December 10, 2009

Map O’ The Day #187 - Wind-Turbine Infographic

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Todays MOTD comes to us from Beau Daniels and is a technical Infographic of how a wind turbine works.

December 9, 2009

Map O’ The Day #186 - How To Make A Paper Airplane

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Today’s MOTD is another terrific infographic from Paul Horn and the Union-Tribune. It was done as an add for the San Diego Aerospace Museum and shows how to make one style of paper airplane.

December 7, 2009

Map O’ The Day #185 - Guggenheim Face-Lift

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Today’s MOTD comes to use from The New York Times and shows all of the cracks in the exterior on the West view of the structure.

December 3, 2009

Map O’ The Day #184 - Retrofitting The 805

Category: Uncategorized — Tags: , , – Grant Smith @ 6:38 pm

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Todays MOTD comes from Paul Horn of the Union Tribune and shows how Los Angeles retrofitted their highway to make it more earthquake resistant.

December 2, 2009

Map O’ The Day #183 - Great Lakes Profile

Category: Uncategorized — Tags: , , – Grant Smith @ 6:14 pm

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Today’s MOTD comes from the US Army Corps of Engineers and is a boaters reference for depths, lengths and connections of the various waterways that make up the great lakes.

December 1, 2009

Map O’ The Day #182 - Star Wars Influence Map

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Today’s MOTD is a very interesting and impressive map charting all of the associations that the original creators of Star Wars have had throughout the years in the categories of games, sound, films and special effects.

November 30, 2009

Map O’ The Day #181 - Tire Information

Category: Uncategorized — Tags: , , – Grant Smith @ 6:09 pm

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Today’s MOTD is a followup to a previous infographic about how to change a tire. Today’s explains the different markings on a tire and gives you all the information you need to successfully replace your blow out.

November 20, 2009

Map O’ The Day #180 - Proper Posture

Category: Health — Tags: , – Grant Smith @ 5:01 pm

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Today’s MOTD is very good knowledge for everyone that is reading this post right now. People are spending a lot more time in front of computers, without understanding the consequences of posture. Improper posture can lead to painful lasting injuries including carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder and back pain, eyestrain and lumbar and lower back problems.

Designer Devon Morgan has made this exceptional infographic to help you improve you posture.

November 18, 2009

Map O’ The Day #179 - The Pasons-White Stringbender

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Today’s MOTD is a look at the inside of a guitar modified with a Parsons-White Stingbender.

The B-Bender was invented in 1967 by musicians Gene Parsons and Clarence White of Nashville West and The Byrds. The device was originally called the Parsons/White Pull-String, later renamed the StringBender, and is now best known as the B-Bender. Early prototypes developed by Parsons (a machinist as well as a drummer) included multiple bending devices for the E, B, G and D strings, but guitarist White decided he preferred a single B string bender in the final design. The B string is bent up a full tone by pulling the guitar neck down. This puts pressure on the strap, which is attached to a spring-loaded lever at the base of the neck. The lever arm passes through the body of the guitar and is connected to the B string behind the bridge. White’s 1956 Telecaster with the original Pull-String is now owned and regularly played by Marty Stuart.

In 1973 Parsons started making and installing the Pull-String himself, and renamed it the StringBender. He eventually made as many as 2,000 custom installations for guitarists including Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin.

November 17, 2009

Map O’ The Day #178 - Tsunameter

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Today’s MOTD comes from The National Environmental Agenency Of Singapore. It is a graphic showing the equipment used to detect rogue waves and tsunami’s.