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The Economist Redraws Europe
4 May 2010A new Europe, using completely arbitrary and amusing reasoning:
Color Color and more Color
4 May 2010XKCD performed a lovely survey of his readers on color perception.
which made mention of the below humorous comic from Doghouse Diaries.
which inspired xkcd to use the same presentation for his real-world results:
Also, Mike Lewis sent me a link to the below “Coulours in Cultures” wheel by Information is Beautiful.
Which reminded me of Cymbolism’s survey and graphs of colors and emotions:
50 Best Restaurants in the World
3 May 2010According to “Restaurant Magazine”. I’m not sure what mapping them accomplishes — besides making it obvious how few are in the USA.
Flickr Tag Galaxy
26 Apr 2010Interesting way of browsing Flickr photos – you enter a tag and then drill down the solar systems of related tags until you get to the subset you want; then it displays them on a 3d globe. Thanks to Wil Etheredge for passing it on.
Dirty Priest Relocation Map
In: Culture Interactive Maps
15 Apr 2010Click on any line to get a popup of the details of that case.
American Chains
In: Culture Food Maps US Economy
12 Apr 2010Another cool proximity map from Weather Sealed. This one of 330 retail chain company locations.
Publishing Advice
In: Culture
8 Apr 2010“Are You Absolutely, Positively, and Wholeheartedly Ready to Publish Your Novel?” by Anna Hurley (available as a poster). (via)
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