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Latoya Egwuekwe created an interactive map as a graduate student at American University which shows the impact the economy has had on the jobless rate by county. The map is a time lapse from January 2007 until September of 2009. The most recent unemployment rate for the US is 10.2% (boing-boing Referer). |
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In honor of a very wet couple of days and the power bouncing up and down, here is a site that contains a number of theme park maps dating from 1931 to the present. The only theme park I have been to recently is Busch Gardens Williamsburg for which the site has maps from 1976, 1978, 1987, 1997, and 2001-2003. |
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An artist, Stuart Semple, released 2,000 pink smiley faces into the air over London today outside the Tate Modern gallery. The Happy Clouds were composed of helium, soap and vegetable dye. The artist wanted to “make a piece of work that would cheer people up a bit.” The pictures look poorly Photoshopped, but I don’t care so much if it didn’t actually happen or not it still made me smile. |
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I haven’t ever tried to solve a Rubik’s Cube. I do recognize that it is a classic, and changes to the venerable cube interest me. I am not sure why anybody save the most hardcore cube fans would be interested in upping the difficulty to 5 x 5 x 5. There is also a 4 x 4 x 4 version. The Rubik’s Professor Cube 5 x 5 is on sale at Amazon for $19. |
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Remember the old school calculator watches from back in the 80s? If you need a refresher, PocketCalculatorShow.com has a Nerd Watch Museum for your perusal. Casio has recently added color to their pocket calculators in its Databank 32 series. The watch itself features a eight digit calculator and a stopwatch accurate to 1/100th of a second. It is powered by a CR2025 battery. Pictured are the neon green and orange models which retail for $59. There is also a black version which is more expensive in keeping with Apple’s Mac Book tradition costing $70. All three models are available at Casio’s MyCasio Online Shopping. |
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BBC News decided to follow a shipping container around the world for the period of a year to “tell the stories of globalisation and the world economy”. Referred to as “The Box” the container is painted with the BBC News logo and the URL of the container’s web page. Thus far the Box has traveld from the UK, to Singapore and then to New York, New York. |
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