Ridiculously complete database of tall buildings worldwide… Search by any parameter and get a comparison chart back.
[via Boing Boing]
Author: Chris Barrus
Steve Kilbey poem generator
Anyone remember Steve Kilbey’s book for Earthed that had the poem generator in it? Ever wanted to try it but didn’t because you didn’t want to cut the book up? Now you can….
hunger... celebrate... chipped evening... however... love discontented... diamond... eventually... because... drug... kill... mistress... if... perfume... celebrate... really... go... woman... The Dawn Trader... red... infiltrate... Mme. Love... you... give... druid... if... ghost...
All about the Contintinental Divide(s)
Nifty map which shows all the major “divides” in the continental U.S. There’s the main Pacific/Atlantic divide, but there’s also a north/south divide for water flow to the Arctic or the Gulf Of Mexico and secondary ones for Columbia/Colorado flow into the Pacific, etc.
Lots of fun geographic and road geek ephemera on that site. Photos and info on the endpoints of U.S. Highways, geographic features of the high plains, and a look at “Parting Of The Waters” a creek that flows into two oceans.
The Continental Drift Cam
Don’t let plate tectonics sneak up on you! Check in with the Continental Drift Cam several times a day.
Physicists On The Money
Collection of world currency that pictures physicists. Check out the 10 billion dinar note from pre-breakup hyper-inflationary Yugoslavia with Nikola Tesla on it.
Robotic Coelacanth!
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is the world leader in robotic-fish design and manufacture.
Liberation Movements, Terrorist Organizations, Substance Cartels, and Other Para-State Entities
Can’t tell the players without a scorecard? Here’s a handy one…
[via Bruce Sterling]
Space Ghost action figures
I so want one of these!
Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
Neat geopolitical atlas of the 20th century. Wars, population growth, all that good meat and potatoes demographic stuff.
The Holy Grail of Forensic Recording – Nixon’s 18 1/2 minute gap
It’s Watergate anniversary week this week and the old myths, legends, and “where are they now” stories are picked off the shelf and dusted off. The two big mysteries of Watergate are, of course, the identity of Woodward and Bernstein’s “Deep Throat” and Nixon’s 18 1/2 minute tape gap.
The latest theory has it that “Deep Throat” is Pat Buchanan, but the mystery of the 18 1/2 minute gap is going to be a heck of a lot tougher to figure out. The Wired story goes into the nitty gritty about the tape and the efforts to figure out what’s on it. ABC News summarizes also.
[via Slashdot]