I wouldn’t want to be so cool in a world about to freeze.Tumblr (3.0; @pile)http://log.andrewpile.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l84c7wB6UA1qcg29eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jstn.cc/post/1053683223" class="tumblr_blog">jstn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This is something I’ve been working on for a long time, and now that we’ve reached the height of hurricane season I’m excited to reveal it.</p> <p><a href="http://radarmatic.tumblr.com/post/1052979183" class="tumblr_blog">radarmatic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://radarmatic.com/">Radarmatic</a></strong> is a weather radar visualizer. It uses HTML5 and its own API to draw radar images with live data from the National Weather Service. </p> <p>The white dots on the map represent 155 radar sites across the US. As you drag it around, the radar closest to the center of the map will light up with its most recent data. The colored areas show where precipitation is occurring at varying levels of intensity. Pushing play will animate the last few hours.</p> <p>The imagery is not pre-generated, but rather drawn in-browser with Javascript. For this reason it can be processor intensive, especially while animating. Safari and Chrome are recommended over Firefox.</p> <p>I’ve always wanted to do something with radar data. The NWS creates an incredible wealth of information available every day about the physical world around us, but it’s locked away in an obscure binary file format developed long before the web. In order to visualize the data the way I wanted to, much bigger and in crazier colors than I’d ever seen used for weather radar before, I needed to translate it to a format I already understood.</p> <p>After many hours of research and fumbling around with a hex editor, I wrote a program in C called <a href="http://github.com/jstn/radar2json">radar2json</a> to convert the binary product files from the NWS into JSON (and which I’ve open sourced under the MIT license). I built a web service around it that <a href="http://radarmatic.com/api.html">anyone can use</a>.</p> <p>From a user interface standpoint, I set out to make something that puts as much focus as possible on the imagery itself and drastically reduces the friction of moving through it. Every other interface to radar data I’ve seen so far is scientifically oriented and does a poor job of being tactile and interactive, which I think is important for making a rich impression of what’s happening in our physical environment.</p> <p><a href="http://radarmatic.com/">Give it a try</a> and let me know what you think. And keep your eye on the Carolinas in the next 24 hours!</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>This is really really really really awesome!</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1053807205http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1053807205Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:09:26 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l80wcjE7kK1qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I’m going to miss my sis!</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1042800241http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1042800241Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:29:01 -0400<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/08/16/a_tourist_in_pyongyang?page=full">What's It Like to Be a Tourist in North Korea?</a>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1028939727http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1028939727Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:07:49 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7vhdaY2eQ1qz5uado1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://jamiew.tumblr.com/post/1026423655/blakewhitman-star-wars-uncut-on-the-front-page" class="tumblr_blog">jamiew</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blakewhitman.tumblr.com/post/1026047866/star-wars-uncut-on-the-front-page-of-the-arts" class="tumblr_blog">blakewhitman</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>Star Wars Uncut on the front page of the Arts section in the NY Times!</p></blockquote> </blockquote> <p>Awesome!</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1026556898http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1026556898Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:14:34 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7uib81AQ51qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Useless mirror</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1023514394http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1023514394Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:40:03 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7u8nrD9KX1qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Sox story</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1022502143http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1022502143Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:11:33 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7tog03ck41qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just bought these shoes from my hometown!</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1020697907http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1020697907Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:55:07 -0400http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1017880965http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1017880965Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:59:19 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7qqw0489B1qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Testing</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1012430825http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1012430825Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:55:03 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7pl2rOyw31qztpmwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeobuzz.tumblr.com/post/1008721524/time-magazine-50-best-websites-2010-vimeo-is" class="tumblr_blog">vimeobuzz</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2012721_2012728,00.html">Time Magazine 50 Best Websites 2010</a></strong></p> <p><span> <p><em>Vimeo is the video-streaming service of choice for creative types — the indie darling to YouTube’s blockbuster. For casual viewers, Vimeo is the place for shorter, artsier clips. Search for “President” and you’ll find yourself watching a humorous animated pop-up book that catalogs George W. Bush’s presidency. Enter the same term into YouTube and you’ll find relevant music videos and old news clips. See the difference? The site recently announced a new embeddable HTML5 player, compatible with Apple devices that don’t support Flash, and a new Vimeo channel for Roku set-top boxes that streams staff picks as well as your account’s queue straight to your TV.</em></p> </span></p> </blockquote> <p>Nice!</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1009148483http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1009148483Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:02:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7mx3b464x1qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1001139083http://log.andrewpile.com/post/1001139083Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:18:32 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7kpwkw6o51qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chinese Converse?</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/994641369http://log.andrewpile.com/post/994641369Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:48:06 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/13177086?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=000000" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><blockquote> <a href="http://vimeo.com/13177086">Ratatat - Drugs</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user365510">More Soon</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</blockquote></p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/993870969http://log.andrewpile.com/post/993870969Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:52:28 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/12473133?title=0&byline=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><blockpost><a href="http://vimeo.com/12473133">Kimbra - Settle Down</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/forum5">Forum5 Recordings</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</blockpost></p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/993699230http://log.andrewpile.com/post/993699230Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:11:47 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7j5mauish1qz4mrco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://caseypugh.tumblr.com/post/990127045/so-this-just-happened" class="tumblr_blog">caseypugh</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>So this just happened</p></blockquote> <p>Congrats Casey, amazing!!!!!</p>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/990425118http://log.andrewpile.com/post/990425118Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:42:34 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7ivc2Z20I1qz577eo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/989285204http://log.andrewpile.com/post/989285204Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:50:17 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7iuvtSS6K1qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/989248386http://log.andrewpile.com/post/989248386Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:40:31 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7isqoFceO1qz577eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/989072691http://log.andrewpile.com/post/989072691Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:30:31 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7in5b9NxN1qz577eo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://log.andrewpile.com/post/988618981http://log.andrewpile.com/post/988618981Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:53:31 -0400http://log.andrewpile.com/post/975437958http://log.andrewpile.com/post/975437958Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:07:08 -0400