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Category Archive: static

1. How much does Hollywood earn?

   February 1, 2012 7:29 pm 30 Comments

   Major anti-online piracy laws like PIPA/SOPA and ACTA are designed to protect the intellectual property of businesses like the US movie industry.
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2. A Taxonomy of Ideas?

   January 13, 2012 12:10 pm 116 Comments

   
   Recently, when throwing ideas around with people, I’ve noticed something. There seems to be a hidden language we use when evaluating ideas.
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3. The Top 21 Albums of 2011 from 120 Top 10 Lists

   January 2, 2012 2:55 pm 20 Comments

   All the top-rated albums from all the top top-ten lists visualized. Try saying that with a mouthful of egg-nog.
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4. Scales of Devastation

   November 25, 2011 3:30 pm 6 Comments

   I was trying to get my head around the scale of the Thailand floods. So I did.

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5. What are the Wall St Protestors So Angry About?

   October 21, 2011 9:00 pm 24 Comments

   Loads of people have emailed asking if we can improve the graphs on the What The Wall Street Protestors Are So Angry About megapost.

   Sure!
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6. The Sunscreen Smokescreen

   July 11, 2011 2:30 pm 125 Comments

   It started with a question. It always does. This time, the question was simple: How much sunscreen should I wear?

   I’m a pale geek who burns. I wanted to know the optimal. A simple question with a simple answer, right?

   Wrong.

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7. Plenty More Fish In The Sea?

   June 3, 2011 10:41 am 8 Comments

   

   A visualization of the state of Atlantic fish stocks past and present for The Guardian. Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of European Fish Week

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8. Radiation Dosage Chart

   March 29, 2011 10:00 am 41 Comments

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9. Books Everyone Should Read

   March 14, 2011 2:21 pm 23 Comments

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10. Horoscoped

    January 19, 2011 11:36 am 73 Comments

    Do horoscopes really all just say the same thing? We scraped & analysed 22,000 to see.
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