Monthly Archives: September 2009

Data Visualization: Longest Distance To A McDonald’s In The US

So, I set out to determine the farthest point from a Micky Dee’s – in the lower 48 states, at least. This endeavor required information, and the nice folks at AggData were kind enough to provide it to me: a complete list of all 13,000-or-so U.S. restaurants, in CSV format, geolocated for maximum convenience. [...]
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Synthetic Biological Machine Competition

Last year’s winners included bacteria that could produce electricity, e.coli that could hunt and kill other pathogens, and yeast that could give beer high levels of resveratrol. Synthetic biology has been called the science of the 21st century. Rewriting the genetic information of micro organisms can allow scientists to create new genetic machines that can perform [...]
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“Best Camera” iPhone App Examples

I wrote yesterday about the new iPhone photo enhancing app smartly named Best Camera.  I think one of the three million or so SEO (Search Engine Optimization) experts on Twitter must have come up with the name as one cannot write about the app without stating Best Camera app for iPhone. I bought the app for [...]
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Unnecessarily Complex Language No. 1

Back when I was a kid we called them shoes.
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