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Found this via @bruces. The individual platters on the jar indicate the size of the population in a specific age group in a particular country.
There are some startling visuals to be found there. Egypt with its very large young population and low life expectancy has a cone like design, were as the USA has a large population in the upper middle age section thanks to the baby boomers. Very cool stuff.
Gallery - Picture of the day - Image 16 - New Scientist
Amazing shot. Looks like a nuclear explosion going off. I really like the way it makes a hole in the cloud layer.
Thank you Bruce Sterling (@bruces) for introducing me to Tweeting Too Hard. This made my morning.
I understand that the social web is all about being self-important, but as with everything some people are better at it than others. This site is good times for all, even the messages being reposted. There is no more efficient way to reinforce how important someone’s tweet may be than making a site dedicated to finding out just how import they thought it was to begin with.
I think my girlfriend and my family would disown me if I wore these, but come on. You know you would like to try them. There is more information over on Bruce Sterling’s site (here).
I do like the idea of integrating already widely used devices into a more accessible medium, but I am sure this is going a bit too far for many people. Not me though, I would try these out, with pride.
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