Archive for January, 2010
Required Vacation
In: Employment US Economy
31 Jan 2010
Crowdsourcing Crisis Management
31 Jan 2010
Election 2010
In: Maps Politics Source: WSJ
31 Jan 2010
Winter Weather – ummmm and More Weather
In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: USA Today
29 Jan 2010I think most of us absorbed this in earth science class, but if you need a refresher on how different air layers create different types of precipitation, here it is. (Also, the animations are quite pretty).
Looking around the site it turns out this is just one in a very large series of weather related interactives. Check it out. Some very cool stuff, including my hometown favorite: Lake Effect Snow (Irondequoit, NY).
USA Today Economic Outlook Index (Jan ‘10 version)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: USA Today Stock Market US Economy
29 Jan 2010The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”. Updated 1/27/09.
High Speed Rail in the USA
29 Jan 2010Interactive map of major projects (new funding was announce 1/28/10), with popup details. Related article.
How to Suck at Facebook
29 Jan 2010Ok, this is not terribly chart-related, but it’s just too damn accurate to pass up. I’ll post some boring statistical stuff soon to balance it out. Thanks to Kate Alexandra for passing it on.
Geek Hierarchy
28 Jan 2010
Electromagnetic Spectrum
In: Science
28 Jan 2010I like all the explanatory boxes on the side.
Of course, there’s the slightly less scientific, but more memorable xkcd version:
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