Tag: just for fun

  • The Politics of Beer

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    This Friday at Happy Hour as you sip your pint, are you going to wonder what your beer choice says about your politics? Okay, probably not. But you could. And if you did, this chart from the National Journal would help you identify just what your drink is saying. Is your favourite on the chart?…

  • This Infographic Is Da Bomb

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    For your Friday comic relief comes the infographic of the week. The content is serious. But the graphic is laughable at best. And undercuts the message in my opinion. Seriously, it’s like the mobile weapons labs, but worse. All over again. Photo credit goes to Mario Tama at Getty Images, via the Los Angeles Times.

  • Timeline of the History of the World

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    Brendan Barry
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    Evolution is a myth. Creationism is where it’s at. So thankfully we have this new timeline that takes into account the age of fossils, radiocarbon dating, and all that other science-y stuff. I’m just glad to know that the reason we won World War I was because we had the raptors on our side. The…

  • How About Those [Insert Team Here]?

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    It’s Friday. And it might almost be time for sports conversations. Thanks to xkcd I know that as an American, in the month of September, I should be discussing football (with the pointy-ended ball). But don’t worry, I’ll leave my support for the Red Sox at the front door.

  • Climate Change

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    Brendan Barry
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    When I was younger—albeit not by much—I applied my interests in geography, history, and politics to create maps of fictional places. I used knowledge of things like the Hadley cell and the Koppen climate classification system to figure where on the maps I drew people would be able to live in temperate climates and where…

  • When We’ll Forget…

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    From xkcd comes today’s graphic of choice. It’s a timeline. About when we’ll forget stuff. Although for me this is pretty much a useless concept. Because I’m generally unaware of cultural events when they happen today.

  • The (Not So) Secret Service

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    Brendan Barry
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    The Secret Service screwed up not so long ago with the whole hookers in Colombia scandal. (Proof that it pays to pay.) This infographic was passed along to me by my colleague Eileen and it investigates the results of congressional hearings into the Secret Service. Credit for the piece goes to the Onion.

  • Cracking Down on Unemployment Benefit Fraud (in Canada)

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    Nobody likes people cheating the unemployment system for benefits. Especially Canadians apparently. So this is a proposal to encourage the unemployed to start working. Credit for the piece goes to Steve Murray.

  • Merry F*%#-ing Christmas

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    Brendan Barry
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    The title is from perhaps my favourite Christmas song… But the song relates to this post because earlier this week the print design blog For Print Only featured my annual Christmas card. I typically design and print a card to mail (as in a physical copy through the postal service, none of that e-card non-sense) to…

  • I’m On a Quest

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    For those that may have missed it, earlier this week Google released its newest addition to its Google Maps product offering: the 8-bit Quest map. Never before has the world been seen in such high-resolution. And if you look close enough, you might even be able to spy some interesting features. Happy Monster Hunting Quest.