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'This American Life' Completes Documentation Of Liberal, Upper-Middle-Class Existence | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
"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
"...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
"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
"...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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