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Marfa sky at night

Inky black and full of light

September 6, 2011, by happykatie in Travel, Video

via vimeo.com Yet another reason I love going to Marfa (as if you needed me to share another) – spending the night in the Davis Mountains, looking at the sky with the McDonald Observatory folks. Absolutely nothing like it. So humbling.

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Notorious BIG

Hip Hop Word Count – data visualization for rap nerds

August 16, 2011, by happykatie in Music, Video

Pinch me, my music geeker self is swooning with data set magic.  The Hip-Hop Word Count: Searchable Rap Almanac is one of the greatest ideas I’ve seen in ages. A database housing over 40,000 hip hop songs recorded since 1979, what delicious cultural memes and shifts there are to be found in those lyrical battles [...]

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What the fr*ck is going on – video + visualization = awesome

May 12, 2011, by happykatie in Current Affairs, Video, Visualization

You know me and my love of visualizations, here's a great music video discussing the need for improved hydrolic fracturing (aka: fracking) legislations. Catchy, pretty, funny, spot on.  What the frack IS going on? Aaaannndddd….  here's a much less funny video:

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Happy April 1st :)

April 1, 2011, by happykatie in Totally random, Video

Drupal, Drupal… gotta’ lotta’ users (when geeks rap and do it well)

March 3, 2011, by happykatie in Music, Schipulstory, Video

"Monster (Drupal Remix feat. A.Hughes and D.Stagg)" from Schipul – The Web Marketing Co. on Vimeo. When you love your job, it shows   Check out the Schipul crew's most recent Drupal rap video – props to DStagg and Al Hughes (and Kanye, of course) for the beats and Brian Potter for his video magic. [...]

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