Corporate States of America...

For each of the 50 states, Steve Lovelace picked a company based in that state and that he thought best represented that state.  For the states I know best, his choices look good.  Here's the result:

Kitchen Conversions...

Amongst the many irritations of living in nearly the only country that doesn't use the metric system of measurements is the need to remember all the crazy arbitrary stupid ratios of American measurements, like the number of teaspoons in a tablespoon, or the number of ounces in a quart.  This infographic makes it all easy:

Of course, it would be even easier if we'd just convert to the metric system like the rest of the world!  I don't expect to live long enough to see that, though...

Freedom in the 50 States...

Here's a fascinating interactive infographic exploring different aspects of freedom in all 50 states, from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University:


Utah sure looks good compared with California...

What's Wrong With this Graph?

There's a serious flaw with this infographic – a flaw that creates a false impression in just about every viewer.  Can you find it?  Here's the answer (a classic Megan McArdle takedown)...

Worst Recession Ever...Gets Even Worse...

I've posted this chart before; this is just another in a series of updates to it.  It gets more terrifying the more time goes by...

What Career Paths Do Majors in “X” Take?

Here's a nicely done interactive infographic that lets you explore this interesting question.  You can also explore the inverse: what majors end up in a given career?

What it shows for computer science majors is fascinating, and a bit of a surprise for me: they end up in all sorts of careers, with far less than a majority ending up in technology.  On the other hand, it shows that people in technology careers may have majored in just about anything (or, like me, nothing at all!), with jibes with my own experience quite well...

Bombs on London...

In WWII, that is.  Here's an amazing interactive map showing the exact location of every bomb that struck in the London area during the Blitz.

It was quite sobering to look at the areas I'm most familiar with, such as Richmond and Kew Gardens.  I've walked over or by quite a few of these bombed locations, but never knew it...

Mt. Stupid...

A beautiful infographic at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal: