2012-02-07
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The Chromatic London Underground Map by fdansv on Flickr:
The purpose of this map is chiefly aesthethic, as well as an attempt of providing an alternative visualization of our beloved network.
Buy your A2 numbered copy for £14.99 here or see the original post in my blog here.
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Marimekko’s (interactive, if you visit the real thing) map of Helsinki (via)
2012-02-06
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Blocky Earth’s rendition of San Francisco. This is looking westwards from the Bay, just south east of Rincon Hill.
Blocky Earth is a Chrome experiment by Jaume Sánchez (via). Bonus points for the screenshot functionality.
2012-02-03
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Main Tunnel on the Hida Tunnel. Taken from a truck for high-lift work, looking down from the tunnel ceiling before opening to the public.
From the new iPad application Tunnel for iPad ($10), with images and captions by engineering photographer Hoichi Nishiyama. (via)
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A selection of the strings available as Dashboard highlights (only $1 each!) in Tumblr.
2012-02-02
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Fifty years ago, the four most valuable U.S. companies employed an average of 430,000 people with an average market cap of $180 billion. This year, the four largest U.S. companies employ an average 120,000 people with an average market cap of $334 billion. The titans of 2011 have twice the the value of their 1964 counterparts with a quarter of the employees.
(via The Atlantic)
I’m not sure why people think the tech industry is a panacea for job creation. Wealth creation? Perhaps. Jobs? Not so much.
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Neil Freeman: All of the active three-letter airport codes in alphabetical order:
Part of A series of Flight Postcards, a set of postcards curated by Leah Beeferman and published by Projectile Press.
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From a prepared Kodak DC215 1 megapixel digital camera.
’56. What makes good glitch art good is that, amidst a seemingly endless flood of images, it maintains a sense of the wilderness within the computer.’ — Hugh S. Manon and Daniel Temkin, Notes on Glitch (via)
