Geography of Hate - Crowdsourcing Tech Plots out Most Aggressive Areas With Racist, Homophobic and Ableist Tweets
Just a month or two ago I highlighted a site that kept count of homophobic language on Twitter. Floating Sheep’s visualization of hatred is extremely powerful.
Outside of the obvious social views on this map, what is most interesting from a pure technology perspective is how Twitter is consistently looked to (above all other networks) to take the pulse of a country.
Floating Sheep’s map charting hate tweets, which allows you to search on several flavors of hate, is a creative use of data and mapping to raise awareness.
Glass top on subterranean wine cellar
Posted on Friday, May 17th 2013
Folding bicycles? That is so last season, have some folding scooter instead. Note that it doesn’t make folding bicycles bad or anything, just a figure of speech. Ahem. Weighing only 25 kilograms (55 lbs), Moveo Folding Electric Scooter provides a top speed of 45 km/h (28 mph), with a battery range of 35 kilometers (21.75 miles) per charge. Sounds good to me for a nice, everyday city rides
Posted on Friday, May 17th 2013
Reblogged from Fat Seagull
Charge Card
The ChargeCard is a tiny, credit-card sized USB charging card that slips into a pocket or fits into your wallet, and makes sure you’re never without a USB cable for data or power to keep your phone or other mobile devices juiced up. If you’ve ever wished you had a USB cable handy, or ever had to borrow someone else’s charger, this gadget is for you.
Posted on Friday, May 17th 2013
Source chargecardproject.com
The Kids Rule
A wooden ruler height chart is a handmade, personalized wooden growth chart, designed as a giant vintage wooden ruler by Lovestruck Interiors. These make original and great gifts, and it can be personalized with your kids name, or better, your family name.
Posted on Thursday, May 16th 2013
Reblogged from Fat Seagull
“There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way. ”
Posted on Thursday, May 16th 2013


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