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Landsat Global Mosaic

June 11th, 2013

Nice online browser/atlas with Landsat global mosaic @ 14.5 meters (?).

Convert Almost Anything

May 15th, 2013

Cool tool which enables one to convert almost anything, SVG to image, Image to SVG, Music formats, …. Great!

Datavisualization Tools

March 13th, 2013

Data visualization tools grow steep in numbers. Difficult to catch up with all developments. Datavisualization.ch has a nice overview over some of these.

Climate Vulnerability Monitor

March 12th, 2013

Interesting & informative data portal on environmental and climate change/vulnerability stuff. Well presented.

Global Population Growth

February 28th, 2013

Nice graphic from here.

Replace Special Characters With HTML Code; Plugin For Coda

February 15th, 2013

Nice little plugin, which avoids searching on the Net for the right HTML code for characters like “ö”, “Ü”, “è”… for Coda developers.

Upload Your Screenshot

February 1st, 2013

Looking for a place to upload a screenshot in order to share it within a forum? And no interest in creating a (free) account? Or downloading a software to achieve it? Here is a simple website (in german) which does it.

Brockhaus Infografiken

January 21st, 2013

Die Brockhaus Encyclopedia Infografiken. Im neuen Brockhaus sind ein paar Dutzend Infografiken integriert. Sehr schön gemacht, so sieht’s aus.

Your Warming World

January 21st, 2013

Interesting, interactive map of the world from NASA to show global/local temperature changes.”The heat is on for the planet as a whole, but what has been happening where you live? Click a place on the map to find out, or enter a location in the search box in the top right-hand corner.”

Simple, Nice Graphics

January 18th, 2013

Pretty simple, but attractive and clean graphics.

TED: Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

December 4th, 2012
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Great, passionate talk, with lots of wisdom, fun parts, a clear message. Bravo. Really, really fascinating to watch!

A Clickable Guide to the World’s Energy Use

December 3rd, 2012

A clickable guide to the world’s energy use. Nice animation from Nature.

New Permaculture Blog

November 26th, 2012

Since a couple of days, my german permaculture blog is now available in English as well – www.living-permaculture.com. Check it out, enjoy, and leave your comments if you like. I’ll post something in general every two days on the wide range of interesting subjects of permaculture, such as agriculture, urban agriculture, ecovillages, living together, smart low-cost technologies, presentations etc.

Icon-Finder

November 23rd, 2012

Nice tool to find a wide range of icons.

Grants Chart

November 22nd, 2012

Nice chart creation by Hewlett for their grant program. Really interesting and well done!

WWF’s Interactive Mindmap

November 20th, 2012

Interesting application: Bringing the mindmap to the web. Interactive. Very smooth. But not sure if I would use it; if I would have the patience to click through the different items.

How to Visualize and Compare Distributions

November 15th, 2012

Nice tutorial with a few interesting ideas about how to display distributions.

UNEP’s budget

November 13th, 2012

Yep, pretty small, if one compares it to other UN agencies… This shows what domain is important, and which one not. Development scores top, environment (before) last…

Excel: Making a Panel Chart (Instead of a Broken Chart)

November 9th, 2012

Interesting idea to use a “panel chart” instead of a broken chart.

Change Default Font Size in Apple Mail

October 23rd, 2012

Sometimes, the font size in incoming mails is really small. And I don’t get it changed by the Pref settings. But this one seems to work:
defaults write com.apple.mail MinimumHTMLFontSize 18