Archive for February, 2010
The US Income Gap
In: Employment US Economy
28 Feb 2010
How Fast Can You Lose an Olympic Medal?
In: Culture Source: NYT Sports
28 Feb 2010For most, less than half a second. The NYT has graphed the finishing times of many Olympic events – and if you hit the play button at the left of the race it will play a tone-sound in real time for each finisher, illustrating just how little separated the medal winners from everyone else. Very cool! (via)
Olympic Pictograms
28 Feb 2010An entertaining video look at graphic design choices in the olympics.
Sea Levels
28 Feb 2010What cities might flood when.
Northeast Snowpocalypses
28 Feb 2010Biggest NE storms of all time. Strangely, excludes the Blizzard of ’77, which I remember in upstate NY.
Bad Loans
28 Feb 2010
Snake Oil Supplements
27 Feb 2010A beautiful interactive visualization of the effectiveness of various health supplements from Information is Beautiful, based on scientific research. Use the roll up menu on the right hand side to filter by condition. You can also view the raw research data they dug up to draw your own conclusions.
Burgertime
27 Feb 2010Maps of fast food chain density using a gravity-like measure of influence.
US Wealth Centers
26 Feb 2010Comparison of metropolitan areas by wealth.
How Inventory Affects GDP
26 Feb 2010
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The 6 Most Statistically Full of Shit Professions
In: Commentary Culture Humor Science
26 Feb 2010It’s from Cracked magazine, so not entirely accurate – still an entertaining read, though.