A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to travel to New York City to attend a course on data and information presentation techniques taught by Edward Tufte, Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Tufte is one of the foremost thinkers on the subject of analytical design and data visualization. He addressed a […]
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Sunset Rubdown
A recent collection of sunset pics from May 2009.
The Windmills of Bruce County
I spent the better part of the Easter long weekend visiting on the the shores of Lake Huron in a small town called Kincardine. The chief industry of the area is nuclear power generation. Recently, there has been move to introduce wind generation into the power supply. In the farm land outside the town, dozens, […]
Why do I get excited about such random stuff?
Yes, it’s a 2D version of a 3D classic from the Moore Push-Pin Co. of Wyndmoor, PA. The push pin re-imagined as a single piece of corrugated steel. I don’t know why this has me excited enough to post about it. I think it must have to do with one of the basic needs of […]
New, custom 404 page
One of those oft forgotten details that falls through the cracks when redesigning a site, the custom 404 page is an art form unto itself. Check out some of those who have tread this path before.
Nuit Blanche 2008 Toronto
Here are some pics from some of the installations that I saw during this year’s NB event.
Really big numbers…
Your odds of winning 6/49 I was thinking of a way that I could visualize the odds of winning 6/49. I decided to use pixels as a unit to describe a 2d surface that would represent the sample space. Unfortunately. The scale difference is so large that you can’t really see the single pixel unless […]
Behold, The Image Fulgurator
I just dugg this up and it’s darn near the niftiest bit of guerrilla street art kit that I’ve seen since Evan Roth’s GRL projected graffiti system. It’s a camera/flash hybrid that’s been rigged as a projector. It’s capable of projecting a image into a photograph at the instant that the photographer snaps the shot. […]
XKCD: The Data So Far
Than you XKCD.
Fall Bridge
As the leaves on the trees started to change colour, I found myself taking the long route into work just so I could cross the bridge. I shot this back in October when the leaves were still on the trees. It’s amazing how much the view would change from day to day.