chrisbator is here http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog always... a work in progress... Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:33:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Astronaut’s Eye View: Time-Lapse Videos of Earth | Wired Science | Wired.com http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/09/01/astronaut%e2%80%99s-eye-view-time-lapse-videos-of-earth-wired-science-wired-com/ http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/09/01/astronaut%e2%80%99s-eye-view-time-lapse-videos-of-earth-wired-science-wired-com/#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:33:50 +0000 chris http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/?p=184

Taken from space!

There is some very cool time lapse imagery here…. It really can get you thinking about the ‘big’ picture….

Astronaut’s Eye View: Time-Lapse Videos of Earth | Wired Science | Wired.com.

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Taken from space!

There is some very cool time lapse imagery here…. It really can get you thinking about the ‘big’ picture….

Astronaut’s Eye View: Time-Lapse Videos of Earth | Wired Science | Wired.com.

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Profitable sweet spot for startups.

]]> http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/06/23/profitable-sweet-spot-for-startups/feed/ 0 the bp oil spill – chart by kbiehle at The Ivory Sofa http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/06/10/the-bp-oil-spill/ http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/06/10/the-bp-oil-spill/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:52:33 +0000 chris http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/06/10/the-bp-oil-spill/ People are looking at the chart BP used in their press conference about how much progress they are making on cleaning up. Showing cumulative amounts in the chart can look very misleading as we can see in the linked posts.

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The original Stephen Few Post

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People are looking at the chart BP used in their press conference about how much progress they are making on cleaning up. Showing cumulative amounts in the chart can look very misleading as we can see in the linked posts.

The original Stephen Few Post

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The video is here

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Wired Science post that show a very cool 4x speed video…..

The video is here

]]> http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/06/03/hot-thermal-video-of-hawaiian-volcano-is-amazing/feed/ 0 xkcd http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/05/04/xkcd/ http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/05/04/xkcd/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 05:33:01 +0000 chris http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/?p=172 This is an interesting and entertaining color survey….. At least it seems people cried out for help during a perhaps too long survey, I find this interesting for that study in itself but the color names people come up with are great.

xkcd.

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This is an interesting and entertaining color survey….. At least it seems people cried out for help during a perhaps too long survey, I find this interesting for that study in itself but the color names people come up with are great.

xkcd.

]]> http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/05/04/xkcd/feed/ 1 Video: Ride Along With Ferrari’s New King of the ‘Ring | Autopia | Wired.com http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/04/24/video-ride-along-with-ferrari%e2%80%99s-new-king-of-the-%e2%80%98ring-autopia-wired-com/ http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/04/24/video-ride-along-with-ferrari%e2%80%99s-new-king-of-the-%e2%80%98ring-autopia-wired-com/#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:27:21 +0000 chris http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/?p=167 This is a pretty cool car and video. The track is famous, and this car makes the lap in under 7 minutes, about 30 seconds faster than the previous best. I personally like older Ferrari’s but the full lap video on this page is something else.

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This is a pretty cool car and video. The track is famous, and this car makes the lap in under 7 minutes, about 30 seconds faster than the previous best. I personally like older Ferrari’s but the full lap video on this page is something else.

Video: Ride Along With Ferrari’s New King of the ‘Ring | Autopia | Wired.com.

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PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. Video.

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This is a really great homage to the the first generation video games I grew up with. Modern tools and techniques taken all the way to great effect, but not too overdone. Nice.

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. Video.

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The Mariana Trench To Scale [Pic] | I Am Bored.

The sheer scale of things makes this interesting. Very extreme scale graphic which in some ways does not work on my laptop screen. Yet, I am drawn to this anyway.

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Now this is interesting too…

The Mariana Trench To Scale [Pic] | I Am Bored.

The sheer scale of things makes this interesting. Very extreme scale graphic which in some ways does not work on my laptop screen. Yet, I am drawn to this anyway.

]]> http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/03/28/the-mariana-trench-to-scale-pic-i-am-bored/feed/ 0 How the colors in Flickr images of the Boston Common change with every season http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/03/28/ow-the-colors-in-flickr-images-of-the-boston-common-change-with-every-season/ http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/03/28/ow-the-colors-in-flickr-images-of-the-boston-common-change-with-every-season/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:18:07 +0000 chris http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/?p=151 This is an amazingly original and creative visualization…

What Is This? – what is this – Gizmodo.

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This is an amazingly original and creative visualization…

What Is This? – what is this – Gizmodo.

]]> http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/03/28/ow-the-colors-in-flickr-images-of-the-boston-common-change-with-every-season/feed/ 0 BFI | National Archive | The Work of the Archive | History http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/03/13/bfi-national-archive-the-work-of-the-archive-history/ http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/2010/03/13/bfi-national-archive-the-work-of-the-archive-history/#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:53:25 +0000 chris http://chrisbator.somebug.com/blog/?p=149 BFI | National Archive | The Work of the Archive | History.

The oldest film version known of Alice in Wonderland. This is remarkable for so many reasons, its technical achievements, modern day techniques used in its restoration, and it is over 100 years old!

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BFI | National Archive | The Work of the Archive | History.

The oldest film version known of Alice in Wonderland. This is remarkable for so many reasons, its technical achievements, modern day techniques used in its restoration, and it is over 100 years old!

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