Archive for the ‘Worth Seeing’ category

Time of My Life #

September 19th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

This is unquestionably the greatest “watch me change over time” video I’ve seen.

(via Heading East)

Also, Kottke points to Dan Hanna’s description of how he took the pictures for the video.

One Thing #

September 16th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

I’m a sucker for things like this. A small film crew took to the street of New Orleans and asked 50 people: “If you could wish for one thing to happen by the end of the day, what would it be?”.

(via Metafilter)

Hurricane Ike #

September 15th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Both awe and sadness seem like proper responses to this post from The Big Picture. These two really got me.

Suicide Stats #

September 15th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Though you may find it depressing, this BuzzFeed post has amassed a very impressive collection of interesting charts about suicide (mostly in the United States).

Paralympics on The Big Picture #

September 12th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

There are a couple pictures of the aforementioned 5-a-side, as well as a number of other sports new to me. Which leads me to the exactly-what-I-was-thinking first two comments on the post:

Awesome - is this being broadcast by anyone?

Sadly, no. And:

I think this is more human and fun, than the other one…

Why Drill Again? #

September 10th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Amos pegs it:

Sometimes a good graphic can put the issue into perspective.

Do go have a look at what would, in a perfect world, stop all related arguments cold.

Beautiful Photos of Dew #

September 9th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

I’m ashamed to say that I’ve never looked nearly this closely at the stuff.

(via Neatorama)

Tiny Houses #

September 3rd, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

There are no doubt hundreds of posts like this one floating around the internet, chronicalling all the small houses one can find within a few Google searchs. None the less, I really liked browsing through this one.

(via MeFi)

London at Night #

August 30th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Photographed from above. On The Big Picture.

If those lines aren’t enough to make you view this one, nothing else I say will.

Moon Exploration #

August 27th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Neatorama points to some interesting maps. Basically: the total area of the moon covered by the Apollo 11 astronauts was smaller than a soccer field. Or, if they landed on a baseball diamond, they hardly left the infield.

Awesome Bridges #

August 27th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

This bridges are literally awesome. If you don’t take a look, you’re really missing out.

(via Neatorama)

Before I die, I want to… #

August 23rd, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

(via MeFi, where the early comments are uniformly bitter)

Man’s Highest and Lowest #

August 21st, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Sometimes the serendipity of my feedreader is just shocking. On the same day I saw picture of both the highest and lowest man-made objects. They are:

UPDATE (8/25/08): Or perhaps this is actually the lowest man-made object. (via Neatorama) I have mixed feelings about a hole that can’t be seen from above ground being meaninfully considered a hole.

Lightning Sunset #

August 18th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Sam Javanrouh captured a few moments of a great one.

Famous Trips in History #

August 16th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

GOOD has a pretty interesting map of history’s greatest journeys. Worth a look.

(via Snarkmarket)

An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube #

August 16th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

This has been going around for some time, and I never found an hour with which to watch it. Today I finally did, and I’m glad for that. It’s well done, and brings new weight to Robin’s question: “How is YouTube not the greatest art project ever?

American Internets #

August 14th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Andrew Chen used Google Insights to put together a pretty interesting comparison of what (web 2.0-y) internet sites are most popular in which US states.

(via Waxy)

Doppler Speed #

August 12th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

The National Weather Service think they may have found a driver going 130 miles per hour around Chicago. Using a weather doppler. Who knew? As Gizmodo explains, It works something like this:

Sometimes, when a warm layer of air rolls in up above the surface, the beam from the Doppler radar can be deflected towards the ground—picking up traffic and other objects much like a police radar gun. The weather service alluded to the fact that the “speeder” could have been nothing more than noise, but it still makes you wonder how long it will be before they figure out how to bust motorists from space.

Nollywood #

August 12th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Though I think giving Nigeria’s active but low-budget film scene an “-ollywood” is tacky, these are some interesting (and graphic) photos of it.

(via Boing Boing)

Architecture and Place #

August 11th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing 

Two stunning examples of great design that perfectly fits its beautiful setting.