Monthly Archives: December 2009

Gawaher Forum Content from Farouk1986, the Christmas Day Bomber

Drew Conway over at Zero Intelligence Agents brought to our attention the Farouk1986 data set provided by Evan Kohlman from the NEFA Foundation. For those not familiar, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is charged with willful attempt to destroy an aircraft in connection … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

While enjoying the holidays, we are taking a short break from blogging.  In the meantime, we will keep our computers working hard … we hope to have some new and (hopefully) interesting content in 2010!

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MacLife Presents Mockups of Future Apple Super Products

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Complex Systems in the Social & Physical Sciences [By Bestiario]

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A Visual History of the U.S. Supreme Court [ Via Timeplots.com ]

This is a really great visualization. In just one poster, the authors convey a tremendous amount of relevant information to the end user. I would highly recommend acquiring this visualization for any SCOTUS fan on your holiday list!

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Visualizing Bank Failures ( 2008 – 2009 )

Three Takeaways Acceleration: There were four failures in the first six months of 2008, followed by another 22 failures in the next six months.  By January of 2009, there were 21 failures in the first three months of the year, … Continue reading

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Who Owns America’s Debt? An Dynamic Perspective on the Major Foreign Holders of Treasury Securities [2002- Present]

Three Things to Notice (1) China Passes Japan —  This dynamic visual demonstrates how in the fall of 2008 China surpassed Japan as the top foreign holder of U.S. Debt. (2) The Rise of Russia –  Notice how Russia becomes … Continue reading

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Cash for Clunkers – Visualization and Analysis

Cash for Clunkers: A Dynamic Map of the Cash Allowance Rebate Systems (CARS) Some Background on the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) From the official July 27, 2009 press release – “The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also released … Continue reading

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MIT Wins the Red Balloon Challenge

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Which Countries Own America’s Debt?

Our Dynamic Version (Click Here for Documentation) Financial Services Technology’s Version

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The Supreme Court Open Infrastructure Project Meeting

Mike and I just spent a couple days a Washington University’s Center for Empirical Research in the Law for a meeting related to the Supreme Court Open Infrastructure Project. The meeting featured a number of great folks with cool data projects. … Continue reading

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on the Senate Floor Discussing the Length of the Health Care Bill and Citing Harry Potter Number [Via Think Progress]

Full Story over at Think Progress.  Our original post on the length of HR 3962 is here.  The subsequent NY Times Article on the Length of HR 3962 is here. Enjoy!

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