site of the day archive for august 2015
- 08/31/15 - Line Square Dot - An addictive, minimalistic, JavaScript game. (lalo.li/lsd)
- 08/30/15 - Radical Sandcastles - These aren't your prototypical bucket-and-pail sand structures. Matt Kaliner's creations deserve an architectural category all their own. (www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/08/radical-sandcastles/402139)
- 08/29/15 - The Evolution of Magazine Covers - A look at the evolution of popular US magazine covers (medium.com/@karenxcheng/the-evolution-of-magazine-covers-d55514210a57)
- 08/28/15 - I Can't Stop Reading One-Star Yelp Reviews of National Parks - "I really wanted to enjoy this canyon..." (www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/08/i-cant-stop-reading-these-one-star-yelp-reviews-national-parks)
- 08/27/15 - Guns With History - If you knew a gun's history, would you be so keen to buy one? (gunswithhistory.com)
- 08/26/15 - LlamaZOO - Building 3D anatomy learning & reference apps for veterinary students. (www.llamazoo.com)
- 08/25/15 - Cast Party - A live podcast festival. (castparty.org)
- 08/24/15 - The Hugo Awards - The 2015 Hugo Award winners have been announced. (www.thehugoawards.org)
- 08/23/15 - National Gallery of Canada - Dedicated to making contemporary and historical art known in Canada, and abroad, as well as encouraging the enjoyment of art. (www.gallery.ca)
- 08/22/15 - 1995 Internet - Every website from the Internet International Directory, published 1995 (many dead links) (twitter.com/1995Internet)
- 08/21/15 - Remembering Jack - Four years ago tomorrow, our friend Jack Layton passed away. (rememberingjacklayton.ca)
- 08/20/15 - Bucket List - 17 Bucket List Items RUINED by Real Images (www.thisworldrocks.com/17-bucket-list-items-ruined-by-real-images)
- 08/19/15 - NDP - I'm spending the next two months working hard to elect an NDP government in Canada. Will you help out? (www.ndp.ca)
- 08/18/15 - Disney - The abridged history of Disney, 2015-2040 AD (www.theverge.com/2015/8/17/9127249/future-of-disney-marvel-star-wars)
- 08/17/15 - Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption Church - John Oliver's Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption "Church" (www.ourladyofperpetualexemption.com)
- 08/16/15 - An Illustrated History of Hamburgers in America - The rise, fall, and resurgence of America's greatest cultural export. (firstwefeast.com/eat/illustrated-history-of-hamburgers-in-america)
- 08/15/15 - The criminal's alphabet - Can't tell your turtles from your hotplate hamsters? Wise up with this indispensable guide to British prison slang. (www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/15/criminal-alphabet-guide-to-prison-slang)
- 08/14/15 - The Database of the Dead - Are you in it? (www.newrepublic.com/article/122529/database-dead-are-you-it)
- 08/13/15 - Nomination for 2015 Victoria Mayor's Medal - Help us recognize, elevate, and celebrate those making a difference in our community. Nominees can be anyone living and working in Victoria, for anything from a lifetime of work to a single significant action. (www.thinklandia.ca/mayorsmedal)
- 08/12/15 - Berkeley persuasion experiment design tool - A new design for persuasion experiments that is considerably cheaper, faster, and more precise than traditional persuasion experiments. (experiments.berkeley.edu)
- 08/11/15 - Alphabet - What is Alphabet? Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies. The largest of which, of course, is Google. This newer Google is a bit slimmed down, with the companies that are pretty far afield of our main internet products contained in Alphabet instead. (abc.xyz)
- 08/10/15 - The Many Origins of the English Language - A visualization of the language of origin for English words over time. (www.slate.com/blogs/lexicon_valley/2014/03/10/etymology_languages_that_have_contributed_to_english_vocabulary_over_time.html)
- 08/09/15 - Women Fighters In Reasonable Armor - Ladies that actually dress for dealing damage. (womenfighters.tumblr.com)
- 08/08/15 - The New Devil's Dictionary - "DICTIONARY, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic. This dictionary, however, is a most useful work." - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary (www.theverge.com/a/new-devils-dictionary)
- 08/07/15 - The Hyper Island Toolbox - A resource kit you can use to apply creative collaboration and unleash potential in your team or organization. (toolbox.hyperisland.com)
- 08/06/15 - Whitehouse Demo Day - Opening the doors to entrepreneurs from across the country. (www.whitehouse.gov/demo-day)
- 08/05/15 - Macaulay Library - The world's largest archive of wildlife sounds and videos. (macaulaylibrary.org)
- 08/04/15 - The Data Drive - The year is 2016. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has absconded to parts unknown, making off with the data of Facebook's millions of users. Texas mattress mogul Buck Calhoun has purchased the gutted social network in a fire sale and has now launched a data drive to replenish its depleted stores of valuable personal information. (thedatadrive.com)
- 08/03/15 - Art Not War - Creative and production for progressive media. (artnotwar.com)
- 08/02/15 - Inspect a Gadget - Gadget guru Rhik Samadder puts kitchen aids to the test (www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/inspect-a-gadget)
- 08/01/15 - What Does Music Look Like? - When Denise Burt started designing classical music album covers, she knew nothing about the music. And that might have been to her advantage. (apps.npr.org/lookatthis/posts/album-art)
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