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Showing posts with label graphs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label graphs. Show all posts
Friday, October 2, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Graph of fantasy book cover art
In which unicorns and fuck-me pumps sadly lag far behind swords, glowy magic, and completely dark covers of meaninglessness.
I wonder if [this chart] will prove that glowy magic, while prevalent, might not guarantee glowy sales? Or if unicorn-lovers represent a vast untapped market? It wouldn't surprise me. More research is clearly needed, but this is an important starting point and I'd be prepared to devote literally minutes to the task if that's what it takes.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
How Americans Spend Their Day
I thought this was particularly interesting: The NYT's interactive graph (for Ponay: an intergraph) of how Americans spend their day.
There's a lot of useful information to be gleaned, here. For example:
There's a lot of useful information to be gleaned, here. For example: 65+ people watch a lot of TV.
People with advanced degrees are slow eaters.
You people with two children sure appear to work a lot.
Under Personal Care, apparently Americans spend an average of 54 seconds on "personal or private activities," like having sex.
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