A bit of data cherry picking, perhaps (announced job cuts?). Related article. (via Barry Ritholtz)
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)
In: Finance| Source: NYT| US Economy
28 Feb 2010In: Politics| Source: NYT| US Economy
1 Feb 2010Interactive treemap from the NYT – you can zoom/drill into the details, “hide” mandatory spending, and rollovers popup the 2010-11 values and change. Thanks to Andrea Noble for the heads up!
In: Culture| Environment/weather| Global Economy| Maps| Science| Source: NYT| Source: USA Today| Source: WSJ| Source: Washington Post
15 Jan 2010Crazy amount of damage. and Haiti wasn’t in very good shape to start with. I’ll keep adding finds to this same post as I come across them.
I kept hearing that the shipping port was out of commission and was wondering what exactly that meant. Here it is. (via Washington Post print edition)
Damage zone and location of aftershocks :
Faultlines, cities, population density, shaking: 
Zoomable satellite map of Port-au-Prince from 10:30 Wednesday:
NYT side-by-side before and after satellite pictures:
In: Culture| Interactive| Maps| Source: NYT
10 Jan 2010Most rented and least rented movies in major metro areas. Roll over to view details by zipcode. Clearly contains some errors though. Benjamin Button was No1 and True Blood season 1 was 47? Thanks to Jack Lucky for pointing it out.
In: Employment| Source: NYT| US Economy
9 Jan 2010A logo and meme chart of 2000-09. I like it. It’s a reminder of powerful subtle visual triggers can be for memories and feelings. (via FlowingData)
In: Interactive| Politics| Source: NYT
28 Dec 2009In: Employment| Finance| Global Economy| Source: NYT| Source: Ritholtz
21 Dec 2009The index adds together a country’s budget deficit, as a percentage of gross domestic product, and its unemployment rate.
In: Bailout| Finance| Source: NYT| Source: Ritholtz| US Economy
14 Dec 2009In: Environment/weather| Interactive| Maps| Science| Source: NYT
9 Dec 2009In: Emerging Markets| Finance| Global Economy| Source: NYT| Source: Ritholtz| US Economy
8 Dec 2009Who are the winners and losers? (via The Big Picture)
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