Tag: just for fun

  • Judgmental Philly Map

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    Brendan Barry
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    Happy Friday, everyone. To help you waste some of your time today, here is a link to a set of maps of various cities. The twist? They are judgmental. So here is the map of Philadelphia. Though, to judge this piece, it looks more like it is a map of Jersey than Philly. Credit for…

  • Linguistics Are…Um…Fun?

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    So today is Friday and that means it is time for some…um…lighter than usual content. Consequently we have a map from Quartz looking at the preferred use of um or uh. Credit for the piece goes to the Quartz graphics department.

  • This Weekend’s Menu?

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    Brendan Barry
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    Everybody likes to eat out on the weekend. So from Co.Design comes an interactive diagram breaking down the constituent components of some of the best and worst food creations. Personally, I would have to go with the pretzel croissant. Credit for the piece goes to Lily Tidhar.

  • The Curse(s) of the CEOs

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    Brendan Barry
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    It’s Friday, so we should try to take things a bit lighter. For me that usually means knocking back a drink or two and a swear-y exultation about it being the end of the work week. But, it turns out, I’m just trying to emulate our captains of industry. Bloomberg has gone through company conference…

  • What if Britain Had Won?

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    Brendan Barry
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    A few weeks ago, one of my coworkers, sent me a link to a Newcastle Ale campaign video asking what would America be like if Britain had won the Revolutionary War. Anybody who knows me really well knows I am an Anglophile. I say mobile instead of cell phone, from time to time I switch…

  • Newfoundland and Labrador

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    Brendan Barry
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    Your (not-so) humble author is on holiday in Canada for a couple of days. Thankfully, he is staying away from dogs. Credit for the piece goes to Stats Canada (in no way associated with Statistics Canada).

  • Is Florida the South?

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    Brendan Barry
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    One of the most pressing questions of the times was answered last week. Is Florida the South? Cue the Tampa Bay Times. Credit for the piece goes to Ben Montgomery.

  • Distinctive Artists by State

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    Brendan Barry
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    This Friday’s post comes from Business Insider. And it looks at the distinctive artists by state. And no, I have no idea who Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are. Credit for the piece goes to Paul Lamere.

  • Venn Diagrams

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    Brendan Barry
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    Seth Meyers debuted his new show last month. And in the debut he used Venn diagrams to tell jokes. And while I was going to poke fun at Arizona, the opportunity for the joke disappeared a few weeks ago. So instead, I will take the time to show another. The setup: The punchline: Credit for…

  • It’s Cold Outside

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    Brendan Barry
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    I have spent this past week in Lithuania for work. And it was cold. But it was colder still in Chicago. Thankfully on a Friday we have xkcd to put all this cold into a bit more perspective. Although his example uses St. Louis, I presume it holds for most cities. Credit for the piece…