“Do or do not. There is no try.” — Yoda [via]…
Nathan Yau
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Yoda pie chart
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World population densities mapped
National Geographic has a look at where and how we live:
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Smart people talk about art and data
A few months ago, a packed crowd gathered in Minneapolis for the Eyeo…
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BBC Knowledge
This is totally sunshine and lollipops, but it has a good flow to…
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PDF data woes
We do not provide these tables in Excel or CSV format. You will…
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The United Kingdom of McDonald’s
In a follow-up to his ever popular McMap that showed distance to the…
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Freight railroad mergers
Not many people ride the train anymore, but a lot of inventory is…
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Breast cancer conversations
With Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming up in October, data visualization firm Periscopic…
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Last.fm scrobbles as calendar heat map
Martin Dittus, a former Last.fm employee, grabbed listening data for staff, moderators, and…
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Data-ish job openings
If you’re good with data and looking for a job, you’re in luck.…
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My many thanks to the FlowingData sponsors. I had to upgrade my server…
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Actors who have been in three or more episodes of an HBO original series
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Girl Scout cookie pie chart
With Girl Scout cookie season around the corner, Wired pies it up with…
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Cost of 9/11
This Sunday will be 10 years since the attacks on September 11. Amanda…
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Classroom seating habits
In college, I was one of those guys who sat in the back…
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Five years of Kiva lending and borrowing
Kiva, the microfinance site, lets you give small loans to people around the…
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Evolution of the Web
In celebration of Chrome’s third birthday, Google teamed up with Hyperakt and Vizzuality…
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Best of FlowingData – August 2011
I know most of you have checked out mentally for Labor Day weekend,…
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How to drink in public the right way
In case you’re wondering whether you should be drinking in that local park…
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Cartoon color wheel
Slate places cartoon characters from past and present within the frame of a…