Examining How We Measure Our Lives
Commentary, critiques, and observations on information design and data visualisation
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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 […]
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Boston Bruins New Breakout Play
Read on…: Boston Bruins New Breakout PlayIf you guys have not yet figured out, I am a baseball guy. But that is pretty much my only sport. And so maybe you can help explain to me just what is going on in today’s piece from the Boston Globe. I think it is attempting to explain hockey formations for the Boston Bruins. […]
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China by the Numbers
Read on…: China by the NumbersWith Xi Jinping visiting the United States the BBC published an article looking at China’s changes over the years. In general, I don’t like the article—why are they using pigs to look at pork consumption? My general dislike aside, they do have a map that plots urban centres with more than one million people and […]
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Spicing It Up (Or Not If You Like Caraway)
Read on…: Spicing It Up (Or Not If You Like Caraway)Here is a post for all you cooks and bakers out there: spices. Over the weekend I came upon a piece FiveThirtyEight ran earlier this year about American spice consumption. They use spice availability as a proxy for consumption, because no such data exists—and unfortunately the standard for reporting changed in 2012 so data is […]