Technical traders use a lot of data visualization tools. So it isn't surprising that this tendency spills over into other areas of my life. Consequently, I enjoy chart porn like this map showing which countries won Olympic medals. It is interactive, and fun to play with for a minute or two.
(NYTimes)
In China, "8" is believed to be a most powerful, and lucky, number.
So it is not surprising that Chinese began the Olympics on 08-08-08 at 8:08 PM.
Here is a link to Wikipedia's info page and NBC's covering these Olympic games.
And here is a link to Wired's coverage of the tech behind the games.
As the Olympics begin, I saw this and thought it was worth sharing.
The artist/author has a blog called "Indexed" here, and a book here.
By the way, the Court threw out fine against CBS for airing the wardrobe malfunction. (DMN)
Let's just say she captured a few eyeballs; in most replayed moment in Tivo history. (CNet)
