What Shopping Cart?
posted in: External Other, The Economics Devision
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Amazon.com: the Hidden Empire – Update 2013 from FΛBERNOVEL [TechCrunch via Hacker News]
Instant Soundtrack Generator
posted in: External Other, External Viz, The Cultural Devision
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Meet Otomata, an online audio toy ready to lay tracks for your independent feature film! Start out with something simple… …and then add a few more cells anywhere to crank up the existential tension! Links to your compositions (and associated … Read More
The Self-Employed: Same As It Ever Was?
posted in: ACM Charts, Features, The Economics Devision
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According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the self-employed consist of “active proprietors or partners who devote a majority of their working hours to their unincorporated businesses.” Another thing the BEA says is that, despite the civilian labor force tripling … Read More
November Traffic Alert
posted in: External Images, The Space Cadets
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If you’re planning a trip in your spaceship in early November, keep your eye out for Asteroid 2005 YU55: Oh, you don’t have a spaceship…Â Never mind. [NASA via BoingBoing]
Population Density (or, What a Difference a Scale Makes)
posted in: Ape Con Myth, Input, Maps
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The year, 1994. The world’s population, 5.6 billion. How bunched up were we then? Plenty of room to breathe, right? But where is everyone else? Suddenly it’s getting a little crowded in here, particularly considering most of the grey area … Read More
Go!, Go!, Go!
posted in: Library, The Cultural Devision
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Your skepticism has been duly noted, but believe me, this is only the beginning… Better quality, bigger screen, Go! [Speed Racer on IMDb]
The Necessities –> Water –> Drought
posted in: Ape Con Myth, Input, Maps
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Global Drought Monitor – University College London Department of Space and Climate Physics U.S. Drought Portal – National Integrated Drought Information System National Drought Mitigation Center U.S. Drought Monitor Drought Impact Reporter Other drought info/coverage Wikipedia The New York Times … Read More
Dear Target Shoppers,
posted in: The Economics Devision
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If your dog spills this much water on the floor, please consider using a rag. You might find you don’t need an 8-pack of paper towels anymore. And seriously Target, out of every item in your store, you want to … Read More
2007 U.S. GDP in Pie-Vision!
posted in: ACM 123, ACM Infographics, Features, Mapping, The Economics Devision
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Five days a week (or more), millions of Americans leave their homes to go to “work”. What does it all add up to? Gross Domestic Product, the sum of all final goods and services. Below, we have the United States’ … Read More
Wasted URLs: Unicorn.com
posted in: External Images, External Screenshot, Smog
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There’s pretty much no excuse for this redirect. Of all the places in the IBM empire, something called WebSphere is where they send people looking for unicorn.com? This is more what we’re looking for when the subject is unicorns… This … Read More