'This American Life' Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class Existence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
june 2010 by infovore
"In what cultural anthropologists are calling a "colossal achievement" in the study of white-collar professionals, the popular radio show has successfully isolated all 7,442 known characteristics of college graduates who earn between $62,500 and $125,000 per year and feel strongly that something should be done about global warming." Ahehehehehe.
thisamericanlife
theonion
npr
radio
satire
middleclass
june 2010 by infovore
Bing Destination Map: Automatic Napkin Sketching of Maps - information aesthetics
june 2010 by infovore
"...Bing Destination Maps [bing.com] seems quite interesting as a new way of rendering geographical maps in a more visually simplified, understandable and accessible way. In other words, imagine one can now create a sort of information-optimized summary maps, similar to those you would quickly draw yourself on the back of napkin." It is slow and a bit beta, and the loading graphic is crackers... but otherwise, this is superb.
piratemaps
bing
maps
sketching
approximation
npr
june 2010 by infovore
The Unfinished Swan
october 2008 by infovore
"The Unfinished Swan is a first-person painting game set in an entirely white world. Players can splatter paint to help them find their way through an unusual garden." Beautiful.
xna
games
monochrome
blackandwhite
3d
npr
nonphotorealistic
abstract
surreal
stylised
october 2008 by infovore
NPR: Tom Waits Interviews Tom Waits
august 2008 by infovore
"...when Anti Records sent us this interview Tom Waits did with himself, we had to pass it along." Beautiful, wonderful, funny. And a great Buckminster Full quotation in there to boot.
tomwaits
interview
music
anecdotes
facts
npr
awesome
august 2008 by infovore
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