1850s poster of the planets
This is great.
via Kottke
Category: Blog
Siri, Take This Down: Will Voice Control Shape Our Writing?
Siri, Take This Down: Will Voice Control Shape Our Writing?
Yes. Yes it will. And, likely, it will be a good thing for communication.
Robert Rosenberger:
In the case of voice-to-text technologies, however, all writing becomes a kind of rehearsal for verbal interaction. In this light, an important effect of computerized dictation technologies is that they could lead people to become more skillful speakers, and thus more thoughtful participants in meaningful discussions. If writers of the future are composing text almost exclusively through computerized dictation, then they may become more thoughtful and nuanced speakers in the process.
There is the assertion that ‘twenty years from now, it will be hard to find anyone who remembers being opposed to Obamacare.’ They really expect those death panels to be efficient.
James Taranto — ‘One Too Many’ – WSJ.com
Achieve this
Results up. Time down.
(via Measure Results, Not Hours, to Improve Work Efficiency – NYTimes.com)
Fall meets winter
The knight can visit each square on a chess board exactly once. – Imgur
As long as it doesn’t start in its proper space.
Frame by Frame
Frame by frame and sequential images from various animated films for study and appreciation.
I would have expected a lot more images making up each 1 second clip of animation. Cartoons have a surprisingly slow frame rate, but still manage to make everything look fluid and smooth.
