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American-centric warfare history told through food

An abridged history of American-centric warfare, from WWII to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Found at information aesthetics.

Christmas Gift Idea: The Darfur Wall

Wouldn’t $30 be better spent at The Darfur Wall than on some material gift?
Click a square above to approach the wall and witness its 400,000 numbers, one for each person killed in the Darfur genocide. Donate one dollar or more to turn a number from dark gray to brilliant white and honor one lost life. [...]

Amaznode Amazon product similarity visualization

Amaznode is a visualization of products similar to your search query. I’ve found it much more useful than Amazon’s offerings for exploring products or topics similar to the one I am interested in. Give it a minute to populate itself once you enter a search term. I tried “forced induction” this morning [...]

Gorgeous old map

Today, an old gorgeous map. Harold Fisk, 1944. Map of ancient courses of the Mississippi River.

Mapping the Iraqi Election

Have I mentioned before that I love visualization? I’m pretty sure I have. Jonathan Corum has taken a stab at displaying the provisional Iraqi election results from February. Found mentioned in another article at Information Aesthetics.

GPS Diary

What happens when you track your movement with a GPS device for a year? Have a look.
Found at information aesthetics.