Fun with Information Design

Word Count [1] Visual representation of the 86,800 most frequently used words in English, way cool! Bonus points: the words whose ranks correspond to my date of birth are (drum roll, please!) "Feel Literature," and my Other Half's are "Certainly Gentleman."

Thinkmap's Visual Thesaurus [2] Visual representation of word meanings and relationships - much clearer than any print thesaurus and fun to play with. Limited use for free trial or buy/subscribe.

The Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef [3] Yarn, Math, and the Environment, or, What Shape Is the Universe?

Wordle [4] A toy for generating pretty “word clouds” from text that you provide.

Fun with Information

Podcast of Harry Shearer's "Le Show" [5] public radio program.

Gimundo [6] Battle the brainwashing - get good news every day!

Just Fun

Rob Breszny's Free Will Astrology [7] Simply the Best. Horoscope. Ever. – especially if you don't believe in astrology.

Pronoia Resources [8] Links to things from Breszny's weekly newsletter. Pronoia is the opposite of Paranoia.

The Book Quiz [9] Which book are you?

Mr. Picassohead [10] Make art!

Peculiar English [11] What if English were all Anglo-Saxon, or all Greek?

The Geostationary Banana Over Texas [12] Hey, why not?