site of the day archive for july 2012
- 07/31/12 - Early Office Museum - The history and evolution of offices, antique office machines and equipment, and business technology based on original documents, artifacts, and vintage photographs. (officemuseum.com)
- 07/30/12 - texteditors.org - Text editor reviews, analysis, and commentary by the community at large. (texteditors.org)
- 07/29/12 - Victoria: A History in Layers - A visual tour of Victoria's history. (abigg.ca)
- 07/28/12 - The Internet Map - A bi-dimensional presentation of links between websites on the Internet. Every site is a circle on the map, and its size is determined by website traffic, the larger the amount of traffic, the bigger the circle. (internet-map.net)
- 07/27/12 - MathB.in - Share mathematics on the web. (mathb.in)
- 07/26/12 - wordmark.it - Preview words with all the fonts installed on your computer. (wordmark.it)
- 07/25/12 - The Perennial Plate - An online weekly documentary series dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating. (www.theperennialplate.com)
- 07/24/12 - You Chose Wrong - An anthology of unfortunate endings to Choose Your Own Adventure books. (youchosewrong.tumblr.com)
- 07/23/12 - The Undercover Economist - The economic ideas behind everyday experiences. (timharford.com)
- 07/22/12 - D3 tutorials - Tutorials on how to use D3 for mapping data into web pages. (alignedleft.com/tutorials)
- 07/21/12 - Suggested Buzzfeed Articles - The latest list from McSweeney's. (www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/suggested-buzzfeed-articles)
- 07/20/12 - Kartograph - A simple and lightweight framework for creating beautiful, interactive vector maps. (kartograph.org)
- 07/19/12 - Mitt, Venn And Now - Helping out Mitt Romney, one venn diagram at a time. (mittvennandnow.tumblr.com)
- 07/18/12 - chartsnthings - A blog of data sketches from the New York Times Graphics Department. (chartsnthings.tumblr.com)
- 07/17/12 - Data Stories - A bi-weekly podcast on data visualization. (datastori.es)
- 07/16/12 - The Data Journalism Handbook - A free, open-source reference with contributions from over 70 industry leaders. (datajournalismhandbook.org)
- 07/15/12 - In-screen sports graphics - The increasingly sophisticated visualisation of sports statistics can be extended to other fields, such as building or commerce, and help to improve the general quality of information. (www.domusweb.it/en/design/in-screen-sports-graphics)
- 07/14/12 - Brain Tipping - BrainTripping lets you make up sentences and conversations using the words of Jesus, Shakespeare, Tupac, Kim Jong Il, Steve Jobs, and other cultural icons. (www.matt.is/introducing-braintripping)
- 07/13/12 - Top 15 Worst Logo FAILS Ever - Marketers say that one of the most important marketing tools is a good logo design. It not only provides an easy to recognize identity for your business but also communicates who you are. That's why every company considering creating or buying a logo design should know the criteria that make for an effective logo.> (www.boredpanda.com/worst-logo-fails-ever)
- 07/12/12 - Origin of the @ reply - Where did the @reply come from? Why did people start putting @ at the beginning of people's names instead of at the end as in an email address. (anarchogeek.com/2012/07/09/origin-of-the-reply-digging-through-twitters-history)
- 07/11/12 - XKCD What If? - Answering your hypothetical questions with physics, every Tuesday. (what-if.xkcd.com)
- 07/10/12 - This Is the Title of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times in the Story Itself - This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. (consc.net/misc/moser.html)
- 07/09/12 - Street Tucker - Food found on the streets of New York City. (streettucker.wordpress.com)
- 07/08/12 - The Codeless Code: Koans for the Software Engineer - An illustrated collection of (sometimes violent) fables, concerning the Art and Philosophy of software development. (thecodelesscode.com/contents)
- 07/07/12 - A Short History of the Campsite - An essay by Martin Hogue. (places.designobserver.com/feature/a-short-history-of-the-campsite/26808)
- 07/06/12 - Off Book - Cutting edge art, the artists that make it and the people that share it online. (www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0F0848403DB558CA)
- 07/05/12 - Science off the Sphere - Astronaut and chemist Dr. Don Pettit does physics demos that are out of this world. Currently on board the International Space Station, Dr. Pettit presents fantastic physics that can only be demonstrated in micro-gravity. (physicscentral.com/explore/sots)
- 07/04/12 - Triple Canopy - Facilitating projects that engage the Internet's specific characteristics as a public forum and as a medium, one with its own evolving practices of reading and viewing, economies of attention, and modes of interaction. (canopycanopycanopy.com)
- 07/03/12 - Be Serious for 30 Seconds - Rule 1: It has to be serious.
Rule 2: It has to be 30 seconds or less
Rule 3: No more than 2 people in it
Rule 4: At least 1 5 second dramatic pause
Rule 5: At least 1 cutaway to an object
Rule 6: Do your best acting
Rule 7: It needs to have a door slamming (www.youtube.com/beseriousfor30)
- 07/02/12 - Movie Posters - A collection of rare movie posters. (moviepostercollectors.com/MPC_Showcase_Rare.html)
- 07/01/12 - Freeman Electric - 8 Clips of Morgan Freeman Being Awesome on The Electric Company. (www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/131787)
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