site of the day archive for march 2015
- 03/31/15 - com.google - Google, in reverse. (com.google)
- 03/30/15 - Timelapse - Watch the world change over the course of nearly three decades of satellite photography (world.time.com/timelapse)
- 03/29/15 - Tableau Public - Stunning data visualization examples from across the web created with Tableau Public. (public.tableau.com/s/gallery)
- 03/28/15 - Transcend - Bleacher Report has partnered with the Creative Action Network, a community of artists & designers around the world, and commissioned 20 artists to each create a single work that captures a sports figure, event or evolution that hold power and meaning far beyond any scoreboard. (thelab.bleacherreport.com/transcend)
- 03/27/15 - Airport Codes - Every airport has a unique three-letter IATA code. Some make sense if you know the city or the name of the airport and others, well, what the heck? Turns out there's usually a reasonable explanation. Knowing what each IATA code stands for isn't super useful, but it sure can be fun. (airportcod.es)
- 03/26/15 - Public Radio Bracket Madness - It's March, which means it's time for KPCC's third annual Public Radio Bracket Madness - the bracket poll in which we ask you to pick your favorite public radio shows! (projects.scpr.org/marchmadness/2015)
- 03/25/15 - Selfie City - Investigating the style of self-portraits (selfies) in five cities across the world. (selfiecity.net)
- 03/24/15 - Migration is Beautiful - Artists' Statement on Immigration Reform (migrationisbeautiful.com)
- 03/23/15 - Life After Basketball - Steve Nash on his retirement. (www.theplayerstribune.com/steve-nash-retirement)
- 03/22/15 - Melbourne Urban Forest - The City of Melbourne maintains more than 70,000 trees. This website enables you to explore this dataset and some of the challenges facing Melbourne's Urban Forest. (melbourneurbanforestvisual.com.au/bigmap.html)
- 03/21/15 - Casting Call Woe - Real casting calls from real casting websites. (castingcallwoe.tumblr.com)
- 03/20/15 - The Data Science Venn Diagram - What you get when you combine hacking skills, math and stats knowledge, and substantive expertise. (drewconway.com/zia/2013/3/26/the-data-science-venn-diagram)
- 03/19/15 - Analysis of Field Experiments - The statistical software on this page allows researchers to analyze experiments in which the outcome variable is dichotomous (e.g., voting versus nonvoting). The statistical analysis is designed to accommodate situations in which only some of the subjects assigned to the treatment group actually receive the treatment, as well as situations in which some of the control group is treated inadvertently. (acoppock.shinyapps.io/GOTV)
- 03/18/15 - The Age of Earthquakes - A glossary for "the Extreme Present". (www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150305-new-words-for-the-21st-century)
- 03/17/15 - Mammalian Dive Reflex - Your body's amazing reaction to water (ideas.ted.com/science_of_freediving)
- 03/16/15 - Clothes Make the Man - 25 Life-Changing Style Charts Every Guy Needs Right Now (www.buzzfeed.com/juliegerstein/clothes-make-the-man)
- 03/15/15 - Leg/Ex - A one of a kind interactive visualization that allows anyone to explore actual patterns of lawmaking in Congress. (legex.org)
- 03/14/15 - Champagne vs Prosecco - The Real Differences (winefolly.com/review/champagne-vs-prosecco)
- 03/13/15 - Jack Durden - There is more to Fight Club than meets the eye. I know this, because Tyler knows this. (jackdurden.com)
- 03/12/15 - Into the wild - The rebels living off-grid all over Europe - in pictures. (www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/mar/09/into-the-wild-the-rebels-living-off-grid-all-over-europe-in-pictures)
- 03/11/15 - Women Having A Terrible Time At Parties - In Western Art History (the-toast.net/2014/10/28/women-terrible-time-parties-western-art-history)
- 03/10/15 - Awesome Box - An alternate returns box that sits alongside your library's regular book drop. If you are returning an item that you really connected with, drop it in the Awesome Box instead of the regular book drop. Library staff will tag it as Awesome and share it with your library community. (awesomebox.io)
- 03/09/15 - The Most Northern Place - The story of Thule, Greenland. A beautiful story site to explore. (themostnorthernplace.com)
- 03/08/15 - Draftback - A Chrome extension that lets you play back any Google Doc's revision history (for docs you can edit). It's like going back in time to look over your own shoulder as you write. (draftback.com)
- 03/07/15 - Beyond Josh Lyman Politics - How The West Wing Miseducated My Political Generation (hlrecord.org/?p=19893)
- 03/06/15 - Sixteen Years - Metafilter at 16. (metatalk.metafilter.com/23626/Sixteen-Years)
- 03/05/15 - 7 Steps to Living a Bill Murray Life - By Bill Murray. (www.vulture.com/2014/09/7-steps-to-living-a-bill-murray-life.html)
- 03/04/15 - Center for Story-based Strategy - A movement-building organization dedicated to harnessing the power of narrative for social change. (storybasedstrategy.org)
- 03/03/15 - Canadian DRAM Class Action - Did you purchase electronics in Canada between 1999 and 2002? You can claim your $20 share of a class action here. (themoneyismine.ca)
- 03/02/15 - The American Values Atlas - The AVA's interactive mapping system allows users to explore the differences and similarities between America's diverse religious, political, and demographic communities. (ava.publicreligion.org)
- 03/01/15 - Burn After Reading - In 1971, William Powell published The Anarchist Cookbook, a guide to making bombs and drugs at home. He spent the next four decades fighting to take it out of print. (harpers.org/blog/2015/02/burn-after-reading)
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