From the Google Chrome Experiments comes 100,000 Stars, a virtual tour of our Milky Way galaxy. This is one of the most awe-inspiring experiences I’ve ever had with a web browser. Go play and wonder.
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Where do good ideas come from?
This video is brilliant. Its video and audio reinforce each other, its content engages, and it makes you smile. Plus it’s genius marketing for a book. By the time it’s over, I want to go out and buy “Where Good Ideas Come From.”
Wordle – word cloud art
Just tried this “cloud art” using Wordle–a self-proclamied “toy for generating ‘word clouds’ from text that you provide.”
You can pipe in your website URL, or paste in any text. Then you have a bunch of cool control over design, layout, color, and more. Here’s one of the pictures it made for SalvoLavis.com:
Visual Aid: Synonyms, homonyms, heretonyms, and more
Thanks, Wikipedia! This is really useful:
The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions
From the cool “Information is Beautiful” blog, they present the The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions:
The James Webb Space Telescope
I was just watching a TV special on the Hubble Space Telescope, which has proved immensely useful to scientific research. Then started reading more about the next generation, the James Webb Space Telescope. Seems really cool. Fun if you’re into physics, astronomy, space, or just plain old discovery.
Project Tuva from Bill Gates & Microsoft
Bill Gates has funded a project at Microsoft Research to provide classic lectures in physics for free online. Some of the famous Feynman Lectures are presented with searchable video, embedded information, and educational resources.
Check it out at Project Tuva.
DEADLINE post-it stop motion
Awesome video of Post-It notes in stop motion:
(Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the link)