Culture Archive:
How to Get Bacon at Burning Man
16 Sep 2010A few weeks late. Still amusing.
I’m not a huge fan of these infographics that are just numbers and clipart, but the name of the blog is ChartPORN — so I suppose I have to post it anyway.
This is Your Brain on Drugs
15 Sep 2010A new study visualizes the effects of drug use on your brain using SPECT scans. Interesting — though the footnote “colors do not have significant meaning” dilutes the impact quite a bit.
Still, it’s an improvement over what we were taught in the 80s:
SAT Scores (1972-2010)
15 Sep 2010
Breaking the Glass Ceiling
In: Culture Employment
14 Sep 2010Young single women in the majority of America’s largest cities are now earning more than their male peers. (Related Time article; NPR report)
Okcupid has beautifully abused their users’ profiles again for some entertaining statistical analysis. This time they extracted unique keywords from profile description by race – and as usual, the commentary is priceless:
If I had to choose over-arching themes for white people’s lists, for men, I’d go with "frat house" and for women, "escapism." Whether one begot the other is a question I’ll leave to the reader.
Some other interesting profile content analysis:
Exhibited writing proficiency vs religion:
Faith and Poverty
In: Culture
10 Sep 2010Faith is heavily correlated with poverty – with the United States being a very notable exception. (via/via, original poll)
Your Pants are Lying to You
In: Culture
7 Sep 2010Men’s waistlines vary widely by brand. (thanks to Carn Olicious for the link)
Movie Sequels: Best to Worst
In: Culture
22 Aug 2010Hierarchy of good and bad sequels, based on IMdb and Rotten Tomatoes ratings.
Can We Date?
20 Aug 2010A detailed flowchart on whether it is socially acceptable for two people to date. (via Flowingdata)
How You Will Get Hurt at Burning Man
In: Culture
17 Aug 2010A graph of the injury reports from the past three years of the Burning Man arts festival. (Thanks to Sean R for spotting it!)
Why do Video Game Movies Keep Getting Made?
In: Culture
16 Aug 2010A comparison of Rotten Tomatoes ratings, production costs, and revenue. A baseline of other movie genres would be interesting – and where’s Mortal Kombat? 🙂
Foursquare Visualization
10 Aug 2010I 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).
How Not to Take Ugly Portraits
10 Aug 2010OkCupid 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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