Visualizing app development and code commits on Twitter using code_swarm.
Code and document changes are represented as points swirling around the users making the changes and repository commits. Makes boring version control look really cool.
The Eclipse IDE project has a really active community.
Calendria, a place where units of time become sovereignties.
“The Kingdom of March, with the Equinoctial Estuary on its western coast, is situated on a separate land mass to the east of Calendria’s main continent. The Republic of Junistan is in the southeast, an archipelago among which are the Circadian Islands. “
Also see the documented process the designer used to make this gorgeous map.
/via strangemaps
Was there any reason to build a city in SimCity other than to ruthlessly destroy it?
If there was I never got it.
Mike’s guide to Lost filming locations.
It’s funny to think that there are so many houses and buildings just barely through the trees while they’re galavanting around the island.
A NYT visualization of most-queued films by US zip code. A cool example of what can be done with 100% free data. The queue data is accessible through Netflix’s API and zip code boundaries from the US Census.
Hood Internet - The XX Gonna Give it to Ya (DMX vs. The xx)
DMX makes me laugh — this track is great.
The Kleptones - Hella Touch
Good mix… EK is still the best of the mashup DJs.
The Burj Dubai finally opens, and somehow they managed to avoid blowing it up in this ridiculous display of excess.
“Just in case you didn’t know why Dubai is in a debt crisis.”
