Wow, incredible use of Google maps and Google earth for a museum… Experience some of the most important Masterpieces from the Prado Museum. In the next two weeks, you will be able to access a new painting every day on Google Maps. The Prado Museum’s Masterpieces in ultra high resolution. Zoom in and browse the […]
Looking for a way to cheer up? Combat some work frustrations? Tune in to the melodic charm of stock charts… Here are some melodies derived from stock charts, arranged with Songsmith by Johannes Kreidler, a downturn never sounded so good. You can download this app and make some yourself too! But wait, there’s more! AC/DC […]
Starting at 9:43am EST 1/31/2009 Google says every site is malware… including Google. A few makers emailed me asking why every site was “malware” – looks like something went really wrong, or really right (for someone). It’s pretty clear what happened – Google became self aware and decided the web is mostly harmful – including […]
Tufts University has a really good book available online about the physics of music and musical instruments. It’s a nice balance between theory, examples, and hands-on projects. The Physics of Music and Musical Instruments covers the physics of waves, sound, music, and musical instruments at a level designed for high school physics. However, it is […]
Charles and Ray Eames were incredibly influential American designers – one of their most famous projects was a short film called Powers of 10. It was produced in 1977 and I was a little surprised to find that it’s still amazing to watch. It’s available for viewing on the Powers of 10 site – you […]
SD Times Blog says Google might be working on their own router- For a long time now, Juniper has had one big ol’ customer floating its bottom line: Google. It makes sense, as Juniper specializes in gigantically powerful boxes for routing traffic, and Google exists as one giant pool of information in a constant state […]
This washing machine sends messages to Twitter when the clothes are done… for now a hack, eventually a standard feature :)
