A bit work related and probably not for you if you are not interested in data visualisation, but I thought I would post the first in my infrequent series of Stuff I Have Found On The Internet Which You May Find Interesting and I have really put the links here so I don't lose them and so I can close the tabs in my browser...
1. Conflict map
http://www.conflicthistory.com/
Claims to map every single conflict people have ever been part of
2. San Fransisco Crime map
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/oct/14/san-francisco-open-city-data (article)
http://oakland.crimespotting.org/ (actual tool)
Apparently they are trying to implement something similar in London
3. Interesting take on a pivot view
http://simplecomplexity.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/US-Unemplooyment.jpg
No numbers, just colours
4. Stock ticker orbital comparison.
http://www.uniformchaos.org/stoc.php
Adds in speed of motion to show percentage change of the price as another way of visualising a measure
That's all for now
Friday, 16 October 2009
Closing tabs
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Visokio on the FT website again
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2588b436-a10e-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0.html
Sunday, 6 September 2009
I'm a bad bad boy
Well I'm sitting here at the end of a fantastic weekend. Ruth has gone to bed and I won't be up long. But she has just updated her blog and so I feel compelled to do so too. Quick update on life, Millie's 1st birthday was yesterday and it was really nice. Thanks to everyone for everything you sent for her (and thanks for not sending lots of toys!) Ruth has put some pics up on Facebook from yesterday and I'm hoping to sort a problem with the website soon.
Updates on other things:
Books, I'm not doing very well towards my target, and am beginning to question whether a target-led reading of books is a very good way to proceed, but I've started so I'll carry on with it. I won't give reviews of every single book but a list of the ones I have read but not written in here so far are:
- The Man With No Name (Anonymous)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (JK Rowling)
- No Angel (Jay Dobyns) - this was a really good book about a police man undercover with the Hells Angels.
- Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader (part 1) (Neil Gaiman)
- Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader (part 2) (Neil Gaiman)
- JG Ballard Short Stories Collection part 1
- Tomas (James Palumbo) - wierd but oddly enjoyable
- A Brief History of Infinity (Brian Clegg)
- Forever Undecided - A puzzle guide to Gogel (Raymond M. Smullyan)
- Necrophenia (Robert Rankin) - the first Robert Rankin book I've read. Wasn't really aware of him before but he lives in Brentford which is down the road from where I used to live in Hounslow so I thought I'd give it a go. Wasn't bad. Wasn't really great either. I think he is probably one of those authors that if you come to him later on you should start at the beginning rather than with the latest book so you can get the running jokes later on. In a similar way, I often wonder if I would appreciate Pratchett quite as much if I hadn't started reading him when I was 14.
- When you are engulfed in flames (David Sedaris) - Had moments of brilliance but I chose it for its title and it didn't really get any better than that.
- Chart Throb (Ben Elton) - very funny, and particularly relevant now Ruth's Big Brother fixation has been replaced by an X-Factor addiction.
- And the Hippos were boiled in their tanks (Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs) - Only book by Kerouac I have ever enjoyed, probably because of Burroughs' input, despite my dad's protestations that Kerouac was a genius.
- Nocturnes and Preludes (Neil Gaiman)
- Book of Dave (Will Self) - Genius
- Winter in Madrid (C.J. Sansom) - I have loved the Shardlake books by the same author but didn't realise this was the same author until after I had read it because it is from a totally different time. Really enjoyed it.
- Portnoy's Complaint (Philip Roth) - Not really one I enjoyed as much as I thought I would, though it was hilarious in places and really made me laugh in recognition at others.
There may be more books I have missed from here and I will need to check my London bookcase to make sure. I am currently reading the new Le Carre book and am really enjoying it. Will update when I complete.
Anyway, I make that about 22 books I've read with 8 months gone. Don;t think I'm going to make 52 by the end of the year, but I'll try my best...
Anyway, it's now getting late so I'm going to go to bed as I have to get up early to head into London... Will write again soon.
Tuesday, 1 September 2009
Saturday, 4 July 2009
Thursday, 25 June 2009
The planets have aligned
That's two of the largest media publications in the UK running stories on two of the hottest topics using software I have written, both on the same day. I think I need a lie down!
