Archive for November, 2009

A nice dashboard digging deep into unemployment stats. Updated monthly.

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An odd graphic looking at the green footprint of pets; based on a New Scientist article.

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Deadly Drugs

In: Culture Science

8 Nov 2009

A comparison of mortality rates of various legal and illegal drugs.

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Interactive ticket sales timeline. (via)

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Another historical look at hurricanes. This one has a number of very interesting filters and sliders. I wish someone would do something like this for recessions (not on a map, obviously). (via Vizworld)

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All new and depressing ways of looking at unemployment statistics, from Ritzholtz/The Big Picture.

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Stats on animal related deaths, with some odd first-person descriptions. (via fancystats)

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Wine Wheel

In: Culture Interactive

5 Nov 2009

An attempt to categorize types of wine by aroma, sensation, flavor, and “characteristic”.

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U.S. salaries for several professions across the U.S.

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Flowingdata takes a look at unemployment 2004-09

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Not a very accurate scale.

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Recovery.org has an interactive map that lets you track where the spending is going (down to the street level).

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NBA Schedule Heatmap

In: Culture

3 Nov 2009

A nice heatmap contrasting home vs away games over the season. Thanks to Serhat Ugur for pointing it out!

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