http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/08/mistake-fox-news-identi_n_85656.html
(the screenshot says it all)
Friday, February 8, 2008
Page Hits So Far
This is the geographical distribution of the peeps visiting our site, on the second day of its creation. Who is out in Arizona?
More maps of this nature to come in the future.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Bill Belichick's Genius
Another article on the genius of Bill Belichick.
http://sportspickle.com
Photos of Downtown LA
Yesterday as part of my Urban History class we took a walk around different portions of downtown Los Angeles. As we walked around, I took photos with my old D1H and an 85mm lens. What I find interesting about the photos are the range of urban locales found within a relatively small distance. Its also pretty amazing to see an LA that isn't just the beach, the freeways (though it is that here too), or vast sprawl. First photos I've taken in a while but its nice to have captured some of LA, a city I spend far too much time biking around without a camera. Enjoy.:: Link to Picassa Photo Gallery ::
The Greatest Graphic Ever?
According to a whole lot of people, it's this, drawn by Charles Joseph Minard to depict the size of Napoleon's army as it advanced on and retreated from Moscow. There's some commentary and another, slightly smaller image here, as well as some more excellent graphics.
I was looking at this because for my thesis I've gathered a whole bunch of data on civil rights protest in Britain, most of it qualitative but with over 100 discrete events in a spreadsheet, and I want to design something to visually represent the changing nature of black protest (as an extension of political participation) in Britain from 1960-1965, my timeframe. 
What I have in terms of data for each event, culled from newspapers and organizations, are the date, the type of protest (strike, boycott, sit-in, etc.), the location, a rough estimate of the number of participants, the organizations involved, and the goal/target of the event, as well as some other odds and ends. General trends I can observe are an overall increase in protest events, an increase in participation in those events, a change in the events from 'low cost' protests such as marches to 'high cost' protests like boycotts and strikes, and a move from 'solidarity protests' held in London to address concerns about empire and allies (namely the US) to protest directed more specifically at Britain and local authorities.
If anyone has a great idea of how to represent that with an image, or two or three, lay it on me.
I was looking at this because for my thesis I've gathered a whole bunch of data on civil rights protest in Britain, most of it qualitative but with over 100 discrete events in a spreadsheet, and I want to design something to visually represent the changing nature of black protest (as an extension of political participation) in Britain from 1960-1965, my timeframe.
What I have in terms of data for each event, culled from newspapers and organizations, are the date, the type of protest (strike, boycott, sit-in, etc.), the location, a rough estimate of the number of participants, the organizations involved, and the goal/target of the event, as well as some other odds and ends. General trends I can observe are an overall increase in protest events, an increase in participation in those events, a change in the events from 'low cost' protests such as marches to 'high cost' protests like boycotts and strikes, and a move from 'solidarity protests' held in London to address concerns about empire and allies (namely the US) to protest directed more specifically at Britain and local authorities.
If anyone has a great idea of how to represent that with an image, or two or three, lay it on me.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Why the Pats are so good
Fascinating article about the man behind Bill Belichick's curtain. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=adamsCourtesy of DB.
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