Monday, December 31, 2012

White Beard Power

How about power by % of hair that's gray?


































Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Friday, December 28, 2012

Fish and Chips in the UK

If you have never heard of fish called Sake and Huss, do you still eat it?
Fish & Chips Inflation
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Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Beer

So sad to see Budwesier among top worldwide sellers. Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Regifting

Personally, I like fruit cake. My mother's was killer (probably was the cognac)
by Pronto.Browse more data visualization.
Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Genetically Averse to Brussel Sprouts?

And yet the Brits will eat 33 millions pounds of sprouts today!

Merry Christmas!


Christmas Crackers
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Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

At The Speed of Santa

2 infographics today, both on how fast Santa needs to be to get done in time: Merry Christmas!!! Santa's wild ride infographic
Brought to you by Confused.com - Get a great deal when insuring your wild ride
Supersonic Santa vs Free-falling Felix
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Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Santa Around the World

So it's illegal to eat a mince pie in the UK on Christmas Day, but 7+MM children leave mince pie for Santa on Christmas Eve?  Is this part of an "entrap Santa" plot?
Santa
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Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Turkey Advice From the UK

If they celebrated Thanksgiving, then they would know all this. But I thought they prepare a Christmas Goose.
Turkey Tips for Christmas Cookin
by ebowdublin. Browse more data visualization.
Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012.

Friday, December 21, 2012

Adopt-A-Bug

OK, I was going to get a real tree this year, but changed my mind :) The Christmas Bugs infographic Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Mobile App Revenue

Someone somewhere seems to pay money into these games (looks like a lot of them are Thais) And I have not a clue as to what the last slice is all about.
The Name
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Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Holiday Scams

Hearing about more and more of these in my personal network!






















Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Monday, December 17, 2012

Friday, December 14, 2012

A Pitch To Santa

Where the proposal for a Tax Increment Financing deal for Santa?
Dear Santa, Forget the North Pole. Move To Alaska
by obizmedia. Browse more data visualization.
Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Social Media Going Gangnam Style

It's always the silliest things that go viral (I am of course exempting Kony 2012) Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

20 Years of Texts

And I bet that the highest % have been "lol"
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Text Message: History of the SMS
by AliciaPompei. Browse more data visualization.
Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Coca-Cola

Some fun (and not so fun) statistics. World travelers can attest to being able to find a Coke anywhere in the world where there are humans. Sad to hear that "soda is the main source of calories in Americans' diets."
The Carbonated Empire: The Scope Coca Cola Co
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Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Monday, December 10, 2012

Friday, December 7, 2012

Up Goer Five (In Simple English)

Brilliant. Especially love "This end should point to the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts point toward space, you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today."

There are around a half-million words in the full Oxford English Dictionary, though most people use only a few thousand in everyday communication. Randall Munroe of xkcd explains the Saturn V rocket using only the 1,000 most commonly-used English words.
 Original, of course, from xkcd

Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Billions and Billions!

A bit hard to read (and too copy-dense), but the point comes across. It is unlikely that life exists only on one of a 200 trillion planets. But the others are probably insects :)
Discoveries from the Kepler Mission
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Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Calendar of Important Dates

Wonder why the 1st of every month is reference so many times?



































Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Monday, December 3, 2012

History of Music Storage

I had to explain the 45 to my 12 year old on Thanksgiving (remember turning over "American Pie" to hear the second half?). Posted by Philip Emmanuele, December 2012

Saturday, December 1, 2012