For the logo designers, via xkcd:
Tag: just for fun
Updating Minard
Yesterday, Chartporn posted a link to an OkCupid post about sex, specifically charts of sex. And yes, they are quite interesting and worth checking out. But, I enjoyed the humour at the outset, where they noted the brilliance of the pie chart as a modern chart form that can replace the classic Minard chart about Napoleon’s invasion of Russia.
Minard’s original at top, the modern simplification at bottom.
Credit for the work to OkCupid.
The End of the World As We Know It (And How It Goes Round and Round and Round)
The future of the world according to Google. As prophesied by xkcd.
Perhaps Paperwork, Not Plumbing, Is The Pinnacle of Modern Society
From Indexed.
What more must one say other than that 1) this is generally true and 2) paperwork can be substituted for bureaucratic work in general.
Beam Me Up, Scotty. Then Pixelate the Pattern Before Rematerialising.
Today is Friday.
Behold the awesomeness of Star Trek characters in pixel form, trexels. How many can you identify? I admit, I got a whole bunch. I shall admit no further.
Designed by John Martz with Koyama Press. Posting via Flowing Data.
All You Need Is a Box of Chocolates, a Dozen Roses, a Pricey Dinner Reservation, a Fancy Bottle of Wine, Tickets to the Show…
Valentine’s Day is a day both loved and loathed; I need not detail which groups feel which way. However, despite the dark history—think less hearts and love and more martyrdom and death—we have seen the lighter elements promoted by various causes from genuine love to commercial profits. But all things must have their symbols, especially if they are to be capitalised upon for profits, and we are now accustomed to Cupid representing love and Valentine’s Day. (One must wonder what the Christian martyrs would think if they learned that Valentine’s Day, once originally a Christian saint day, was now symbolised by a heathen, pagan god.)
Courtesy the New York Times, designer Ji Lee now, however, offers you not the staid and static symbol of love we have all come to know and love, but now a true choice of form and symbol. Which would you choose?
Personally, I have to go for the G5…
May I Have Pepperoni on That Pie (Chart)?
I love pizza. I think most people do too, though, we can all disagree on whether thin crust or thick crust is better. Yet as someone who has now eaten both…well…I shall not wade into the matter. But, I will toss up this piece from the New York Times.
The paper has an article about Domino’s adding more cheese to their pizza to increase sales as part of a plan from a US government-supported agency. At the same time, the US government is also trying to reduce the amount of saturated fats consumed to reduce obesity. And of course cheese contains saturated fat.
Naturally, the supporting graphic should make use of pizza. And in what better form than as a pie chart.
Though having now been looking at this for quite some time, I am in the mood for pizza. Though I could do without the saturated fat…
How to Best Describe Oneself
from XKCD
Monday Mornings Are Annoying As…
It’s Monday. The day of the week we hate the most when we realise that we really do have to wake up. Myself, I on occasion throw in some choice words as I swat my alarm clock. This graphic, from xkcd, is apropos as—well, you get the idea.
The United States According to (Southeastern) Pennsylvania
After being inspired by the Europe from Europe maps, last night I created a map of the United States, as seen by someone from southeastern Pennsylvania.