weekly notes: december 17, 2010

year end lists:

• top 10 data visualization projects of 2010
• top 10 black listed movies of 2010
• top 20 internet lists of 2010
• top 30 most important cats of 2010
• top 10 of everything of 2010

check this out:

• apparently, the word “douche” was huge at the turn of the century. last century. whereas “hipster” was basically an invention of the 1950s.
• google skydiving. awesome.
• word lens, an app that translates any visual text in real time. awesome.
• google body browser. basically, google maps for the human body. awesome.
• who knew water droplets were so fucking awesome. awesome.
• an interesting visual way of multiplying
• apparently, only 17% of you are advanced readers. well, at least you’re smarter than justin bieber fans
• watson, future jeopardy champion extraordinaire.

look at this:

• the year in photos – part 1, part 2, and part 3
• most amazing science images of 2010
• the treehouse of adulthood. ughh, so depressing.
• facebook world map of friendships
• the niagara falls. with no water.
• where there’s a bridge, there should be this sign.
• hyper-realistic paintings that look like double-exposed photos

read this:

• google is abandoning caps lock. thank goodness.
• 5 ways porn created the modern world
• 10 works of literature that were really difficult to write
• the nba alphabetical. for any basketball fans out there.
• 50 dirtiest players in sports history. obviously, it’s quite us-centric.

listen to this:

• standby red 5 – iron vessels
• hammock – longest year
• brian mcbride – mélodrames télégraphiés (in b major 7th) part 1
• from monument to masses – an ounce of prevention
• do you love me (this song is completely unrelated to anything we’ve done on the show or blog so far, but it just sounds like a bizarro version of my childhood, so i just had to link it.)

watch this:

• we’re not in kansas anymore. i’m making it my mission to never use that phrase again.

• grand theft mario bros.