StreamEngine

Ok, I think this is super-interesting. Everyone is familiar w/ speed-dating, right? (You go to a speed dating event, and basically play musical chairs, switching chairs every three minutes and talk-to/meet as many potential dates as possible, hoping for a love connection.) Well, the newest trend is “eyegazing” — its speed dating, only you can’t [...]

This is a way cool collection of new approaches to describing data on the web – visually. Things like heat maps, mind maps, and elastic lists – super cool.

This is just amazing. A man who was washing the exterior windows of a NYC skyscraper fell 47 stories from the scaffolding and survived. From the NY Times: Alcides, whose wife lives in Ecuador, suffered serious injuries. Officials said he was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell hospital, where he remained in grave condition last night. Hospital [...]

A quick simulation of what its like to be color blind.