Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

Hierarchy of good and bad sequels, based on IMdb and Rotten Tomatoes ratings.

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Can We Date?

In: Culture Humor

20 Aug 2010

A detailed flowchart on whether it is socially acceptable for two people to date. (via Flowingdata)

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A graph of the injury reports from the past three years of the Burning Man arts festival. (Thanks to Sean R for spotting it!)

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Interesting comparison.

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A comparison of Rotten Tomatoes ratings, production costs, and revenue. A baseline of other movie genres would be interesting – and where’s Mortal Kombat? :)

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I haven’t gotten the Foursquare bug yet, but some of you may be interested in this map-based visualization of you and your friends. (The authors’ blog).

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OkCupid is at it again. This time comparing user attractiveness to photo EXIF data. Findings? Panasonics will make you look better than Canons or Nikons. Iphone users have more sex. Using a flash adds 7 years to your appearance. Lower f-stops make you prettier. Taking pictures during the “golden hour” is not a myth. Have I mentioned that I love that blog?!?

 

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This infographic is intriguing because the most interesting part: the graph of call costs is hidden behind the jumble of labels – I didn’t even notice it until Ben Edmonds pointed it out. For the heck of it, I’ve also linked to other communication timelines.

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A simple chart showing the percentage of europeans that never attend religious services. FYI, similar polls put the USA at 40%. But apparently, most people lie about this when asked.

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Death Fees

In: Culture

9 Aug 2010

Seems appropriate for a monday morning: A  look at the costs associated with funerals. For the record, please roll my corpse into a hole in the woods and spend the money celebrating being alive.

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Interesting breakdown. (via)

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Hilarious, and a nice follow up the Hierarchy of Internet Needs.  (via Visual Loop)

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