Pinboard: bookmarks for jtth tagged 'cool'

ZAP Reader is a web based speed reading program that will change the way you read on your computer. Current beta testers report reading twice as much in half the time—that's a 300% increase in reading speed, without any loss in comprehension! There is nothing to install, it works with most popular browsers, and it's totally free!

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july 2009 by jtth

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alex dragulescu :: dynamic for the people

Alex Dragulescu is a Romanian visual artist whose practice embraces both traditional and new media. His projects are experiments and explorations of algorithms, computational models, simulations and information visualizations that involve data derived from databases, spam emails, blogs and video game assets.

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july 2009 by jtth

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The Learjet repo man | Salon News
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june 2009 by jtth

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aM laboratory

Simple sinewave synthesizer triggered by an ordinary 16step sequencer. Each triggered step causes a force on the underlaying wave-map, which makes it more cute. Makes me feel like a kid.

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may 2009 by jtth

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148081main_PIA08117_titan_data.mov (video/quicktime Object)

beautiful data visualization

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may 2009 by jtth

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YooouuuTuuube - Alice - 18 Rows - 18 Columns

YES

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may 2009 by jtth

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Jake and Dinos Chapman - Fucking Hell

Not sure what this is, but I enjoyed it.

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april 2009 by jtth

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tweenbots | kacie kinzer

In New York, we are very occupied with getting from one place to another. I wondered: could a human-like object traverse sidewalks and streets along with us, and in so doing, create a narrative about our relationship to space and our willingness to interact with what we find in it? More importantly, how could our actions be seen within a larger context of human connection that emerges from the complexity of the city itself? To answer these questions, I built robots.

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april 2009 by jtth

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The Semantic Apocalypse « Speculative Heresy
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february 2009 by jtth

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well-formed.eigenfactor.org : Visualizing information flow in science

Interactive visualizations of scientific influence as measured through Eigenfactors.

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february 2009 by jtth

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TinEye Reverse Image Search

TinEye a reverse image search engine. You can submit an image to TinEye to find out where it came from, how it is being used, if modified versions of the image exist, or to find higher resolution versions.

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january 2009 by jtth

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Damn Interesting » On the Origin of Circuits

It seems that evolution had not merely selected the best code for the task, it had also advocated those programs which took advantage of the electromagnetic quirks of that specific microchip environment. The five separate logic cells were clearly crucial to the chip's operation, but they were interacting with the main circuitry through some unorthodox method– most likely via the subtle magnetic fields that are created when electrons flow through circuitry, an effect known as magnetic flux. There was also evidence that the circuit was not relying solely on the transistors' absolute ON and OFF positions like a typical chip; it was capitalizing upon analogue shades of gray along with the digital black and white.

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december 2008 by jtth

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The Agrippa Files

Agrippa (a book of the dead) appeared in 1992 as a collaboration between artist Dennis Ashbaugh, author William Gibson, and publisher Kevin Begos, Jr. The Agrippa Files is a scholarly site that presents selected pages from the original art book; a unique archive of materials dating from the book’s creation and early reception; an emulation of Gibson’s included poem in its original born-and-die-digital form (it ran from a diskette once before encrypting itself into oblivion); a simulation of what the book’s intended “fading images” might have looked like; a video of the 1992 “transmission” of the work; a “virtual lightbox” for comparing and studying pages; full-text scholarly essays and interviews; an annotated bibliography of scholarship, press coverage, interviews, and other material; a detailed bibliographic description of the book; and a discussion forum.

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december 2008 by jtth

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NumberSpiral.com - Home

Really cool number spiral play.

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december 2008 by jtth

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Maxing out your Triangle — jackcheng.com

These three things fulfill some of our very basic needs—they give us stability, excitement, ways to contribute and opportunities to grow. If you’re with me so far, then allow me to present exhibit A, the love-growth-cash triangle:

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november 2008 by jtth

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Frank Sinatra Has a Cold - Gay Talese - Best Profile of Sinatra - Esquire

"Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" ran in April 1966 and became one of the most celebrated magazine stories ever published, a pioneering example of what came to be called New Journalism -- a work of rigorously faithful fact enlivened with the kind of vivid storytelling that had previously been reserved for fiction.

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november 2008 by jtth

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multiprocessing — Process-based “threading” interface — Python v2.6 documentation

multiprocessing is a package that supports spawning processes using an API similar to the threading module. The multiprocessing package offers both local and remote concurrency, effectively side-stepping the Global Interpreter Lock by using subprocesses instead of threads. Due to this, the multiprocessing module allows the programmer to fully leverage multiple processors on a given machine. It runs on both Unix and Windows.

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november 2008 by jtth

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best of craigslist : "Dear Red States..." A Letter From The Blue!
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october 2008 by jtth

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CAIDA : tools : visualization : walrus

Walrus is a tool for interactively visualizing large directed graphs in three-dimensional space. It is technically possible to display graphs containing a million nodes or more, but visual clutter, occlusion, and other factors can diminish the effectiveness of Walrus as the number of nodes, or the degree of their connectivity, increases. Thus, in practice, Walrus is best suited to visualizing moderately sized graphs that are nearly trees. A graph with a few hundred thousand nodes and only a slightly greater number of links is likely to be comfortable to work with.

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october 2008 by jtth

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Wanderlust: GOOD traces the most famous trips in history

Maps of the most famous journeys of history.

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august 2008 by jtth

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Favtape.com - Create & share an instant mixtape of your Pandora bookmarked songs or Last.fm loved tracks

Create & share an instant mixtape of your Pandora bookmarked songs or Last.fm loved tracks

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july 2008 by jtth

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High Tech Cowboys of the Deep Seas: The Race to Save the Cougar Ace

ryanqnorth: This story about salvaging a giant boat is excellent readin': http://tinyurl.com/2bwzdr (via @reddit)

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february 2008 by jtth

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These are not photos - UADDit

Incredibly realistic vector art.

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february 2008 by jtth

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[:Mana Energy Potion:] | RoboPult

Such an amazing use of a new $70,000 robot. Dig the vision system.

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january 2008 by jtth

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Musicovery : interactive webRadio

Fucking brilliant. Full-length songs (at not the best quality, but bearable) targeted through some rather abstract metrics.

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december 2007 by jtth

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Sparkline PHP Graphing Library

Sparklines are "intense, simple, wordlike graphics" so named by Edward Tufte. In lieu of a more detailed introduction, Professor Tufte's site has an early release of a chapter on sparklines.

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december 2007 by jtth

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Yellatducks.com » Blog Archive » Leopard Custom Docks
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november 2007 by jtth

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The Science Creative Quarterly » A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH, AGED 3: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IF YOUR DAD IS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, ASKING “WHY” CAN BE DANGEROUS

A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH, AGED 3: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IF YOUR DAD IS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, ASKING “WHY” CAN BE DANGEROUS

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november 2007 by jtth

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paint it black: the iPhone :: projects :: geek technique

How to make the sexiest JesusPhone ever.

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october 2007 by jtth

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Post Ranch Inn

I want to live here.

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october 2007 by jtth

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FOSSwire » Fix a Frozen System with the Magic SysRq Keys

Mashing in the power button to reboot could cause a problem if your hard drive is still being written to, and usually causes more problems than it solves. The Linux kernel includes a secret method of restarting your PC should it ever stop doing its job.

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september 2007 by jtth

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NoiseBot.com - Design Catalog of Funny T-Shirts, Hoodies & Tote Bags!

Some witty t-shirt verbage.

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april 2007 by jtth

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Optical Illusions and Visual Phenomena

Awesome visual illusions.

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march 2007 by jtth

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Brainy Electra™ Plasma Lamp by Lumisource

A plasma-filled brain lamp! I want!

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february 2007 by jtth

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Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: Back to the Future: How the Brain "Sees" the Future -- Whether imagining the future or recalling the past, the human mind calls on the same brain regions

fMRI scans reveal that the same part of the brain used when recalling the past is used when contemplating the future.

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january 2007 by jtth

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Blue Fish TShirts - check out the T-Qualizer tshirt!

The T-Qualizer. Equalizer on a t-shirt. Electroluminescent. Yeah.

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december 2006 by jtth

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Made In Design

You love him, you hate him, but finally you love him more. Amour, Haine, Love, Hate, this Tshirt reflects this sentimental fatal duel. Wear Love and Hate shows itself…(in the mirror).

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december 2006 by jtth

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List of faux pas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A huge list of faux pas for many countries.

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november 2006 by jtth

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Voltage Self-Illuminating Hair Gel

Glowing hair gel. Not glow in the dark, not blacklight activated. It just glows.

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october 2006 by jtth

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FileBrowse

Finder alternative.

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october 2006 by jtth

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Cool things you can do on a mac

Details things like drag and drop text clipping, internal dictionary usage, and some other fun, but sometimes pointless stuff.

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september 2006 by jtth

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game girl advance: File Under Mad Skillz

Amazing rocket jumping video. It's 20 minutes long!

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september 2006 by jtth

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The Linux Extremist » Blog Archive » The Swiftfox Experience

A post about Swiftfox, the Linux-optimized Firefox build

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september 2006 by jtth

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The Best Minimalist WordPress Themes · plaintxt.org

Some good minimalist (mostly white) themes for wordpress.

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august 2006 by jtth

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SERVE with CHIPS: MEGAUpdate - Transformers, and the Winners Are (Now with Megatron):

Transformers: the movie concept art!

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august 2006 by jtth

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The World's smallest one person helicopter - New Launches

$30,000. I'm not sure if I'd pay that much for this little transporter, but it is a cool idea and something that should be expanded upon. I'd like to see a large market of things like this.

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august 2006 by jtth

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Windows Tips

Some simple exploits combined with some interesting registry tweaks for Windows XP.