Culture Archive:
Most Common Flag Colors
14 Mar 2010Used a python script to analyze the colors of the the world’s flags. Not to be confused with this earlier post which weighed it’s colors by population.
Top 100 Websites
In: Culture
14 Mar 2010Other tabs on the graphic list the “internet rich” and map the growth of the internet since 1999. Thanks to Megan Fowler for the heads up!
1870 Census Maps
10 Mar 201054 maps and charts. The level of detail and sophistication is pretty damn impressive for the period. (again from Radical Cartography — can you tell I’m digging through that site? Love it.)
Water use in Edmonton during the Olympic gold medal Hockey Game.
137 Years of Popular Science
9 Mar 2010Popular Science magazine has partnered with Google to make available it’s entire archive. Keyword searches bring up an entire month/issue with your search result highlighted. It looks they have OCR’d every page, making for some cool search results. (via)
For example, a search of “map” brought up this map of US science sites from 1967:
and this first air-map of the north pole from 1931:
“Chart” brings up radiological diagrams from 1950 (among many many others)
Gay Partnerships in USA
9 Mar 2010From The Economist:
The Porn Industry
In: Culture US Economy
8 Mar 2010Summary of the porn industry. I get sent a lot of these. must be the name 🙂
And a video of similar info from GOOD (probably NSFW, depending on where you work):
US Age Pyramid?
8 Mar 2010I think this would have been better un-nested.
Mobile Pie Chart Hell
In: Culture
8 Mar 2010Lots of information on mobile communications. I think. My eyes hurt. (via)
Sigh. The Economic Consequences of America’s Morality Police. (via Datavis)
What Are People Buying Online?
In: Culture US Economy
3 Mar 2010I like the comparison of online vs brick & mortar. (via Datavis)
Stone Age Writing
2 Mar 2010Similar symbols found across the globe raise questions about how writing originated. Some of the findings will appear in a new Smithsonian exhibition. Related New Scientist article.
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