Monthly Archives: December 2008

Merry Xmas… EX-TER-MIN-ATE

Posted on 25 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

My Christmas music mix from 2004 still stands.

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links for 2008-12-23

Posted on 23 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

Ground Zero: Google Maps and Nuclear Weapons This mapplet shows the thermal damage caused by a nuclear explosion. Search for a place, pick a suitable weapon and press "Nuke It! (tags: google nuclear visualization maps)

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links for 2008-12-22

Posted on 22 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

NOAA Acoustics Monitoring Program Ocean noise audio samples recorded by NOAA and the US Navy's Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) network of underwater hydrophones. Be sure to check out the "unidentified" section. (tags: sound ocean)

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links for 2008-12-16

Posted on 16 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

Cartype : a museum of automobile typography (tags: history auto typography design)

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links for 2008-12-13

Posted on 13 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

British Man Cobbles Together Last Jaguar E-Type From 31-Year-Old Factory Leftovers At the end of a production run of cars, there are inevitably bits and pieces left behind which aren't assembled and have to be taken off the production line … Continue reading →

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Exploration of space. Directly over your head!

Posted on 10 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

If I had thought to check earlier (Heavens Above really needs a custom RSS feed) I could have grabbed the requiste time-lapse satellite trail photo, but this underexposed over-enhanced photo will have to do. To the left is the moon. … Continue reading →

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links for 2008-12-08

Posted on 8 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

Spy Type The hand crafted typography for the location cards in Quantum Of Solace (tags: film typography james.bond) Nick McCabe: No Guitarist Left Behind Verve guitarist Nick McCabe on the guitars/amps/effects he's using these days. (tags: verve guitar effects) Paris … Continue reading →

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I seem to recall this being more difficult

Posted on 8 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

Unsolicited testimonial… I’ve been so accustomed to switching computers via FireWire target disc mode that when it came time to upgrade the quaint 5400rpm/160GB internal drive on my notebook to a speedy new 7200rpm/320GB drive I was all ready to … Continue reading →

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FontEye – a modest iPhone app idea

Posted on 5 December 2008 by Chris Barrus

I immediately jumped on FontShuffle as soon as I ran across it, but it immediately gave me an idea. If I were advanced enough of a programmer I’d try it myself but I’m nowhere near that point. Here it is: … Continue reading →

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