Pick of the week

"Permanent atoms in the age of ephemeral bits" [Video: 2:37]

Sign painting lives on and this particular article, book and movie paint a compelling picture of the people that practice it and the trials of the profession. Creative Review have an article about it, too.

Via Brain Pickings

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More important than the internet [Video: 3:59]

Great animation about the importance of agriculture to human advancement and civilisation.

Via Explore

Forecast [Web service]

Pretty darn slick web-based weather service, with some nifty features. I guarantee you'll be entering your birth date in the time machine feature to see what the weather was like back then. If you have the time, read their story.

Lord of the Rings project [Website]

An amazing project with some nifty interaction pieces amongst the hard data. Worth a look even if you only have a passing interest in the works of Tolkien.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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