The Struggle for Survival is an Incredible Waste of Time
It’s easy to cross the line when you know where they all are… County Boundary Map City/Town Boundary Map 3 Digit Zip Code Boundary Map Zip Code Boundary Map [All maps via Maps.Huge.info]
Artist: Wendy Carlos Album: Switched-On Bach Songs: Two-Part Invention in F Major, Two-Part Invention in B Flat Major, Two-Part Invention in D Minor [Wendy Carlos Official site]
What’s more exciting than a state budget? Pretty much everything, but since you’re here and probably funding one, here’s a look at California’s expenditures from the last few years’ proposed and enacted budgets: (click any chart to enlarge) Yep, just … Read More
[Stanford Magazine via Big Think]
From Water.org… Yeah, you’re right, if aliens visited us, this would be one of the countless embarrassments humanity would have to endure. (Taking ACM’s assumption that the aliens’ first question will be, “What are you people doing?!”) If 884 million … Read More
(click to enlarge) [2007 US GDP – Data Source: BEA – NIPA tables 3.9.5, 3.11.5, 3.15.5]
In today’s society, you can read the newspaper to keep up and send your kids to school so they have half a chance, but you might not get much perspective on radiation’s presence in your life unless you follow webcomics… … Read More
[Talking Heads Official Site]
(click to enlarge) [via California’s Employment Development Department]
(click for live chart, then press Play to see results through 2006) [Free material from www.gapminder.org]
In his “California Lifestyles 1990” map, Dr. William A. Bowen of the California Geographical Survey used information from 5,855 census tracts to see who was living the dream and who wasn’t, and let’s just say, there’s apparently a lot of … Read More