Archive for the 'representation' Category

Map detailing which parts of Hollywood-area California can act as stand-ins for which other geographical areas.

"The idea that we live in a hologram probably sounds absurd, but it is a natural extension of our best understanding of black holes, and something with a pretty firm theoretical footing. It has also been surprisingly helpful for physicists wrestling with theories of how the universe works at its most fundamental level." Latter day triumph of Plato?

Weekend project, in between bouts of Mario Wii, Mad Men and sleeping?

Rejiggered map projections. Reminds me a little of playing with Logo in 2nd grade.

88 piano keys mapped to 88 Ohio counties.

Good color scheme, great URL.

University of Nottingham site featuring "videos about the symbols of physics and astronomy."

DoS document detailing the history of the Great Seal and its uses and associated protocols.

"The following galleries display the official seals of the 50 states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America."

"The Great Seal of the State of New York is almost the same as the flag, but in a seal. The goddess Justice symbolizes freedom before the law. She is shown with a blindfold over her eyes, and is also holding the scales of justice in her left hand. The goddess Liberty, who symbolizes freedom, holds a pole with a liberty cap and is stepping on top of the British Crown, symbolizing freedom from Britain after the American Revolutionary War. There is a shield between them, which has a picture of the Hudson Highland, the Sun, and two sail boats sailing on the Hudson River. Over the shield is a globe, showing the Atlantic Ocean, and a bald eagle. Under the shield is a curving ribbon that reads New York's state motto — "Excelsior", which can be translated from Latin as "ever upwards.""

Official Presidential portrait of Barack Obama. First presidential portrait taken with a digital camera.

"The Writing on the Wall project (1991-1993) took place in Berlin’s former Jewish quarter, the Scheunenviertel neighborhood. There Attie projected slides made from pre-Holocaust photographs of the neighborhood’s Jewish residents and shops in the same (or sometimes nearby) locations where the original images were taken."

15 anatomical images (cow, goat, horse, dog, lion) from a series of publications from 1898 and 1911-1925 by Wilhelm Ellenberger and Hermann Baum with illustrations by Hermann Dittrich.

Spirit photography courtesy of the UK's National Media Museum.

"It's been nearly nineteen years since Lynch and crew descended upon the Snoqualmie Valley to shoot the pilot for Twin Peaks..."

The "Exhibition Preparation" section is, of course, particularly fascinating.

Last week at some point when I first read this, it seemed very mean-spirited. Now that I've watched some of Gov. Palin's appearances, I need to ask myself: is it mean-spirited enough?

Sitting in my feed reader for a while now. A small selection of maps from the NYPL collection showing geologic overviews and sections of the city.