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Albert Bartlett explaining exponential growth. A series of eight...

Mon, 21 May 2012 20:51:11 +0100

Albert Bartlett explaining exponential growth.

A series of eight videos with a total length of 1h 15m 38s.

Definitely watch the first video (9m 18s), then see if you’ll continue…

Reddit user KTR2 made this graphic to explain how evidence and...

Sun, 20 May 2012 20:10:40 +0100

Reddit user KTR2 made this graphic to explain how evidence and theory, combined with critical thinking, help us reach the truth.

(Vector version)

thedailywhat: Marketing Campaign of the Day: A new campaign...

Wed, 16 May 2012 19:48:09 +0100

thedailywhat:

Marketing Campaign of the Day: A new campaign called “Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry” — whose debut video will give you chills — takes aim at the Defense of Marriage Act and its impact on gay and lesbian military families. The video follows the devastating trajectory of a lesbian relationship when one of the women serves in Afghanistan.

Evan Wolfson, the founder of Freedom to Marry, one of the organizations behind the campaign, spells it out for us:

Many people assume that, with the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” gay men and lesbians serving our country are now being treated fairly and equally, but that’s not the case. We ended the ban on open military service for gay and lesbian Americans, but there is still federal ban on treating married service members as what they are: married.

[towleroad]

This time lapse covers more than 1000 years and shows the...

Tue, 15 May 2012 17:20:20 +0100

This time lapse covers more than 1000 years and shows the shifting national borders of Europe.

There’s also a slowed-down version that shows the year and some annotation of events.

(via Kottke)

thedailywhat: Marketing Campaign of the Day: Dad finally gets...

Tue, 15 May 2012 05:42:51 +0100

thedailywhat:

Marketing Campaign of the Day: Dad finally gets center stage — and the respect he deserves — in Volkswagen’s new 90-second spot for the “small but tough” Polo.

*Could cause misty eyes.

[hypervocal]

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Mon, 14 May 2012 05:17:50 +0100

The Eagleman Stag via Animade

Tue, 08 May 2012 20:58:00 +0100

The Eagleman Stag

via Animade

andrewpmsmith: via Film Riot

Tue, 08 May 2012 17:55:48 +0100

andrewpmsmith:

via Film Riot

Dolly zoom (or, the Vertigo effect) in action. A useful (if...

Fri, 04 May 2012 09:46:18 +0100

Dolly zoom (or, the Vertigo effect) in action.

A useful (if slightly inaccurate) way of showing the importance of focal length.

via Reddit

Coffee Jerks “I took a series of 1950’s and...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:09:37 +0100

Coffee Jerks

“I took a series of 1950’s and 60’s-era coffee commercials from the Prelinger Archives and edited them down to just the moments when the guys were the biggest jerks to their wives about coffee.”

Ben Goldacre on the nocebo effect. (From the BBC’s...

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:08:47 +0100

Ben Goldacre on the nocebo effect.

(From the BBC’s “non-religious Christmas celebration of comedy, science and music”, Nerdstock: 9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People)

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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:33:31 +0100

Generate a Fake Identity

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:30:56 +0100

Generate a Fake Identity:

Possibly useful for filling out forms that require you to live in specific locations.

I love this. I always look for the owning-conglomerate when I...

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:17:21 +0100

I love this. I always look for the owning-conglomerate when I buy products. There’s something inherently fascinating about this humongous organisations.

Also: media.

via Reddit (where you should read this comment thread if your initial reaction is disgust)

Logical Fallacy Poster from YourLogicalFallacyIs.com Click...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:19:00 +0100

Logical Fallacy Poster from YourLogicalFallacyIs.com

Click through for the PDF versions.

via BoingBoing

Sounds about right. Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:46:52 +0100

Sounds about right.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Reblogging for that Discover America site. Awesome (and...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:25:11 +0100

Reblogging for that Discover America site. Awesome (and beautiful) resource for first-pass holiday planning.

thedailywhat:

Marketing Campaign of the Day: In a “public-private partnership between the travel industry and the U.S. government,” this $12.3 million “Land of Dreams” ad campaign by Discover America will hit the U.K., Japan, and Canada in the next few months, then expand to Brazil and South Korea. Just in case no one realizes that THIS is what America is really like.

[consumerist]

The Difference Between UX and UI: Subtleties Explained in...

Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:17:05 +0100

The Difference Between UX and UI: Subtleties Explained in Cereal

By Ed Lea, via Design.org

BOOM! via @finiteattention

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:35:41 +0100

BOOM!

via @finiteattention

thedailywhat: Holocaust Commemoration of the Day: This — filmed...

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 07:19:42 +0100

thedailywhat:

Holocaust Commemoration of the Day: This — filmed last year on Yom HaShoah — is how it’s done in Israel. This is how Holocaust Remembrance Day is honored around the world.

[reddit]