One of the things we do when we travel is take some time to birdwatch in the sense of trying to spot and identify birds in the locations we find ourselves in. J has been an avid birder for years,...
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A few years ago I took a day-long seminar from the guru of information design, Edward Tufte. That course includes copies of his three books, which contain numerous wonderful examples of the principles he talks about, including the anti-USA Today...
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This graphic from deviantART is the best representation I've ever seen of where the discretionary money (that is, the money that Congress actually has control of) is spent. The bit below is just a bit cropped from the much larger...
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Spent all morning working on putting up some more firewood, since we burned through the small stack that we had put away a month ago. To fully follow the extent of this, I have to show you a photo from...
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Was flipping through the Fall 2007 TravelSmith catalog and came across this little detail (right next to the men's quick-dry underwear, ye of guttered minds). If you don't see the problem with these color choices, then the meaning of words...
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