Examining How We Measure Our Lives

Apologies for the lack of posting, work is pretty busy as we wrap some projects up. But here’s a look at the latest Covid data for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Illinois. Normally we look at Virginia as well, but their site was down for maintenance and so there was no data to report. When it comes to new cases,…

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Covid-19 Update: 21 September

Sep 22, 2020

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Apologies for the lack of posting yesterday, but I wasn’t feeling well. I had some other things planned for today, but then some other things happened this weekend and then I took ill. But it’s still important to look at what’s going on with the pandemic, especially in the United States where it’s been disastrously handled by the White House.…

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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from…Venus?

Sep 18, 2020

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If you didn’t hear the news, scientists have discovered a compound in the atmosphere of Venus. They’ve also ruled out a number of the normal ways the compound is created, and we’re left with two possibilities: some kind of unknown chemistry/chemical process or…aliens. It’s got to be aliens. Because it’s Friday. And because it’s Friday, we can turn to xkcd,…

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The Size of the California Wildfires Compared to Philly

Sep 17, 2020

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The West Coast is a different scale than the East Coast. After all, California alone is almost the size of New England and parts of the Mid-Atlantic combined. So when we take that enormous size into consideration, how big are these fires on an East Coast scale? It can be difficult to imagine. Thankfully the Philadelphia Inquirer addressed the issue.…

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Positioning Is Important

Sep 16, 2020

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in Datagraphic, Infographic, My Work

Yesterday Pew Research released the results of a survey of how the rest of the world views select countries throughout the world. The Washington Post covered it in an article and created some graphics to support the text. The text, of course, was no big surprise in that the rest of the world views the United States poorly compared to…

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It’ll Get Cooler Eventually

Sep 15, 2020

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President Trump, on climate change. I mean, technically he’s correct. Eventually the universe will likely end with heat death as all the energy dissipates and stars die out and space becomes a truly empty, cold void. So it’ll get cooler, eventually. But what about right now? In one to three generations’ time? 30–90 years? Not looking so great. So what…

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Covid-19 Update: 13 September

Sep 14, 2020

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Apologies for the lack of posting last week. I’m on deadline for, well, today. Plus I had some technical difficulties on the server side of the blog. But it’s a Monday, so we’re back with Covid updates for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, and Illinois. The good news, such that it is during a global pandemic, is that in Pennsylvania,…

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Covid-19 Update: 7 September

Sep 8, 2020

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Yesterday was a holiday in the States, and so let’s begin this shortened week with a look at the Covid situation in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, and Illinois. If we compare this morning’s charts of yesterday’s data to last Monday’s, we can see some concerning trends. In Pennsylvania, that includes a rising trend. Anecdotally, that might be tied to…

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Pretty Much My Life These Days

Sep 4, 2020

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