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Great moments (not) in information design

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

I noticed this last night, as did Atrios:

Some genius at CNN decided that the best way to present results - both on the pie charts and on the map - was to make Romney deep red, McCain light red, Giuliani orange, Huckabee light orange…

Here’s a screen shot from the CNN website:

A guilty pleasure?

Friday, January 11th, 2008

From Daily Kos:

With a history of meddling in our primaries, why don’t we try and return the favor. Next Tuesday, January 15th, Michigan will hold its primary. Michigan Democrats should vote for Mitt Romney, because if Mitt wins, Democrats win. How so?
For Michigan Democrats, the Democratic primary is meaningless since the DNC stripped the state [...]

A Merry Christmas

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

It may not have been white, but it was merry. With my DC-based nieces pushing 13, having to do Xmas at home was less of an issue. So my sister and her hubby packed up their car and we both headed north to daBurgh, to do Xmas with the rest of the family at Grandpa [...]