A guide for scraping data

January 17, 2011

Topic

Data Sources / scraping

Data is rarely in the format you want it. Dan Nguyen, for ProPublica, provides a thorough guide on how to scrape data from Flash, HTML, and PDF. [via @JanWillemTulp]

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How Men and Women Spend Their Days

Using an oldie but goodie visualization format to look at time use between different groups.

Compare Worst and Best Commutes in America

See who has it worse off and better than you.

Restless Sleep With Age

It seems like no matter what I do, I cannot sleep through the night. Will it ever let up? According to the data, the answer is no and it will only get worse.

Billions at the Franchise Box Office

There’s big money in wizarding worlds, galaxies far away, and various time-shifted universes. Let’s take a stroll through the billions of dollars earned by franchises over the years.