Easier 3 years ago
Enjoying this comic:
Why must everything always be easier?
Wallpaper 3 years ago
Anyone have some wallpaper like this I can take a vignetted picture in front of?
Hälsopuls 3 years ago
As far as I can tell, hälsopuls.se compares Google Flu Trend data with Finnish tweets that mention people being sick. Maybe one of my many Finnish friends can confirm?
The graph (made with flot) looks pretty slick.
Correction 3 years ago
A great correction on this New York Times article:
An earlier version of this post misquoted Mr. Remnick on his comparison between the book and a New Yorker article he had previously written. He said the book would not be a “pumped up” version of the article; he did not say that it would not be a “pimped out” version of the article.
Middlebury 3 years ago
Natalia showed me this really neat Middlebury site today. It’s fun to explore and really fresh for a major university.
Wage gap 3 years ago
This interactive graphic from the (March 2009) New York Times is well-designed and very understandable. My favorite part is the explanatory annotations when you click a certain occupation.
It’s interesting to see the three occupations in which women make more than men.
(Thanks, Sherri.)
96pt type 3 years ago
The New York Times has used 96 point type on the front page only four times in its history.
In 1969:
In 1974:
In 2001:
And most recently in 2009:
The font in most (all?) of these is Cheltenham.
Being idle 3 years ago
This article about being idle is long but very well-written.
Leisure is permissible, we understand, because it costs money; idleness is not, because it doesn’t. Leisure is focused; whatever thinking it requires is absorbed by a certain task: sinking that putt, making that cast, watching that flat-screen TV. Idleness is unconstrained, anarchic.
Also see The Idler, a “bi-annual, book-shaped magazine that campaigns against the work ethic,” and their list of idle pleasures.
