Interesting things from the WWW
Interesting things from the WWW
There are a lot of interesting illustrated, interactive, and video web sites out there. Here are two. I'm starting this thread hoping to get more input from others with other informative pages.
Awesome website features an interactive timeline covering 14 billion years of history (need to use Chrome or Safari, not supported in Firefox)
http://histography.io/
Watch the entire evolution of the universe in under 3 minutes
http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-un ... ?r=UK&IR=T
Awesome website features an interactive timeline covering 14 billion years of history (need to use Chrome or Safari, not supported in Firefox)
http://histography.io/
Watch the entire evolution of the universe in under 3 minutes
http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-un ... ?r=UK&IR=T
My brain is like an Internet browser; 12 tabs are open and 5 of them are not responding, there's a GIF playing in an endless loop,... and where is that annoying music coming from?
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Certainly enjoyed the first link and well worth a bit more investigation! Thanks for posting HHFhhfarang wrote:There are a lot of interesting illustrated, interactive, and video web sites out there. Here are two. I'm starting this thread hoping to get more input from others with other informative pages.
Awesome website features an interactive timeline covering 14 billion years of history (need to use Chrome or Safari, not supported in Firefox)
http://histography.io/
Watch the entire evolution of the universe in under 3 minutes
http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-un ... ?r=UK&IR=T
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Two centuries of U.S. immigration history in one graphic...
http://metrocosm.com/us-immigration-history-map.html
http://metrocosm.com/us-immigration-history-map.html
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Probably only really interesting for Iphone fans... although I found some of the speed tests interesting, like the startup test.
Watch 10 years of iPhone evolution flash before your eyes
Watch 10 years of iPhone evolution flash before your eyes
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"Simulate the End of the World With This Interactive Map of U.S. Nuclear Targets"
http://futureoflife.org/background/us-n ... s/#nukemap
from: https://www.yahoo.com/news/simulate-end ... 24200.html
http://futureoflife.org/background/us-n ... s/#nukemap
from: https://www.yahoo.com/news/simulate-end ... 24200.html
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"Economic Output: If States Were Countries, California Would Be France"
The map above was created (with assistance from AEI’s graphic design director Olivier Ballou) by matching the economic output (GDP) in each U.S. state (and the District of Columbia) in 2015 to foreign countries with comparable nominal GDP last year, using data from the BEA for GDP by U.S. state and data for GDP by country from the International Monetary Fund.
http://www.newsweek.com/economic-output ... nce-467614
The map above was created (with assistance from AEI’s graphic design director Olivier Ballou) by matching the economic output (GDP) in each U.S. state (and the District of Columbia) in 2015 to foreign countries with comparable nominal GDP last year, using data from the BEA for GDP by U.S. state and data for GDP by country from the International Monetary Fund.
http://www.newsweek.com/economic-output ... nce-467614
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So is that South Carolina for me?
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^Yes, SC = Finland, although the two will be quite different in every other aspect.
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In the early 90's I had a good friend from South Carolina. Spoke more like an Englishman than a Dixie. Unfortunately he died young.
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This is the most interesting one yet if you are a history buff!
"Watch as the world’s cities are born one-by-one over 6000 years"
http://metrocosm.com/history-of-cities/
Another one from the same folks:
"Watch our planet evolve, from the last ice age to 1000 years in the future"
http://metrocosm.com/timelapse-evolutio ... s-surface/
"Watch as the world’s cities are born one-by-one over 6000 years"
http://metrocosm.com/history-of-cities/
Another one from the same folks:
"Watch our planet evolve, from the last ice age to 1000 years in the future"
http://metrocosm.com/timelapse-evolutio ... s-surface/
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"Watch 60 years of space junk accumulate in 60 seconds"
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ ... xty-years/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/ ... xty-years/
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You may have all seen this, but I thought I'd post it anyway...
The lovely John Lewis Christmas ad:
The fabulous parody:
A boxer's reaction to the original ad:
The lovely John Lewis Christmas ad:
The fabulous parody:
A boxer's reaction to the original ad:
"Properly trained, man can be a dog's best friend"
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On the other hand foxes are vermin. They stole my pet duck and chicken and gave my dogs mange. Support hunting.
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Why am I not surprised............
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“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” -George Orwell.