Sir Charles is never afraid to speak his mind. In this instance, that’s a really good thing.
Daft Punk, visualized
May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Look, ma! No Flash!
(Just a lot of fancy HTML5/CSS3 goin’ on.)
How bin Laden emailed undetected
May 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Great find, via Gruber @ Daring Fireball.
Photoshop guides: nailed it!
May 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I didn’t create these PSDs, but if I did, I sure would have read The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers first.
Economists estimate the Human Genome Project produced $796bn in economic output
May 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Battelle study gathered longitudinal data, beginning in 1988, about federal funding for the Human Genome Project and factored in funds for related projects. The authors then looked at how that money rippled through the economy, producing growth in industry and academia. The analysis concluded that initial investments returned $244 billion in personal income to employees and created 3.8 million job-years of employment. “There will be benefits for years and decades to come,” says Grueber.
Quake shifted Japan; towns now flood at high tide
May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Unreal.
Japan’s northern half sits on the North American tectonic plate. The Pacific plate, which is mostly undersea, normally slides under this plate, slowly nudging the country west. But in the earthquake, the fault line between the two plates ruptured, and the North American plate slid up and out along the Pacific plate.
The rising edge of plate caused the sea floor off Japan’s eastern coast to bulge up — one measuring station run by Tohoku University reported an underwater rise of 16 feet (5 meters) — creating the tsunami that devastated the coast. The portion of the plate under Japan was pulled lower as it slid toward the ocean, which caused a corresponding plunge in elevation under the country.
Some areas in Ishinomaki moved southeast 17 feet (5.3 meters) and sank 4 feet (1.2 meters) lower.
Tale of the tape
May 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
… As quoted by the Washington Post, while, when in the Situation Room, was told a Navy Seal had to lie down next to the body of Osama bin Laden to measure his height.
