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Pixel pusher . I try to make fun things on the internet. Code, graphics, data, journalism, etc. Previously:

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  1. Feb 3

    This feels a little like that 30 Rock episode where Liz finds out the jeans she likes are made by Halliburton

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  2. Feb 3

    Wow I had no idea that the "EPSG" in map projection codes refers to the European Petroleum Survey Group and those IDs are maintained by the oil industry:

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  3. Feb 3

    Now I just keep thinking about what this would look like for every other city

    "A New Yorker's Idea of the United States" is a v good cartogram:
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  4. Feb 2

    "A New Yorker's Idea of the United States" is a v good cartogram:

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  5. Jan 30

    Sadly I could not find any spirited debates about hugging in the UTC meeting minutes, but they are a good read nonetheless

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  6. Jan 30

    found an early concept illustration in the consortium docs, apparently the lineage of the hugface goes all the way back to Yahoo Messenger (the arms make it a little less creepy IMHO)

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  7. Jan 30

    The hug emoji is def one of the most unsettling - is this how the Unicode Consortium hugs?

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  8. Jan 30

    I need a complete oral history of the edit on this lengthy historical plane crash article where an anonymous editor decided that the word 'cliff' should link to the Wikipedia entry on cliffs

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  9. Jan 30

    have a strange fondness for the way old FAA sectional maps would put everything in a big precise rectangle and then just keep drawing over the edge anyway

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  10. Jan 29

    Love this lil tree map

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  11. Jan 27

    This is so great - trying to draw straight lines on the subway

    Replying to @veltman @jkriss
    "The Subway Lines" by artist Meaghan Kombol, in which she attempted to draw straight lines while riding the subway. From the book "SPECK: A Curious Collection of Uncommon Things", by Peter Buchanan-Smith.
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  12. Jan 25

    hmm how long should I continue squatting on this before I accept that my geometric sock company isn't happening

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  13. Jan 24

    I've seen pothole crowdsourcing apps and DOT road quality maps but don't think I've seen the more holistic ride-centric version, or one that includes rail

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  14. Jan 24

    Has anyone done a sensor journalism project with accelerometers on transit to measure road/track/train quality, sudden starts and stops, bumpiness, etc.?

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  15. Jan 16

    Outbrain blowing the lid off some pretty niche conspiracies of silence now

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  16. Jan 15

    List of ~1,000 federal+state+local gov GIS servers accessible online

    This was recently posted in a Slack team I’m part of and seems like a potential treasure trove of U.S. geo data
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  17. Jan 14

    [anything happens in the world] stock image designer: ah yes, sounds like quite a puzzle

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  18. Jan 14

    This thread brought to you by one of my favorite galleries of all time, Der Spiegel's review of Eurozone crisis photo illustrations:

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  19. Jan 14

    feels like this one missed the aesthetic tbh

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  20. Jan 14

    as far as I can tell Brexit is the only geopolitical concept available burned into toast

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