Table of Historical Maps

The Associated Press is leaving other mapping systems and Flash behind with a new HTML based map

(YouTube official video) M.I.A. PAPER PLANES

Mashup of 75 Videos

(Art) Type City : type slugs to create an entire city

You Can't Predict Who Will Change The World

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/techniques/index.shtm

One Million E-Readers Headed to Africa (With FC Barcelona’s Help)

"The primary roles of LOVE, are to "Yahoo!" "Yeehaa!" and "Whoohooo!" - The Universe

"The main thing is sincerity, and when you learn to fake that, you've got it made." - Groucho Marx (also attributed to Cody Fisher, Sam Goldwyn, and others).
" We are what we are and we paint what we want, and when we lose sight of this we sell our souls." - Louis Armstrong
"Only being is real, while becoming is an illusion." - Plato  Via
"Beauty is highly desirable but simplicity and usefulness are the overwhelming fashion of our age.  Just because it’s beautiful does not mean it’s useful." - Gerry McGovern

(World's oldest surviving navigational chart) Carta Pisana depicts relatively accurate information about the Mediterranean, less accurate information about the fringes of Europe, but no information at all about the world beyond Europe.

(Dijkstra's) Pathfinding Algorithm

Lessons in Rebellion  (from the Math Network)

(Streaming) The Grey Album by DJ Danger Mouse

1812 War at The Archives of Ontario  at York University 

(Still)  VIDEO PORTRAITS

Q&A With Alex McLeod

(Definition) “angel’s share” is the small percentage of whisky that evaporates each year as it ages in the barrel. (Whisky facts by Chivas 1801)

(PHOTOS) When Your Last Names Spell Disaster

"Yet in each word some concept there must be..." - Goethe's (Faust, Part I, Scene III)
" ... time to start doing new things, saying new things (and visualizing), so that you might catch these gargantuan waves of change and surf to dazzling new heights. TODAY'S THE DAY!! " - TU
"(360): do we own a ladder? (206): We do not. (360): then how am i on the roof?" -TFLN
"Live a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself." - Meher Baba, the Indian master and mystic
"Being judged is uncomfortable.... The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored." - Seth Godin

(In a networked world) Why is the geography of knowledge still uneven?

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/map

The mathematical side of M. C. Escher  (American Mathematical Society)

(Discussion) ARTIST’S RESALE RIGHTS  Poll

http://www.writtensound.com/index.php

Magic Eye-Inspired Art ; alx does Baxter&

New Art Is Gradually Becoming Less Appropriate(d)

'&'MAN mostly https://twitter.com/#!/adamlauder

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle (2,300 years ago)
"Perhaps an addendum to 'this too shall pass' should be 'but given time, it shall return.'" - Lesley White
"It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." - Albert Einstein
"Gets kind of wonky though, if either starts thinking they're more important to the other, than the other is to them." - The Universe
"Certainly I recognize that the tools are in my hands, however, I do feel as though the figures in the work show up with their own agenda. I am committed to honoring that." -Beverley Hawksley

AtlasObscura   (an online compilation of weird stuff in and around most cities)

Mind Map of Global Civilizational Collapse 

http://smartonlinesuccess.com/get-more-pinterest-followers/

Sometimes a suspected pipe bomb is just a geocache.

Moshe Elimelech: Modular Cubism

(Thirty Years Of)  Looking At Cindy Sherman

Conducting an orchestra like you mean it

http://www.torontopedia.ca/Graffiti_Alley

War of 1812 Overview

"Ttose who imbibe are less likely to die than those who stay dry." - Via
"Each painting is a short story, and the paintings together suggest a narrative though not necessarily an obvious one..." - Mira Schor, Painter, author and critic
"Only way to know if a business model concept holds water is to flow activities through it." - Saul Kaplan ‏ @skap5
"That’s what fascinates me; to make something I can never be sure of, and no one else can either. I will never know, and no one else will ever know… That’s the way art is." - Willem de Kooning, 1972, from an interview with Harold Rosenberg, de Kooning Paintings: 1960-1980, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005  p.154)
"I don't think winners beat the competition because they work harder. And it's not even clear that they win because they have more creativity. The secret, I think, is in understanding what matters" - Seth Godin

(TEDx Lawrence Lessig) Re-examining the remix

(50,000 printed pages) dealing with exploration and discovery over three centuries. 

Adventures in Reticular Geometry

http://www.ams.org/samplings/feature-column/fcbrowse?category=Math%20and%20the%20Arts

(App) improvi  lets you drag random words and images onto the screen (where they bounce around and move next to and through each other), helping you to forge free associations that are the key to lateral thinking.

Are You a "Maker"?
 
(MoMA multimedia project) Jeff Wall, photographer

indonesiastreetartmovement.tumblr.com.

Ridiculous Laws Around The World

Pershing shakes the foundations of Canada's boardrooms (shareholders expect directors of boards to hold management accountable for performance)

Read more: http://www.canada.com/business/Pershing+shakes+foundations+Canada+boardrooms+with+Rail+replacement/6644797/story.html#ixzz1vFTz2ipM

"I'm on the pursuit of happiness And I know everything that shines ain't always gonna be gold..." - Pursuit of Happiness by the indie-rock group Barbara Via
"I'm addicted to self-improvement. The thing is, there's so damn much about myself to improve." - A.J. Jacobs
"Revolution; why is turning around so disruptive?" - R.B.W
"...ideas evolve similarly to genes, in that they reproduce and are selected for performance." - Via
"When you start creating for and in honor of those that have made a difference to you, your work changes." - Seth Godin

(Video) Google reinvents search—again—with Knowledge Graph

Map of Life  shows how animals and plants are distributed around the world

Apple (drops Google Maps), debuts in-house ‘Maps’ with incredible 3D mode

How Did Escher Do It?

A graphic look at the War of 1812 

TEDTalks in a handy spreadsheeet

Library hides books around town (for young people to find)

Toronto's best (and worst ) Public Art

"The most valuable tribe is a tribe of unusual suspects who can challenge your world-view, expose you to new ideas, and teach you something new." - Via
"If you were a rock I would never take you for granite" - @EricDotPetersen
"... innovation is rare and not recognized by most people. Most people look for instant paydays or market acceptance to validate ideas." - Steve Harmon
"The more seeds you sow, the more plants we'll grow." - TU
"Math Jokes – If you get them, you probably don’t have friends." - foreveralone  Via

KNOWLEDGE MAPS – TOOLS FOR BUILDING STRUCTURE'

Mapping Our Music

Science Tales: (short comic stories about science...)
 
(Flickr show) 'Fundamentals of Interactive-Visuals' Workshop

www.toronto.ca/streetart  developing, supporting, promoting and increasing awareness of street art and its indispensable role to add beauty and character to neighbourhoods across the city. (Graffiti Management Plan; toronto.ca/graffiti.)

Crowdfunding Artists (Without The "Funding" Part)

"Who will be Canada's Next Group of Seven?" http://thenextseven.ca/

The Saga of the Maple Leafs’ Futility  

"We should all view ourselves as the temporary custodians of permanent works of art." - Via
"The scientist does not study nature because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it, and he delights in it because it is beautiful. If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living." - Henri Poincaré
"If only one in a million artists will ever be successful, we all need to encourage the other 999,9999." - R.B. Wild
"In the final analysis, the questions of why... transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
 "If your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough." - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf