After being pretty impressed by Hans Rosling's lecture here , I've looked around gapminder.org to find this video (one year younger) with even more animated and fun graphics, and with even better presentation by Rosling. Keep looking until the end, when the seemingly impossible becomes possible. tags stats statistics gapminder development graphs AfricaThere is hope for the world when there are passionate people like this around... picked by rambler 6 months ago |
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A video on how to use the Photoshop-similar GIMP to create an animated .gif from a video clip using the animation package. picked by SeanIM 8 months ago 3 comments edit related share arts |
The secret message being transmitted by the four rotating disks atop downtown San Jose's Adobe building that has baffled residents and visitors forthe past year. That is until now. 10 comments edit related share weirdCheck this out picked by Bornbad 1 year ago |
First reported here yesterday. It doesn't seem fair that even the earth is "punishing" this part of the continent that is already enduring so much human suffering. Let's hope this sort of thing will lead people to stop their self-induced, mutual suffering, by working together to alleviate earthquake damage. History, unfortunately, indicates that this is unlikely to happen... picked by rambler 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share science |
Cool is about all I can say about this. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago 9 comments edit related share weird |
Nice little video tutorial on how to tie a knot which is almost impossible to untie. This can be done as a prank with someone's shoelaces, meaning they will have to cut it off. picked by pjanaway 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, Hans Rosling debunks myths about the so-called "developing world" using extraordinary animation software developed by his Gapminder Foundation. 3 comments edit related share world--This is an awesome video to watch. He's funny, too. picked by 1thirteen3 6 months ago |
When a DJ table does the impossible! Short film created by Double Edge Films and won tones of awards!! picked by itak 1 year ago 7 comments edit related share plime.com |