December 2014
Deep Dark Fears
Last night, I read throught the entire archive of the Tumblr, Deep Dark Fears. The premise of the site is simple. Visitors can anonymously submit their deepest, darkest fears, and the site’s creator, Fran Krause, will then illustrate them as a short comic.
Some of the entries are funny. Some are morbid. Some come as a relief—because they let me know there is someone else in the world with the same weird fears as me.
The tool you have
When the only tool you have is a bottle opener, every problem looks like a beer.
Parable of the Polygons
Parable of the Polygons - a playable post on the shape of society.
How speakers work
Jacob O’Neal makes animated infographics on his site, Animagraffs, that show how things work. A recent one that caught my attention shows how loud speakers work.
Below is an example of part of the Animagraffs on speakers, but you need to see the full sequence to appreciate how he breaks down the complex technical processes into a visual learning experience.
There are only about ten of these Animagraffs on the site, which isn’t surprising because of how much research and work they take to produce. Other interesting ones are about how a car engine works, what happens inside a jet engine, how to Moonwalk (the dance not the space activity), and the biology of tarantulas (not for the faint of heart).
Using kids as exercise equipment
This is how us dads stay in shape. (via artofmainliness.com)
Population.io
Well, this is depressing. I used to think I was one of the young ones, but it turn out I’m older than 51% of the world’s population, according to data from Population.io. I still have a ways to go before I’m older than half the people in the United States, and I live in Florida, so I’ve got that going for me too.
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Population.io is a data visualization project that takes demographic and population data from a variety of sources to present personalized graphs. Here’s how the project’s creators describe it.
Wall art
I upgraded the wall art in the boys’ bedroom this afternoon with some additional classic comic book covers.
8-bit hell
This map would have made it much easier to get through Inferno.
2014 year end news photos
Concept art for Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Phil Noto drew two cover concepts for the upcoming movie, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, based on the recently released trailer.
