Nathan Yau

Access previous versions of government websites with GovWayback

Apps / archive, government, Internet Archive

You can use the Internet Archive to access historical versions, but GovWayback makes…
Gulf of Mexico changes to Gulf of America

Maps / geography, Google Maps, Gulf of Mexico, rename, USGS

The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed to the Gulf of America in…
Leaving out keywords in a halftime show

Infographics / Kendrick Lamar, lyrics, Washington Post

I missed this one last week, pre-Super Bowl, but for The Washington Post,…
Hank Azaria on human voices and AI mimicry

Artificial Intelligence / Hank Azaria, New York Times, quality, The Simpsons, voice

Hank Azaria, who does the voices for many characters on The Simpsons, wrote…
Hiding data in an emoji

Coding / emoji, Paul Butler, secret

Messing with how emojis are encoded, Paul Butler demonstrates how one might hide…
Flight map shows firefighting efforts

Maps / Esri, firefight, flight, FlightAware, Peter Atwood, wildfire

To contain the fires in Los Angeles, aircraft flew back and forth to…
Federal worker resignations

Statistical Visualization / government, New York Times, resignation

According to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, about 65,000 federal workers have…
Archiving effort to preserve Data.gov

Data Sharing / Data.gov, Library Innovation Lab, preservation

The Harvard Law School Library Innovation Lab is archiving Data.gov and making the…
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Partial Data Reflections

The Process / government, uncertainty

This week, I have a new tutorial for you and then we get into using data with baggage.
Common four-digit PINs of others

Statistical Visualization / ABC News, passcode, security

About 1 in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN, based on an…
Tracking daily federal expenditures

Statistical Visualization / government, Hamilton Project, spending

The Hamilton Project is tracking federal expenditures and updating daily:
This data interactive…
Download CDC data through Internet Archive

Data Sharing / CDC, government, Internet Archive

The data portal for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was…
Geographic boundary data and microdata from Census Bureau is offline

Data Sharing / Census Bureau, government, takedown

As of this evening on February 4, 2025, the TIGER/Line shapefiles, which provide…
Data bead bracelets

Data Art / bracelet, Eszter Katona, Mihaly Minko, physical

Data Beads, by Eszter Katona and Mihály Minkó, is a fun initiative that…
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Ridgeline Chart with Color Gradients

Tutorials / R

Ridgeline charts are nice to look at, and that is enough reason to make them. Use a gradient fill for extra sauce.
Book chart showing Barnes & Noble opening new stores

Infographics / Axios, Barnes & Noble, books, stores

I assumed that Barnes & Noble was on its way out, but I…
Health and climate data purge

Data Sharing / government, takedown, Verge

For The Verge, Justine Calma reports on the recent takedowns. Some groups have…
About 8,000 U.S. government pages taken down

Data Sharing / government, New York Times, takedown

The New York Times used a programmatic approach to estimate the number of…
Checklist for federal data backups

Data Sharing / backup, government, MIT

In preparation for days like this, MIT Libraries has a guide for making…
Preserving government data before it disappears completely

Data Sharing / government, preservation

Groups at universities and research labs are forming to preserve data. Naseem Miller…

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