A map published by Bernard Porter in 1939 depicting physics as a landmass through which several rivers corresponding to the main branches (light, sound, heat, etc.) run and converge into one.
via Kottke
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Gall-Peters Projection
The Obama administration is holding a virtual public forum for the second year in a row next week, and the principal cast of The West Wing came together again to voice their support for the idea in a video from the White House.
The idea pays “fromage” to President Andrew Jackson, who turned the White House into an open house on Feb. 22, 1837, offering the American public the opportunity to visit 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and discuss the issues of the day with the president and his staff. Jackson had a 1,400-pound block of cheddar cheese hauled in for the event, and visitors could take a piece of it home with them.
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Arrested Development s4.1
Mitch Hurwitz is re-editing the fourth season of Arrested Development so that it runs chronologically, rather than in the concurrent episodic structure it had for its original released on Netflix. And in order to patch up some seams and tell the story in a more streamlined manner, it seems Ron Howard has returned to the darkened tomb of a recording studio to lay down new tracks in his role as The Narrator.
via The AV Club
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Total Warhammer
Total War: Warhammer, a new entry in Creative Assembly’s long-running Total War series, was announced accidentally following the release of a new official art book covering the history of the Total War series.
Been waiting for this for sooo long. This is what I wanted Mark of Chaos to be, it’ll be a little wait but I’ve got Total War:Attila to keep my going in the meantime.
Ostension is a folkloric term for the process of unwittingly acting out or mimicking the greater part (if not the entirety) of an urban legend that is already part of the body of lore.