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
In: Environment/weather| Maps| Science
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
In: Finance| Source: NYT| US Economy
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
In: Employment| Interactive| Maps| US Economy
26 Feb 2010Comparison of metropolitan areas by wealth.
How Inventory Affects GDP
In: Reference| Source: WSJ| US Economy
26 Feb 2010
The Secret to Life (for Depressed People)
25 Feb 2010
The Female Sex Drive
25 Feb 2010More great work from okCupid in the same article “The Case for an Old Woman“. I’m posting it separately because of the great charts.
First up, a map of “Ideally, how often would you have sex?”. (Move the slider to change the age) 
Is contraception morally wrong: 
Sparklines of preferences:
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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.