Welcome to Woruldhord
Dr. Stuart Lee at the Oxford Computing Services department, has begun a new website, Woruldhord (Old English for World-hoard), to collect together into an online hoard, digital objects related to the...
View ArticleStatJump – Data Search Made Easy
A few days ago, the great Revolutions blog posted (“Visualizing the census“) about a new utility called StatJump where you can visualize data from the 2010 US Census using, of course, R. Pretty...
View ArticleOddlySpecific.com: Warning…
Oddlyspecific.com has some great pictures. Here are a couple. In case you weren’t aware of what a balcony really is… …and I couldn’t resist reposting this warning (though it doesn’t apply to you!):...
View ArticleGOOD.is | Political Climate – An Interactive Timeline Scaling
If you have been wondering how Americans’ concerns have changed over time and/or by party, look no further than GOOD.is | Political Climate – An Interactive Timeline Scaling. An interactive Flash-based...
View ArticleBBC News – Time zones: About time
An interesting look at how time zones work, by the BBC: BBC News – Time zones: About time. Covers time around the world, including Antarctica, and even in space (at the International Space...
View ArticleOld Testament/New Testament reference graphic
I’ve struggled with a way to visually depict how often (and how) the New Testament writers used the Old Testament, whether explicitly (quotations) or implicitly (allusions). While trying to come up...
View ArticlePaper.js — SVG with JavaScript
“Paper.js is an open source vector graphics scripting framework that runs on top of the HTML5 Canvas. It offers a clean Scene Graph / Document Object Model and a lot of powerful functionality to create...
View ArticleFirefox custom search engine: Pinboard
pinboard.in is a great service, a cleaner, simpler alternative to delicious. After switching, I’ve added a lot of new bookmarks, so many that it’s getting harder to find ones I need. While I don’t...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #3
Completed Added all the direct quotation links Fixed the link lines (now they point to the correct location (based on the chapter of the reference) on the arc, not the first point) Added some color (a...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #4
Completed Added book names/labels (reversed orientation and set justification=”right” when angle < 90 or > 270) Added chapter ticks (first chapter + every 10th chapter) Added think black border...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Development log, entry #5
Completed Added layers (Quotations, Allusions, and Possible Allusions are all on separate layers, independently controllable (see below), as are the book arcs); Added panning (click-and-drag to move);...
View ArticleOT/NT Refs: Source code now available on GitHub
If you’re interested in seeing the code for the OT/NT Ref graph, I’ve posted it to GitHub: balinjdl/OT-NT-Reference-Map – GitHub. All source files are there, along with a README, LICENSE, and sample...
View ArticleDropbox Raising Massive Round at a $5B-Plus Valuation | TechCrunch
Dropbox Raising Massive Round at a $5B-Plus Valuation | TechCrunch. “A billion is the new million” — great comment! Too true. Dropbox is a great service (even with their TOC caveats), but $5B-plus???...
View ArticleThree people who should not be writing your content | Siegel+Gale
Three people who should not be writing your content | Siegel+Gale. Think of three people who shouldn’t be anywhere to the content creation process in your office. Who would they be? Why? Sarah...
View ArticleStacey, The Lightweight Content Management System
Browsing around the web the other day, I found a clean, lightweight template system called Stacey [http://www.staceyapp.com]. The layout and look is very straightforward and uncluttered. Using a subset...
View ArticleWorld Economic Forum – Visualization Challenge – Jan Willem Tulp
Found this visualization from Jan Willem Tulp: World Economic Forum – Visualization Challenge. Looks very much like the visualization I did for Old Testament and New Testament references, but overall...
View ArticleNew fonts
I’ve updated the fonts on this site. TypeKit was fine, but I found several free fonts on www.myfonts.com that I really liked, all with unlimited web usage: Calluna (both Regular and Sans Regular) and...
View ArticleTypecast
Typecast (beta.typecastapp.com) is a new website from Front designed to make web typography and design easier. Supporting fonts from typekit, fonts.com, Font Desk, and Google web fonts, Typecast...
View ArticleReadmill closing; Team joins Dropbox
According to the Readmill.com closing announcement: Our team will be joining Dropbox, where our expertise in reading, collaboration and syncing across devices finds a fitting home. Millions of people...
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