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The American Beer Revival
Food Buzz Step 1: Crack open a beer. Step 2: Watch this video infographic about the history of beer in America. Step 3: Impress your friends with all of your fancy knowledge about the decline and return of microbreweries and where to find the most craft beers. Optional Step 4: Plan a road trip to visit all of the craft breweries from Portland, ME to Portland, OR.
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Image: Why Startups Fail [Infographic]
Building a successful business is every entrepreneur's goal—but only 1 in 12 succeed in doing it. The Startup Genome project analyzed data from 3,200 companies to explore why so many startups fail.
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Video: Brent Spiner And The Art Of Trolling
Brent Spiner (better known to Star Trek fans as Data from The Next Generation) does not like having to say anything while being filmed. Which is probably why he is such a world-class troll to these vloggers. All these guys want is for him to sign their picture of Data fighting a Xenomorph from 'Aliens'. Is that so much to ask? BTW, what is 'Aliens'? Is that some sort of TV show or something? (Via Gamma Squad)
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Video: Data Raps About Cats
Riker is obviously a dog person. I wish all of TNG were this awesome. (Via)
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Image: The Infographic To End All Infographics
File this under meta mind explosions! Designer Ivan Cash collected data from 49 randomly selected GOOD infographics to create an infographic ABOUT infographics.
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Image: Radiation Dosage Chart
Information Is Beautiful brings us a chart showing the levels of radiation present in things like getting x-rays, flying in an airplane, smoking cigarettes, or being exposed to the Chernobyl reactor after meltdown and how the various doses of radiation would affect you. They note that risk of harm is dependent on both the dose and the dose rate (the time the body is exposed to that dose).
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‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ Porn Parody (NSFW)
Culture Buzz Following quickly on the heels of The Simpsons porn parody, a sexploitation of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Set a course for fond childhood memories being twisted into a lotion-slathered train wreck of id and '90s nostalgia. Engage! Want to see if Data's droid is covered in body paint? The raunchiest stuff is over at Fleshbot.
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The Modern Prostitute
Culture Buzz A new study by Wired of the New York sex industry has yielded some fascinating insights into the career of a high tech hooker. For example, prostitutes prefer BlackBerrys over iPhones. Also, hand jobs in the Bronx cost $75 plus a shot of liquor. Reams more data over at Wired (although a ream costs extra).
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Link: See Photos of WikiLeaks' James Bond-Like Data Headquarters
http://www.switched.com/2010/12/09/wikileaks-photos-data-...
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If you thought Julian Assange and his team of WikiLeakers were wreaking global havoc from some decrepit, dank basement in northern Europe, guess again.
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Link: Bit.ly Links Up To 4.7 Billion Clicks A Month As Yahoo, MySpace And Others Go Pro
http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/03/bitly-pro-data/
There are over 150 million clicks on Bit.ly links each day. The amount of data running through the service is massive, and continuing to grow at an incredible pace. But we’ve known that for a while. Just as impressive may be what Bit.ly is doing with its premium service, Bit.ly Pro.
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Link: AT&T’s New Wireless Plans Cap Data Usage
http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mostemailed/*http://...
In time for the widely expected launch of a new iPhone model, carrier AT&T Inc. is pulling in the reins on data usage by its customers with smart phones and iPads.
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Image: Data Underload
I see what you did there. [Ed Note: Look at the big pretty graph! So many numbers!]
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Image: International Womens’ Attitudes Towards Domestic Violence Chart
This chart breaks down the percentage of women who believe it is OK for their husbands to hit them, by country. Jordan, Somalia, and Ethiopia top it off with around 80% of women saying it's OK, while women in Serbia, Georgia, and Belize say no way.
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Image: Michael Jackson Sample Map
A simple infographic that displays which Michael Jackson songs influenced other mainstream hits. They've got everyone from Björk to Aaliyah with ODB in between. Any big misses?
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Bird Strike Data
Tech Buzz The FAA released all that bird strike data they've been keeping for the last thirty years, and it's searchable. Did you know, for instance, that between 1990 and 2008 there were a total of 18 “domestic cat” bird-strikes?!
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Link: Daytum
Daytum is a website for collecting and communicating your daily data through handy little charts! Actually kinda cool, especially if you want to keep track of all those hours you watch tv.
