commentTags: gestures, Humor, maracaibo, monocles, Reference, scorn, silent communication
Accuse people of being bourgeois the way they do in Maracaibo.
Forvo
August 7, 2009 at 11:23 pm | Posted in Reference | Leave a commentTags: crowdsourcing, linguistics, pronunciation, Reference
How People Spend Their Days
August 2, 2009 at 11:42 pm | Posted in Journalism, Reference | Leave a commentTags: Journalism, new york times, Reference, time, visualization
The New York Times, in another fabulous interactive visualization, reveals how people spend their days.
Instructions for Arabic Calligraphy
July 26, 2009 at 1:58 am | Posted in Crafts, Design, Reference | Leave a commentTags: arabic, calligraphy, Crafts, Design, Reference
Tutorials in some of the most amazing written art in the world.
Artist’s Guide To Human Types, by Joumana Medlej
July 26, 2009 at 1:52 am | Posted in Art, Drawing, Reference | Leave a commentTags: Art, Drawing, figure reference, joumana medlej, Reference
The Best Words
July 26, 2009 at 1:25 am | Posted in Literature, Reference | Leave a commentTags: best words, dictionary, Literature, Reference, words
These words are awesome, and you should use them.
Every Color Has A Name
July 25, 2009 at 8:56 pm | Posted in Reference, Webware | Leave a commentTags: color theory, colors, Reference, Webware
No, really. Every single color.
The Perfect Scarf Knot
July 25, 2009 at 8:06 pm | Posted in Reference | Leave a commentTags: knots, Reference, scarves
The Big Religion Chart
July 16, 2009 at 9:19 am | Posted in Reference, Religion | Leave a commentTags: chart, Reference, Religion
In case you need to check up on where a particular religion stands.
A Tiling Database
January 14, 2009 at 6:50 pm | Posted in Design, Reference, Webware | Leave a commentTags: Design, Reference, tesselation, tiles, tiling, Webware
Need some tiling patterns? Or possibly hundreds of them? Look no further!
The Thypott Art Galleries
December 6, 2008 at 8:27 am | Posted in Art, Reference | Leave a commentTags: Art, gallery, Painting, Reference
1001 Rules For My Unborn Son
November 23, 2008 at 10:02 am | Posted in Reference | Leave a commentTags: advice, Reference, rules
One man, on a quest to convey hipness to his son before he grows too old to be hip, prepares a work for the ages.
Charity Navigator
October 17, 2008 at 12:44 am | Posted in Reference, Webware | Leave a commentTags: Charity, database, Reference, Webware
The 2008 Black Box Voting Tool Kit
September 14, 2008 at 1:59 am | Posted in Politics, Reference | Leave a commentTags: black box voting, election, election fraud, indecision 2008, Politics, Reference, vote fraud, voting
Free Books To Read & Download
September 14, 2008 at 1:45 am | Posted in Books, Gratis, Literature, Reference | Leave a commentTags: Books, free, Gratis, library, lists, Literature, Reference
How about 25 places to read books for free? Or 50 places to download them?
Word Spectrums
August 22, 2008 at 7:55 pm | Posted in Eye Candy, Reference | Leave a commentTags: bi-grams, Eye Candy, Reference, visualization
The David Rumsey Map Collection
August 13, 2008 at 9:24 am | Posted in Cartography, History, Reference | Leave a commentTags: archive, Cartography, History, maps, Reference, world
A vast collection of maps, some of which have a Google Maps overlay of real satellite photography.
Maps of India
August 11, 2008 at 12:45 am | Posted in Cartography, Economics, History, Politics, Reference, Religion | Leave a commentTags: Cartography, Economics, History, india, maps, Politics, Reference, Religion
They’ve got maps of India. Lots and lots and lots and lots of maps of India.
Internet Movie Firearm Database
August 11, 2008 at 12:42 am | Posted in Film, Reference, Weapons | Leave a commentTags: Film, firearms, guns, Reference, Weapons
A wiki devoted to identifying exactly which guns appears in which film.
Every Topic In The Universe Except Chickens
July 29, 2008 at 7:51 am | Posted in Humor, Reference | Leave a commentTags: chickens, edit wars, Humor, Reference, sacrifice zone, vandalism, wikipedia
An ambitious proposal to concentrate all Wikipedia vandalism on the article for “Chicken.” Behold the fruits of those labors.
Making A Handwriting Font From Scratch In 24 Hours
July 19, 2008 at 1:09 am | Posted in Drawing, Reference, Software | Leave a commentTags: Drawing, fonts, how to, Reference, Software, typography
The Periodic Table of Videos
July 16, 2008 at 4:10 am | Posted in Chemistry, Education, Reference, Science | Leave a commentTags: Chemistry, Education, periodic table, Reference, Science, videos
The University of Nottingham would like to take you on a journey across the periodic table of elements, one Youtube video at a time.
How To Write Strong Arguments
May 26, 2008 at 7:42 pm | Posted in Education, Philosophy, Reference | Leave a commentTags: debate, Education, how to, logic, Philosophy, Reference, visualization, writing
Sorting Algorithms, Visually Conveyed
May 10, 2008 at 8:13 pm | Posted in Reference, Software | Leave a commentTags: bubble sort, programming, quicksort, Reference, Software, sorting
You’ve heard Quicksort is fast. Now see for yourself how fast.
Lessons In Electric Circuits
May 10, 2008 at 8:11 pm | Posted in Books, Crafts, Reference, Technology | Leave a commentTags: Books, Crafts, electrical engineering, electricity, Reference, Technology, zap
Free electrical engineering textbooks are just the thing you need to start a new and dangerous hobby.
The Language Of Lagomorphs
April 19, 2008 at 5:38 am | Posted in Biology, Reference | Leave a commentTags: Biology, body language, bunnies, lagomorphs, language, rabbits, Reference
“Calculus Via O Notation” By Donald Knuth
April 15, 2008 at 4:46 am | Posted in Education, Mathematics, Reference | Leave a commentTags: big o, calculus, computer science, donald knuth, Education, math, Mathematics, maths, o notation, Reference
The legendary computer science guru writes, in 1998, that “if I had the opportunity to deviate from the existing textbooks, I would certainly make major changes by emphasizing several notational improvements that advanced mathematicians have been using for more than a hundred years.“
What Every American Should Know About The Middle East
April 5, 2008 at 1:22 am | Posted in History, Reference | Leave a commentTags: culture, geography, History, middle east, Politics, Reference
A 2-minute primer of the absolute minimum you should know about the Middle East.
Voronoi Diagrams
March 14, 2008 at 8:42 am | Posted in Mathematics, Reference | Leave a commentWhether you’re making stained glass or figuring out where to set up your ice cream stand, Voronoi diagrams have something for you!
The Fxtbook
March 7, 2008 at 5:51 am | Posted in Books, Gratis, Reference, Software, Technology | Leave a comment-
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