Things added in 2006
The idiocy of crowds.
Groups of people are uncannily accurate at guessing the number of beans in a jar, the weight of a steer, ...
Flood maps.
This interactive Google Maps mashup shows how much different parts of the world will get flooded by a 1-7 1-14 meter rise in sea level. Navigate to the part you're interested ...
20 more feet.
Most shocking thing I learned last weekend: A huge Antarctic ice shelf disintegrated over a 35-day period in 2002, much to the surprise of the scientists tracking it. This shelf, designated ...
Letters
"It's not theism that we should object to, it's gnosticism." My letter to Wired regarding their recent "New Atheism" feature: Letters - From Dylan Tweney
Advice on making art from Danny Gregory.
Advice for someone who wants to be an artist: "Fear is not very useful. ... Just take the leap and avoid wrapping the whole thing up with your identity and sense of ...
Gimme that high-tech religion.
Elliott Malkin makes high-tech religious art -- like a crucifix made of circuit boards that broadcasts the Lord's Prayer, using your body as its antenna. Intriguing intersection of religion and tech:
Is the Microsoft way the only way?
What I think of as the Microsoft approach to product development is to cram as many features as possible into each product. Interface is an afterthought: All those features exist primarily ...
What androids dream of.
What does your computer do when it's asleep? Well, if you're the giving type, it might be searching for intelligent life in the universe,
russell davies: how to be interesting
Making's the new thinking: russell davies: how to be interesting