MetaFilter posts tagged with info

Designated Protest Space

netbros — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:43:38 -0800

Guerrilla art group hacks dozens of Astral info pillars. The city's new, redesigned info pillars that have been rapidly popping up around Toronto have made plenty of enemies: road users claim the large, flat sides block sight lines, pedestrians say their positioning blocks sidewalks, and many others are concerned about the large amount of space given over to advertisers. A team of artists, cARTographyTO, hacked into roughly 35 of the signs' ad spaces over the weekend and installed maps, artwork and other visual displays.

All I want is to be left alone in my average home... But why do I always feel I'm in the twilight zone?

zarq — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:55:49 -0800

In August 2011, 35 ACLU affiliates filed 381 requests in 32 states with local law enforcement agencies seeking to uncover when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans. So how long do American cell phone carriers retain information about your calls, text messages, and data use? According to data gathered by the US Department of Justice, it can be as little as a few days or up to seven years, depending on your provider. (Via / More)

The Economics Of Art

The Whelk — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:28:06 -0800

How much money do you make with that webcomic internet thing? Dorthy Gambrell of Cat And Girl Answers.

Betty Is Basically A Supervillian

The Whelk — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:26:23 -0800

Mad Men D&D Character Alignments from the venerable mightygodking

interactive feature highlights

krautland — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:50:15 -0800

Journalism may be going through a painful period but thanks to the web the once lowly information graphic is finally growing up to be all it never could on paper. Especially the New York Times seems to currently stand out in how frequently and quickly they build amazingly detailed and insightful interactive features. Consider the tracking of US Airways Flight 1549 or the piece on raising its engine from the Hudson. Other recent highlights: 9,955,441 parking tickets issues in NYC mapped by street, The Ebb and Flow of Movies: Box Office Receipts 1986 — 2008, Ansel Adams's Yosemite, the view from the 10-meter platform explained, A look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses 1789 to the Present, A Map of the number of medals that countries won in summer Olympic Games, Going to the End of the Line, The 44 Places to go in 2009, an explanation of how the Pentagon responded to criticism of then-Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, The Soyuz Spacecraft, How the Towers Stood and Fell and many, many, more. I am of course aware that it's not just the NYT that's doing great interactive work these days. one example I particularly like is the Los Angeles County Homicide Map but they closed down the accompanying blog. please do feel free to add more great examples. I'm merely trying to get the ball rolling.

Get the skinny on your zip

konolia — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 05:37:03 -0800

Zipskinny Enter your zip code and get US census info-plus compare with other zip codes.

canoeguide — Wed, 16 May 2001 01:40:33 -0800

More info about the soon to be released .biz and .info TLDs...this time, straight from the horses mouth, so to speak.