Map quiz!
May 13th, 2009
Archive for May, 2009
The LiveSide blog pointed me to UMapper and the geography games that people are putting together.
I just killed a few minutes trying to nail Countries and Capitals as well as US States and Capitals. I did ok on the USA (about 70% on my first try) but world cartography is not my bag…
Boing Boing Gadgets pointed to this visualization of where all of the shots where taken in the last two NBA seasons.
I don’t know whether this is shots attempted or made, i’m currently assuming its attempted. I’m shocked by two things in looking at it though:
- First, to see such a sharp drop off from the majority of shots taken right under the rim and for the rest of the Paint to be so poorly defined. Apparently, there’s a lot of layups and not so many teardrops or hook shots from the rest of the paint as I imagined.
- Second, to see a neat little ripple a few feet inside the 3-point line. I suppose this is what they call the mid-range jumper.
I also instinctively knew that a lot of 3-pointers came from the corners but i never imagined how many!
Visualization of all the shots from the NBA’s 2007-2008 season.
Once upon a time, there was a video of Ryan flying into a mattress. Not the first time it had ever happened, but certainly the first for our group. I haven’t seen that video in years but today’s Bostonist post struck the same chord of dorm-room silliness!
And apparently, Mattress Jousting is a thing now!
WOW. Screw you Transformers 2! I’m waiting for this to come out on Veterinarian’s Day!
After the last post, Ben sent in the following recommendation.
Erik Elstran – April 2009 from North of Ten on Vimeo.