Culture Archive:
12 Days of Christmas cost $21,465.56
In: Culture Humor Interactive
23 Dec 2009The annual adding up of all those gifts in the song. (5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, etc).
2009 Deaths
In: Culture Interactive
22 Dec 2009I always like the new year’s montage videos of the year in pictures & video. This is a good one of who we’ve lost this year. You can click on any picture to see a small obit.
Jail Birds
22 Dec 2009Some basic facts about prisons in the United States. (via VizWorld)
Vegas Hotels
In: Culture Housing US Economy
21 Dec 2009The ebbs and flows of hotels in Vegas is an interesting supply and demand demonstration (of course real estate in Vegas generally ignores those laws). (via Infectious Greed)
Collision Watch
18 Dec 2009Interactive map of fatal collisions in 2007. In the example below I’ve zoomed in on DC, but you can zoom around to any area you want. There are also some interesting filters.
Slot Machines
18 Dec 2009How they work. What are the odds. How your money disappears. Play a virtual version and watch it go. Click the tabs at the top for the stats behind the dials. (via FlowingData)
Apparently, marrying your first cousin is legal in 25 states. The related article talks about whether the risks are real. (via)
Digg Year
15 Dec 2009View the top Diggs for any day using the calendar selector in the middle. Nicely done.
If you haven’t seen them before, the real-time Digg Stack and Swarm are very cool as well.
Why are Europeans White? Cereal?!
14 Dec 2009Using maps to investigate a simple puzzle. (via)
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