Fivedollarcomparison.org is a collaborative photo project designed by a number of Nokia researchers to understand the buying power of 5 dollars across the world. The goal of this project is vague: to understand how culture, context and communication might change the world. Post your own example here. Sample photo.
posted to MetaFilter by |n$eCur3 at 5:07 PM on July 22, 2008 (19 comments)

Pacman related charts are useful, previously.
posted to MetaFilter by |n$eCur3 at 4:18 PM on November 1, 2006 (24 comments)

Newsfilter. Surveillenve of everything you do online: "It was clear that they would go beyond kiddie porn and terrorism and use it for general law enforcement." Offline: "I'm John Doe, and if I had told you before today that the F.B.I. was requesting library records, I could have gone to jail." Previously, here. On your phone? We've already discussed that, too.
posted to MetaFilter by |n$eCur3 at 2:59 PM on June 2, 2006 (36 comments)