Humor Archive:
The World According to Ronald Reagan
30 Sep 2009An oldie but a goodie, dug up by Kelso’s Corner.
Metal Tree
In: Culture Humor Innovative
17 Sep 2009I need to make one of these for house music. Spotted at DataViz.
Hot Air Inventory
In: Humor Interactive Politics
15 Sep 2009Compare any two members of the 110th (2007-08) US congress, by amount of words spoken, votes, and even a nice little word cloud.
The 5 Stages of Everyday Griefs
In: Humor
14 Sep 2009A little irreverent, so is pretty much everything else over at MADATOMS.
Homeland Insecurity
In: Humor Interactive Politics
13 Sep 2009An interactive timeline of the US terror alert level. I was just flying last week and wondering how long we had been on Orange (high) with nothing happening. Spotted at Information Aethestics.
and because it seems relevant, a favorite from Wondermark:
Solar, Wind, and Bodies
11 Sep 2009These have been making the rounds. (I like the revised version at the bottom which does the same comparison with matrix-style human batteries)
Most Accurate Statistics of the Month
In: Humor Innovative
18 Aug 2009
Fun with Venn
23 Jul 2009Venn diagrams can be very useful in organizing information and are catching on in the mainstream. (top 2 spotted on DataViz the bottom is from Diesel Sweeties)
Map of Human Sexuality
In: Culture Humor Interactive Maps
12 Jul 2009It’s quite entertaining in it’s comprehensiveness, and the online interactive feature of adding your own “travel pins” puts it over the top.
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Blame the Smart People?
In: Bailout Commentary Finance Humor Source: WSJ US Economy
18 Oct 2009A WSJ op-ed that presents a convincing argument that we can’t blame stupid people for the financial crisis (though they certainly helped).