From Information is Beautiful, via Kottke, comes a pretty amazing set of infographics showing a scene-by-scene analysis of how close “based on a true story” films match the historical record. Blue represents a good match, which red are embellishments or fabrications.
You can even click on an individual scene to read more details about it. This is a huge amount of information packed into easy-to-read graphs.
I stumbled across this 7 year old video about making an audio visualizer out of some very basic parts. So cool and deceptively simple.
My favourite blog post every year is friend of Elsewhat Sean Michaels’ list of best songs of the year. I always find a ton of new music I didn’t know about, and usually have it as a playlist I listen to for months.
Randall has a way of making me think about things I never considered before. Now when I turn on the tap that provides near-infinite clean drinkable water I’ll think about how crazy it is that it just works.
I’m a bit late, but Jay Smooth has returned to Youtube after a near 6 year absence to cover the beef between Kendrick and Drake of all things.
My own take on the feud is that Drake was never in the same league as Kendrick, so the “win” doesn’t carry too much weight with me.
I am terrible at chess, but I also love it. I also love these kind of intense deep-dives into esoteric subjects.
A fun little diversion: here is a great old list of words you can spell on a calculator, from bee to Zoe.
The local art gallery near my house has a wonderful little exhibit this week with a variety of musical works by an artist named Nick Ryan, whose other work and biographical information I’ve failed to find.
The works consist of simple household object arranged in such a way as to play music when electricity is applied (which is accomplished by random timers). It’s simple, and playful, and can be completely explored in about 10 minutes.
On from January 24 to 28th or so at Produit Rien in Mile Ex.
