World sentiment mapped, based on Wikipedia
Jun 20, 2012 12:56 am • Permalink Kalev H. Leetaru animated world sentiment over time, based on Wikipedia entries.
See the positive or negative sentiments unfold through Wikipedia through space and time. Each location is plotted against the date referenced and cross referenced when mentioned with other locations. The sentiment of the reference is expressed from red to green to reflect negative to positive.
Sentiment stays green for the most part, with the exception of major wars, and I'm not so sure that a world map is a good way to show the relationships. For example, when the animation hits 2000, the map is basically a green blob. It's a good start though and touches on maybe the next step of the coverage maps we've seen lately.
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Spaceships drawn to scale
Jun 19, 2012 04:33 am • Permalink 
Molecular astrophysicist Invader Xan drew spaceships, real and fictional, to scale.
This, my friends, is an image showing several of the most notable spacecraft we plucky human beings have created (and are busily creating) to date. The past, the present, and the ones that never quite made it. All spacecraft shown are to scale (assuming my sources were accurate). Because I felt I needed to exercise my graphic design muscles. And because, well, let's face it — space ships are just inherently cool, aren't they?
Dibs on the Starship Enterprise.
[via Boing Boing]
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