site of the day archive for august 2013
- 08/31/13 - Infographics - Why your Brain Craves Infographics (neomam.com/interactive/13reasons)
- 08/30/13 - Writing Tools - The Writing Tools of 20 Famous Authors (flavorwire.com/410384/the-writing-tools-of-20-famous-authors)
- 08/29/13 - How to read and understand a scientific paper - A guide for non-scientists. (violentmetaphors.com/2013/08/25/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-2)
- 08/28/13 - Social Media Flowchart - Where Should You Post That Thought? (dashburst.com/social-media-flowchart-where-should-you-post)
- 08/27/13 - Food Game - How well do you know the world? (www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2013/jun/07/food-game-what-do-you-know)
- 08/26/13 - Just Delete Me - A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services. (justdelete.me)
- 08/25/13 - Social Transformation Project - Changing the way change is made. (stproject.org)
- 08/24/13 - Movin' On Up - A skewed history of New York City as depicted by the opening themes of 1970s TV shows. (theboweryboys.blogspot.ca/2013/08/movin-on-up-skewed-history-of-new-york.html)
- 08/23/13 - roadskillmap.com - An interactive map of worldwide traffic fatalities. (roadskillmap.com)
- 08/22/13 - A look inside the cartoonist's sketchbook - Ever wanted to peek inside an artist's sketchbook? Five cartoonists reveal all. (www.theguardian.com/books/series/a-look-inside-the-cartoonists-sketchbook)
- 08/21/13 - Bad Jelly - Trying retro recipes so you don't have to. (badjellyblog.com)
- 08/20/13 - The Listiclock - A Buzzfeed list for every second of the day. (www.buzzfeed.com/clockmode)
- 08/19/13 - Ballet - Ballet dancers in random situations (www.leenks.com/gallery2157.htm)
- 08/18/13 - Hot Dog Legs - Are they hot dogs or legs? (hot-dog-legs.tumblr.com)
- 08/17/13 - boootube - All the worst-rated videos in one handy place. (boootube.com)
- 08/16/13 - The Most Important Taco of the Day - Breakfast! A multi-generational history of the breakfast taco, via Austin institution the Tamale House. Excerpted from the new book "Austin Breakfast Tacos." (www.texasmonthly.com/story/most-important-taco-day?fullpage=1&e)
- 08/15/13 - Alfred Hitchcock's obsessions in numbers - Had he survived his three-steaks-a-sitting diet Alfred Hitchcock would have been all of 114 on 13 August. To celebrate, we're charting the great director's films in numbers - from character deaths to longest journeys - and finally answer the question: which is the most Hitchcockian Hitchcock of all? (www.theguardian.com/film/picture/2013/aug/12/alfred-hitchcock-film-statistics)
- 08/14/13 - What Kind of D&D Character Would You Be? - This survey will determine your ability scores, fantasy race, class, alignment, and character level describing what you would be if you were transformed into a Dungeons and Dragons character. This is a long survey, so set aside about 15 to 20 minutes to complete all 129 questions. (easydamus.com/character.html)
- 08/13/13 - Degrassi Panthers - A blog dedicated to mapping out the shoot locations of all 3 seasons of Degrassi Junior High. (degrassipanthers.com)
- 08/12/13 - Listen to Wikipedia - Listen to Wikipedia's recent changes feed. The sounds indicate addition to (bells) or subtraction from (strings) a Wikipedia articles, and the pitch changes according to the size of the edit. (listen.hatnote.com)
- 08/11/13 - Think Insights - Big Thinkers. Compelling Data. Creative Juice. Put Google research and insight behind your thinking. (www.google.com/think)
- 08/10/13 - Book Riot - Always books. Never boring. (bookriot.com)
- 08/09/13 - The Nervous Breakdown Self-Interview - Authors ask themselves the tough questions that reviewers won't. (www.thenervousbreakdown.com/tag/tnb-self-interview)
- 08/08/13 - Book Notes - Authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. (www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/book_notes_2012)
- 08/07/13 - How Musicians Really Make Money - In one long graph. (www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/how-musicians-really-make-money-in-one-long-graph/249267)
- 08/06/13 - Three Hundred - This is my attempt to document three hundred different gameplay concepts of my own creation. These ideas are free for anyone to use. (www.squidi.net/three)
- 08/05/13 - Pictures from the past - From definitive moments in history to milestones in photography: outstanding images selected by the picture editors of the Guardian and Observer. (www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/series/pictures-from-the-past)
- 08/04/13 - springwise - Springwise scans the globe for the most promising, unique and innovative business ventures, ideas and concepts that are ready for regional or international adaptation, expansion, partnering, investments or cooperation. (www.springwise.com)
- 08/03/13 - Compfight - A Flickr search engine. (compfight.com)
- 08/02/13 - workingatanonprofit.tumblr.com - When you work at a nonprofit... (workingatanonprofit.tumblr.com)
- 08/01/13 - giphy - The animated GIF search engine. (giphy.com)
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