The End of Oil?

The idea that oil is running out is fairly old, but seems to be getting more credence of late. More...

Sunset over Haghia Sophia and the Blue Mosque More...

Cable vs. Wireless

Contrary to what most people would expect, the cable business is growing faster than the wireless business. More...

Rebuilding New Orleans

Let's take all the resources available to rebuild New Orleans and use it to build this horror show instead. More...

Twitter Deflation

The Twitter backlash gathers steam More...

Import deflation

The price of imports is dropping. More...

Mad Men

For a show almost no body watches, Mad Men is getting an awful lot of attention. More...

US Self-employment

Somewhat surprisingly, the US is at the bottom of the OECD when it comes to self-employment. More...

The Yawning Gap

At some point, surely the deficit will matter. More...

NYC Without the Subway

This map shows the theoretical parking lots needed if New Yorkers all drove to work instead of taking the subway More...

You CAN sell content online

The latest from the Blog Maverick, Mark Cuban. More...

Empire State Building August 9, 2009

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Six Months of Sun and Cloud

This is a six-month long exposure of Bristol, England. That streak is the sun. That's a lot of cloudy days, it seems. More...

On Healthcare Reform

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Empire State Building August 7, 2009 More...

Empire State Building August 6, 2009

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The DSLR Lenses You Really Need

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The End of Twitter?

Cody Brown argues that Twitter doesn't have a firm grasp on what it wants to be or why its users use it. Since it is used for a variety of functions, it is vulnerable to second-generation sites that out-do it in specialized fashion. In this way, it is like Myspace, which has been succeeded not only by Facebook but also by Last.fm and blogs. More...

Angry White Men

Our latest entry in the "we white men are getting the shaft" category is this cop from Boston, who says that calling Skip Gates a "banana-eating jungle monkey" FOUR times - in writing - in no way justifies a suspension with pay from the Boston Police force. On the contrary, he's going for a hail Mary by claiming it's a liberal witch hunt that's the real problem here. More...

New Flickr Search

Flickr's new search went live today. Hooray! More...

Time Spent

This chart shows how unemployed people spend their day, over the course of a day. This chart is interactive so you see how other demographic groups spend their day by comparison More...

Empire State Building, August 3 2009

When it is required to appear in a movie, the Empire State Building gets lit up like this More...

The End of Recorded Music

This chart shows the relative revenues of various music formats over time. You can easily see how deflationary digital music is compared with traditional music and why all those new online businesses like iTunes will never add up to enough to replace the absurdly lucrative CD business. More...