As millions of pages are rapidly scanned into Google Books and made searchable to the public, interesting anomalies occur—the physical book’s history, such as tobacco stains or handwritten notes, end up being preserved online, along with glitches that occur during the scanning process, like the hand of the scanner operator covering a page. These “mistakes” have been collected in Tumblrs, used in new media art …
Just in time for peak holiday travels, FlightAware’s real-time Misery Map collects weather and flight data from around the US to show the number of delays and cancellations at major airports. Hover over each airport to see which specific flights are affected—and if yours is, know that you are in solidarity with the 300+ other delays around the country.
A provocative look inside the last two decades of the most significant works of art from our time, with compelling snapshots of the artists behind them from art critic and historian Kelly Grovier. The collection of 100 works best capture the spirit of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, impacting our generation as Picasso and Dali have of the previous. The text is accessible …