Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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Read on…: New Job Trepidation
Some of my co-workers are taking me out for a few drinks as I started a new job at my company last month. It’s a lot of work and a lot of learning things I know little about. So this piece from This Is Indexed seems appropriate for this Friday. Credit for the piece goes […]
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How the Diesel Engine Works
Read on…: How the Diesel Engine WorksFor a little while now I have been wondering about just how the emission cheating system worked for Volkswagen. Thankfully the AFP put together a graphic illustrating how their diesel engine process works. It gets me partially to the level of understanding for which I am looking. But even though I now understand how the […]
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Rich Hill’s Curveball
Read on…: Rich Hill’s CurveballToday marks the final start of the year for Rich Hill of the Boston Red Sox. It’s also only his fourth start of the year. He was signed as depth as attrition left an empty spot in the rotation. In his three starts, however, he has given up only three runs in 23 innings while […]
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Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
Read on…: Supermoon Lunar EclipseLast night we experienced a total lunar eclipse here in Chicago. Unfortunately, significant cloud cover meant that much of the event went unseen. That was unfortunate, because eclipses are fantastic. To explain it we have this piece from the BBC. And for those were either unable to see it or did not know about it, […]
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Your State’s Power Sources
Read on…: Your State’s Power SourcesBy now you should all know that I am a sucker for small multiples. They are a great way of separating out noise and letting each object be seen for its own. You should also know that I am a sucker for things industrial, e.g. nuclear power. So when you put the two together like […]