Culture Archive:
Fattest States in the USA
18 Jul 2010Wow. This would be my nomination for most pointless use of a radial diagram (and color) 2010 if they gave out such awards. Hmmm. maybe I’ll start giving out those awards. (via)
Grandparents Competing with Teenagers for Jobs
17 Jul 2010Interesting multi-part interactive analysis from Bloomberg about changing job-force dynamics. (via the Big Picture)
Congressional Conversation Index
16 Jul 2010The Congressional Conversation Index tracks what topics people are contacting their Representatives about, produced by a joint effort between Fireside21 and the Adfero Group. (thanks to Brad Johnson for the link)
Quality of Death
In: Culture
15 Jul 2010CUSTOMER-satisfaction surveys are, alas, unsuitable for rating the quality of death. So the Economist Intelligence Unit […] has devised a ranking of end-of-life care.
Vacuous Supreme Court Nomination Hearings
15 Jul 2010Civil rights questions in hearings since 1939.
Online Dating Lies
In: Culture
13 Jul 2010Another fascinating data analysis from Okcupid’s online dating blog “Oktrends“. Christian Rudder compares users self-identified characteristics to population norms for height and income, looks at photo EXIF information to see how many people are posting dated pictures of themselves, and examines how many bisexuals actually contact both sexes.
These bold colors (below) contain a subtle message: if you’re a young guy and don’t make much money, cool. If you’re 23 or older and don’t make much money, go die in a fire. It’s not hard to see where the incentive to exaggerate comes from.
The upshot here is, if you see a good-looking picture of a man over 30, that photo is very likely to be out-of-date.
Where to Get Harassed by Cops in NYC
12 Jul 2010The NYT has an interactive map and related charts of where NYC police have been utilizing the “stop, question, and frisk” policy. Related article.
How Stupid are Americans?
6 Jul 2010“On July 4th we celebrate Independence Day. From which country did the US win its independence?”
Oooooooooh! Ahhhhhhhhhh!
1 Jul 2010‘Tis the season to blow ourselves up – or at least sit in a lawn chair drinking a beer with friends/family looking up at colorful explosions the sky. Is America a great country or what?! Have a nice holiday weekend everyone!
Where fireworks are legal (PDF file). We have some odd laws: for example, you can buy fireworks in Pennsylvania, but only if you don’t live there.
How fireworks work: (and here’s even more detail, if you’re interested)
US Injuries per 100lbs of fireworks used:
Pounds of fireworks used: 
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