December 2009
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November 2009
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Nov 30th
The post-Thanksgiving summary: the turkey price...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has two nice infographs regarding the 2009 consumer price of turkey and the producer cost of turkey.
Nov 30th
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eBay tracks Black Friday purchases across the US in realtime. Over 1 million transactions in 24 hours. Wow.
Nov 30th
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“If there were dogs here, I could handle it.”
– Gabriel Graetz, in reference to the potential for free-roaming dogs at Logan Int’l airport at 4:30 am.
Nov 25th
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Nov 24th
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ListenEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros. They just...
Nov 23rd
Nov 23rd
False information!
I would like to note that the healthcare infograph I posted a while back uses data from 2004. It is thus completely worthless with regards to accurate information. Why someone made an infograph in 2009 using 2004 is beyond me. I will have to be more careful from now on. (Thanks Ian for catching it.)
Nov 23rd
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But in practice,...”
– Yogi Berra
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If you could play the Earth like an instrument, what would it sound like? This is the TerraFon, which plays the earth like a vinyl record. More explanation here.
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Which Music Web site is real?
NPR has an online test on “real” and “fake” music-sharing Web sites.
Nov 18th
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A news piece about the world Sudoku champions. Wonderful.
Nov 18th
Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
Nov 17th
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Video visualization of the decline of colonial empires. The aversion between the blobs is kinda nauseating——appropriate. Further explication here.
Nov 16th
The 7 survival tactics of Byzantium
I. Avoid war by every possible means, in all possible circumstances, but always act as if war might start at any time. Train intensively and be ready for battle at all times — but do not be eager to fight. The highest purpose of combat readiness is to reduce the probability of having to fight. II. Gather intelligence on the enemy and his mentality, and monitor his actions continuously....
Nov 16th
Nov 16th
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Creepy futuristic video that reminds me of the human population in Wall-E. Didn’t these kind of utopia-seeking shorts die out after the 60s? The discussion of a universally accessible, global Internet is interesting. Will that be fully realized in the next 30 years?
Nov 14th
Conflectual on Twitter
I have grabbed @conflectual on Twitter. Have yet to decide whether I will aggressively pursue promoting it.
Nov 14th
ListenMediashift’s 4-minute round-up has some...
Nov 14th
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A vortex of American movie culture, as it were.
Nov 14th
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And everything that was fake about it.
Nov 14th
For the Jedi Knight who has everything
Source.
Nov 14th
Nov 13th
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Sometimes shadows play unwanted tricks on...
This one says “Vote for …”
Nov 13th
Two graphs on US military policy you need to see:
The US spends 700% more than anyone else … … it has extraordinary consequences.
Nov 12th
The correlation of rock music and oil production
A bizzarre coincidence?
Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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"Intelligent" Google searches
I love you, Slate magazine, and your article on “intelligent” vs. “dumb” Google searches. Intelligent search: Dumb Google search: Intelligent Google search: Dumb Google search: Simply the best.
Nov 11th
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“If I were as smart as I am funny, I might get somewhere … we should have...”
– Rudy Morales
Nov 9th
Infographic groups on Flickr
Info Graphics maps and charts WebOps Visualizations Diagram Diaries Cool Data Visualizations I’ll be adding more as I find ‘em.
Nov 9th