Saturday, June 25, 2016

No one lies so boldly...

Longitude and latitude are so last century. With what3words, any three-meter squared plot of land on the planet can be addressed with a unique combination of three words. For example, angers.class.wakes.

Pie chart of the world's spoken languages.
"Name your price" (including $0) music from Markus Reuter: How Things Turned Out.

In other music news, jazz fusion band Brand-X will start a reunion tour later this year.

Ever wonder where your favorite food originated? Use this interactive map to find out.
I think I posted a version of this before but it's still cool. An interactive world map of lightning strikes, with a little audible click for each strike. I suppose this is for weather geeks only.

Favorite quote from this article: "Every week that Donald Trump remains the Republican nominee, the party comes closer to removing itself from the presidential gene pool." Trump is repugnant.

Star Wars geeks: it's confirmed that James Earl Jones will voice Darth Vader in Rogue One.

Bluegrass, with his 10 foot horns, may soon be coming to the Fort Worth herd.
Cheese.com is the self-proclaimed greatest cheese resource. Let's see, mimolette? Yep.

Swiss Army Man is like a virtual "Weekend at Bernie's." But if you watch the trailer for this movie, it gets even weirder.

From the Department of Misleading Titles comes "There's a Mysterious Sound Coming From The Carribean That's So Loud It Can Be Heard From Space."
  • It's not a mystery. It's the Rossby Whistle caused by planetary waves pushing east to west across the ocean that build up and resonate when they reach the partially Carribean.
  • They can't actually be heard because they're below the threshold of human hearing. 
  • In outer space, the phenomenon is detected as gravity field oscillations.
...as the man who is indignant. ~Friedrich Nietzsche (This explains teh interwebs, realm of self-righteous indignation.)

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