- 06/30/12 - Because who doesn't like math and playing with their food? - (www.georgehart.com/bagel/bagel.htmlMobius Linked Bagel)
- 06/29/12 - I can't apologize enough - A series of small mixed media works by San Francisco based artist David Fullarton featuring drawn portraits combined with the text of imagined apologies. (www.behance.net/gallery/I-cant-apologize-enough/1418519)
- 06/28/12 - Brackets - An open source code editor for the web. (blog.brackets.io)
- 06/27/12 - Univers Revolved - A 3-D alphabet resulting from the rotation of capital letters. (universrevolved.com/1.The 3-D Alphabet/1.alphabetframeset.htm)
- 06/26/12 - Extinct Birds - Dressed In Fashions From the Year of Their Demise. (www.flavorwire.com/302904/extinct-birds-dressed-in-fashions-from-the-year-of-their-demise?all=1)
- 06/25/12 - Winamp's woes - How the greatest MP3 player undid itself. (arstechnica.com/business/2012/06/winamp-how-greatest-mp3-player-undid-itself)
- 06/24/12 - Poetry Foundation - An independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience. (www.poetryfoundation.org)
- 06/23/12 - Wassily Kandinsky - Where to see Kandinsky in the world's museums. (www.wassilykandinsky.net/museums.php)
- 06/22/12 - Swordfighting: Not What You Think It Is - To borrow a famous line, the problem with most people trying to understanding the true nature of historical sword combat is not that they're ignorant — it's just that they know so much that isn't so. (io9.com/5918644/swordfighting-not-what-you-think-it-is)
- 06/21/12 - Drunk Texts from Famous Authors - With many more good ones in the comments below. (www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/06/18/drunk-texts-from-famous-authors)
- 06/20/12 - Redesigning Project - A collaboration between CBC Radio's Q and NPR's Studio 360 that asks Americans to describe Canadians and vice-versa. (redesigningproject.com)
- 06/19/12 - Garfield Randomizer - ...so this guy noticed that Garfield comics make just as much sense if you throw random panels together, and sometimes are actually pretty funny. He got a cease and desist letter. So he made the code available for people who wanted to try it for themselves. Here we go! (dougshaw.com/garfield.html)
- 06/18/12 - Early Tallbikes - In the days of the pennyfarthing, riding your bike six feet off the ground was considered quite 'Ordinary' (johnnypayphone.net/tallbikes)
- 06/17/12 - Amazon's markup of digital delivery to indie authors is ~129,000% - Andrew Hyde looks into Amazon's e-book practices. (andrewhy.de/amazons-markup-of-digital-delivery-to-indie-authors-is-129000)
- 06/16/12 - Underground New York Public Library - A visual library featuring the Reading-Riders of the NYC subways. (undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com)
- 06/15/12 - Old Timey Ads - And headlines, and articles, and images, and miscellany unearthed by the guy who makes Wondermark. (oldtimeyads.tumblr.com)
- 06/14/12 - How the World was Imagined - Early Maps and Atlases (socks-studio.com/2012/06/10/how-the-world-was-imagine-early-maps-and-atlases)
- 06/13/12 - pointer pointer - Move your cursor anywhere on the screen and they will find a photo that points to it. (pointerpointer.com)
- 06/12/12 - Brutalist Buildings - London's Top Brutalist Buildings. (londonist.com/2012/05/londons-top-brutalist-buildings.php)
- 06/11/12 - campsite - A Short History of the Campsite (places.designobserver.com/feature/a-short-history-of-the-campsite/26808)
- 06/10/12 - Hell on Wheels - In Praise of Mutant Bikes. (life.time.com/curiosities/hell-on-wheels-in-praise-of-mutant-bicycles)
- 06/09/12 - The Flame Challenge - This year we asked scientists to explain “What is a flame” in a way 11-year-olds would understand and enjoy. (flamechallenge.org)
- 06/08/12 - Stately Sandwiches - A sandwich for every state. A delicious journey across America. (statelysandwiches.com)
- 06/07/12 - Bike's Eye View - A gallery of bike's eye view photos and videos. (www.buzzfeed.com/schwinn/incredible-bikes-eye-view-photos-5vrq)
- 06/06/12 - transitmaps.tumblr.com - A celebration of transit maps and diagrams from around the world, whether they be real or imaginary, or from the past, future or present. (transitmaps.tumblr.com)
- 06/05/12 - once a quarter - Four Victoria companies have come together to donate the equivalent of $10,000 of strategic planning every quarter to a non-profit in the Greater Victoria area. (once-a-quarter.com)
- 06/04/12 - BlackOutSpeakOut - On June 4th, Canada's major environmental organizations, together with leading charities, unions, bloggers, and others will darken their websites and join thousands of Canadians like you to Speak Out in defence of nature and democracy. (blackoutspeakout.ca)
- 06/03/12 - bad guys - Being bad is an underappreciated skill. Which is why we have affection for the seven actors here, who have turned scaring the living crap out of us into an art form. These men make heroic work of evil. (www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201206/best-villains-bad-guys-portfolio)
- 06/02/12 - 40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken - A moving collection of iconic photographs from the last 100 years that demonstrate the heartbreak of loss, the tremendous power of loyalty, and the triumph of the human spirit. Warning: Some of these will make you weep. (www.buzzfeed.com/expresident/most-powerful-photographs-ever-taken)
- 06/01/12 - Journey into Cryptography - An 11 part introductory course in cryptography. (www.khanacademy.org/science/brit-cruise/cryptography)
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