July 2012
199 posts
Stunning map of all known earthquakes since 1898
iheartchaos:
f you’ve ever wondered where and why earthquakes happen the most, look no further than a new map, which plots more than a century’s worth of nearly every recorded earthquake strong enough to at least rattle the bookshelves. The map shows earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater since 1898; each is marked in a lightning-bug hue that glows brighter with increasing magnitude.
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June 2012
77 posts
Watchiheartchaos:
Having fun fucking with New York City subway commuters
While it’s fun to fuck with people’s muscle memory and assumption of stair height, it’s lucky no one busted their forehead open here.
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Even 3000 frames/second can't prevent a dead heat...
iheartchaos:
There has never been a dead heat photo finish at a US Olympics track trial, and it’s especially odd in an age with incredibly precise finish line technology and a camera aimed at the line shooting at 3000 frames per second. But US sprinters Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh both crossed the finish line in exactly 11.068 seconds, and not even a super slow-motion camera could find a...
Keep track of Stephen King's fictional worlds with...
iheartchaos:
I’m more of a Terry Pratchett’s Discworld fan…Vimes is way more awesome than Roland. But for the many here that may be a King fan, here’s a flow chart of his stories.
Full view here
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Yet another book from an IHC reader (YABFAIHCR)
iheartchaos:
Published in January, about a World of Warcraft raid group and how they learned to raid together for the first time… and how they eventually died in a fiery meltdown.
Leet Noobs: The Life and Death of an Expert Player Group in World of Warcraft (Amazon)
I also did a IAmA on Reddit about this research last summer and posted my dissertation defense on YouTube, which is how Reddit...
Watchiheartchaos:
Check out the first full clip from Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
You’ve seen the trailers, now here’s a full scene from the awesome new Abe Lincoln vampire movie coming out June 19. That’s only five days from now. Better get your axe sharpened.
Watchiheartchaos:
See Seth Rogan rubbing one out in the red band trailer for ‘For a Good Time Call’
The film stars Lauren Anne Miller (who co-wrote) as a straightlaced yougn woman who settles into an amazing NYC apartment with a much more free-spirited girl played by Ari Graynor. Turns out that Graynor is running a phone sex line, because she scores a dollar per minute for taking girlishly while...
Disney releases more details about its next...
iheartchaos:
Last week, Disney sent out a press release detailing some plot information about its next animated film, Frozen, based on “The Snow Queen”, a fairy tale by Hans Christian Anderson.
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