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Jun. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Voyeurism, Urinals and the Opus Hotel

In the “what were they thinking” department, Jody Paterson reports in the Tyee that Vancouver’s Opus Hotel is going to remove video…
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Mar. 18, 2015 / Gordon Price

A Mesmerizing Day on the Underground

A visualisation of 562,145 journeys on the London Underground network, from a 5% sample of Oyster-card journeys during a week…
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Mar. 02, 2015 / Gordon Price

An Eagle-eye View of Paris

That is not a metaphor.…
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Feb. 03, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Durning: Chinese air pollution on the move

From Good: … climatological research shows that industrial air pollution in China doesn’t stay in China for long. This newly…
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Nov. 20, 2014 / Gordon Price

Climate Change Porn – 24: A Year in the Life of CO2

It’s gorgeous:  An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the…
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Jun. 16, 2014 / Gordon Price

Time-lapse LA: The traffic, always the traffic

It’s mesmerizing. Another one from Chris Pritchard: turn on the HD, turn up the volume, and click to full screen:…
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Apr. 15, 2014 / Gordon Price

Time-lapse LA: A century-plus of sprawl

While we’re in time-lapse mode, Greg Vann links us to some beautiful maps of “Sprawl in L.A. from 1877 to…
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Jun. 04, 2013 / Gordon Price

The Nomenclature of the Dutch

Prepare to be boggled:…
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Dec. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

How to tell a story: “Cleaning Out the Fridge”

I’m posting this because: (a) I really agree with the ideas, and want to share them. (b) I sit on…

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