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Charts with explosions now easier than ever

Nathan Yau — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:49:05 +0000

Score.

Update: Just saw the American version on TV using the same idea with different music. Business rooms are going to be rocking next year. Sweeeet.

Hemorrhoid venn diagram

Nathan Yau — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:12:53 +0000

This past week I was shackled by a, um, condition where it was painful to move and difficult to concentrate, and Boost nutritional drinks were my friend, and solid foods were my enemy. (TMI?) I didn't even know this was an issue for people under 30. My caring wife, the ER doctor, looked it up in her medical dictionary, Hardwood-Nuss' Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine, and this is what she found.

I guess venn diagrams are used for other things besides song lyrics and comics.

Take your fiber this Thanksgiving holiday. Thank me later.

Best statistics question ever

Nathan Yau — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:25:57 +0000

By way of Raymond Johnson, the best statistics multiple choice question ever written on a chalkboard. Try not to think too hard. [via]

Venn diagram: Platypus playing a keytar

Nathan Yau — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:46:15 +0000

The word you're looking for is epic. From Tenso graphics, maker of amusing t-shirt sketches. [via]

The Venn Piagram

Nathan Yau — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:07:28 +0000

Get it? It's a Venn diagram made of actual pies. That's why it's called a Venn piagram. [via]

Flowchart: Which of NPR’s top 100 science fiction and fantasy books should you read?

Nathan Yau — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:21:56 +0000

SF Signal constructs a big arse flowchart to help you sift through NPR's listener-picked top 100 science fiction and fantasy books. It's big and scrolltastic. Check out full and printable version here. I end up at The Time Machine by Wells. You?

Most popular infographics generalized

Nathan Yau — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:46:23 +0000

Yep, still amusing. [via]

Yoda pie chart

Nathan Yau — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:33:45 +0000

"Do or do not. There is no try." — Yoda [via]

How to drink in public the right way

Nathan Yau — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:01:50 +0000

In case you're wondering whether you should be drinking in that local park (you know, the one with the horsey and swings) this weekend, Jen Cotton for Grubstreet New York offers this guide. [Thanks, Ben]

Cartoon color wheel

Nathan Yau — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:24:52 +0000

Slate places cartoon characters from past and present within the frame of a color wheel.

Why are the Smurfs blue? Why is Doug's Beebe Bluff purple? Our aim is not to answer these existential questions. When asked why the Simpsons are yellow, Yeardley Smith (voice of Lisa) explained only that Matt Groening "thought that it would be really funny if, when people watched The Simpsons, they thought that maybe the color on their TV was off."

Totally ridiculous. And that's what makes it fun.

[Thanks, Dean]