The New York Times has been putting a great emphasis on public consumption of data, from understanding data to access to data. They initially started with information graphics that visualized complex data sets into something easy to digest. The nytimes.com versions were also interactive, engaging the reader to understand the data in more [...]
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NY Times Visualization Lab
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Window Shopping
Amazon has released Windowshop. Essentially a pseudo 3D wall you can move across and zoom in on a product. When you zoom in you’re presented with video or audio material about the product. Looks like the products presented are recent releases in categories such as Movies, Books, and Music.
Seems like an interesting [...]
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Magic Mood Changer
I lost my cool this morning at work, frustrated at coworkers who were not being proactive. Not wanting to lash out, as that is never the right thing to do, I took an early lunch break to a local deli. Sitting outside eating my turkey sandwich, sipping on a SanPelegrino Lemonade seemed to [...]
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Subprime Bust Explanation
The great folks at XPLANE have put together a infographic video explaining how we got into this Subprime debacle.
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Political Wordle Bullets
You can have so much fun with Wordle. This example is based off of taking a few minutes worth of Twitter tweets about Obama, Biden, McCain, and Palin. Ironically, Wordle made them look like bullets pointing at each other.
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Bailout Draft Text
(2) MODIFICATIONS.—In the case of a residen-tial mortgage loan, modifications made under para-graph (1) may include—-
(A) reduction in interest rates;
(B) reduction of loan principal; and
(C) other similar modifications.
In the Bailout Draft, as expected, modifications regarding residential mortgage loan is included. I am completely for people keeping their homes, but from a home owner fairness [...]
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iPhone’s Must Have Feature - 3G
My LG phone is slowly falling part. Its served me well these past three years, rudimentary browser, battery lasted days, and rarely experienced dropped calls.
So today, I decided it might be the right time to make the jump, to an iPhone 3G. Taking a peek at AT&T’s 3G coverage (3G in blue) makes [...]
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Maghound
Most of my reading happen on a train, airplane, vacation, or weekend mornings with a cup of coffee. Usually armed with a non-fiction book and a few magazines. I’ve always found it difficult to pick one magazine to subscribe to, which meant I was always picking a few by mood at newsstands costing [...]
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Knocked Out!
Video of people unsuspectingly, I assume, getting punched in the face recorded at 1000 frame per second. This video proves that reality is like cartoons, when you get pummeled, your body accelerates at different speeds.
Found on kottke.org
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Location, Location, Location
Trulia launched a new feature, actually a few months ago, called truliasnapshot. It’s a easy to use interface that allows you to select a slice of homes in a city.
When you search for homes in Trulia, Zillow, or most other realtor websites, you enter in the following preferences:
City, State
Type of Property
Price Range
Beds
Baths
Sqft
Other Amenities
The result [...]
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