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The Times breaks down Mariano Rivera’s cutter. [Infographic of the Week]
An impressive and amazing accounting and analysis of MLB’s most dominant closer. Even if you don’t watch or care much about baseball, the incredible graphic depiction of Rivera’s signature ‘cutter’ pitch is fascinating. How do they do it, how do they know the velocity, trajectory, and type of each and every pitch he threw last [...]
Damn it feels good to be a Hamster
Oh. My. God. This is awesome.
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Animated infographic of the week: BP oil spill explained
Thank you Al-Jazeera! It is sad that in the 3,271 hours of cable and network news coverage of the spill, no American network is willing – or capable – to do the basic reporting and explanatory work to help make sense of complex events like this. I guess they’re too busy discussing whether the spill [...]
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A gorgeous collection of stunning film shorts shot with DSLR cameras
via nofilmschool.com It is amazing what can be done with a single still/video camera, a decent lens, and a good eye. Most of these shorts are shot with natural/existing light, yet are able to convey mood, clarity, and in some cases a very theatrical feel. Hey, even SNL is in on the trend, with their [...]
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Apple higlights Vimeo, not YouTube in new iPad ads
Apple last week released a second wave of iPad bus stop ads, changing the imagery from books and photo browsing to more interesting tasks like web browsing (facebook) and video watching. It’s telling that they chose to highlight Vimeo, rather than YouTube, in these ads. Vimeo, while excellent, has nowhere near the currency or resonance [...]