February 2011
19 posts
Pizzicato Trains →
designlanguage:
Alexander Chen animates New York City’s subway system as if it’s a string ensemble. (Via Kottke)
January 2011
21 posts
The meaning of Noether’s Theorem →
Here’s something nifty:
Let me explain what I mean. Consider the following intro-level physics problem: You throw a rock vertically upward with initial speed 10 m/s. What is the maximum height reached by the rock?
Isaac Newton taught us how to solve this problem:
While in flight, the force of gravity acts on the rock and dictates how the rock’s velocity is changing at any given...
Goldman Vs. Apple →
Another way to gauge a firm’s performance is to take everything it possesses—its buildings, its machinery and other equipment, its product designs, and its financial holdings—and look at how much profit it generates for each dollar of assets on its books. In my opinion, this measure, which is known as return on assets (ROA), is the best way to judge a business, because it excludes the...
URL of the day →
Jason Kottke:
URL of the day - http://rim.jobs
(SFW)
Become a creative multitasker with IOGraph →
Simply launch the app and go about your boring day-to-day office work. IOGraph works in the background by recording all the moves of your mouse in pencil-thin lines on a white digital canvas. When you stop your mouse a dot forms. The longer the mouse is static, the larger the dot will be. By the time you leave the office you’ll have created a canvas that Pollock would be proud of.
WatchEight Bit Strange Video Game, Episode 5: Freeman’s Debut
Never said about restaurant websites →
I enjoy clicking on separate menu links to view the Appetizers, Salads, Meat Entrees, Fish Entrees, Pastas, and Desserts.
via DF