From the monthly archives:

August 2008

What's your Thoreau speed?

What's your Thoreau speed?
In Walden, Thoreau proposed a modification of the traditional formula for calculating speed. Instead of merely dividing the distance traveled by …

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Infoviz slideshow

Infoviz slideshow
Slate has a nice short history of information visualizations, including work from Josh On, Jonathan Harris, and Martin Wattenberg. Many many more …

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Handling adversity

Handling adversity

The pithy Maya Angelou:

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three

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IMAGE OF THE DAY: The Seals Have ‘Eyes’

IMAGE OF THE DAY: The Seals Have ‘Eyes’
CSIRO/AFP/Getty Images
This handout image was released by Australia’s Antarctic Climate and Ecosystem Cooperative Research Center on …

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