Tag Archives: Research

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

By Kurt | Published: September 27, 2009
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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Daily Quippages: 06.25.2009

By Kurt | Published: June 25, 2009
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke to do rare solo perfromance at U.K. Latitude festival – via NME.COM. Wow! Bees Kill Three Dogs In Spring Valley, San Diego – video story – cbs8.com. These guys sound great. Wilco – “You Never Know” on Conan 6/24 via YouTube. Bird Migration: First ‘transmitter Godwit’ Back To West Africa In One Go – via [...]
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Daily Quippages 06.02.2009

By Kurt | Published: June 2, 2009
• Morrissey announces eighteen track B-side collection to be released in October – via Pitchfork. • NME has 2010 dates for Austin’s SXSW festithon. • Seattle Children’s Research Institute study says TV sounds hinder language development in babies because babies and caregivers vocalize less often when a TV is on – via EurekAlert! • Heckuva good musical line-up [...]
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Daily Quippages 06.01.2009

By Kurt | Published: June 1, 2009
• Today’s OTDIH 365 features Lou Gehrig, baseball’s Iron Horse. • New page “Shared News” added to The Starnes – this is one collective source from which Quippages are derived. • “Easter Eggs” from the Pixar film Up have been posted at /Film. • TechCrunch has coverage of Microsoft’s new search engine Bing – video search is going [...]
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