why Japanese don't loot and a fun link

Good reads

:: Want to know why there was hardly any looting in Japan after the terrible earthquake and tsunami that devastated the north-east in March? Read this article in Slate: Stop Thief! Thank You. Among the reasons might be official financial incentives given to people who return lost items, a practice that is inculcated into them from a young age. GOOD magazine, quoting police estimates, reported that Japanese citizens had turned in $78 million in cash and valuables found amid the rubble. Fascinating.


:: A different kinda link, a fun one. Check out the drunken handiwork of partygoers at GOOD magazine's launch party for its upcoming new issue. The theme of the issue is data, so GOOD got its guests to do draw some infographics based on templates it'd made. The gallery's at the post The Best Drunken, Hand-Drawn Infographics. You can vote for your favorite, too. Mine was down to Driving Across America by Cross-Country Drives and Drawing Circles by Dr Horrible. I voted Circles. (Driving in Circles - that could be me...)


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typography: PBS Off Books, Noodlor on type

more on typography ... a video and an infographic

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A short PBS film on typography, on the pervasiveness of type around us and interviews with some font designers.



Off Book | Typography | PBS Arts

A short description of the film

Type is everywhere. Every print publication, website, movie, advertisement and public message involves the creation or selection of a fitting typeface. Online, a rich and artistic typographical culture exists, where typefaces are created and graphic design seeps in to every image.

In episode 2 of Off Book, typeface designers Jonathan Hoefler and Tobias Frere-Jones outline the importance of selecting the right font to convey a particular feeling. Graphic designer Paula Scher talks about building identity in messaging, while Eddie Opara uses texture to create reaction. Infographic designers Julia Vakser and Deroy Peraza map complicated data sets into digestible imagery, mixing color, graphics and type.

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A guide to typography by Noodlor.

A quick and comprehensive typeguide by Noodlor

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Cashing in on county fairs

I love fairs although I don't get to go to many because they are not very common where I live. I love to see all the food, entertainment and how people interact. There's something about fairs that I think just makes people loosen up. Here's an infographic on how small businesses can cash in on county fairs, which supposedly encourage a "buy local" mentality. I wonder how traveling fairs fit in? I like the history and all those numbers in the infographic (haven't written any facts posts for a while, I'm missing it).



How Small Businesses Cash in on County Fairs, Column Five for Intuit



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Budget Hero: balance the budget game

Balancing act

Be a Budget Hero. Try your hand at balancing the U.S. Budget. Not as easy as we'd like, obviously. Would taxes have to go up? What programs would you cut?




Copyright and game creator: American Public Media



Read more about about Budget Hero at GOOD.


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the great toilet paper debate: over or under

OVER, of course!




credit: Engineering Degree

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good food

| iMeshi "bento" iPhone cases |
| Laura Manning's Food Data Visualization  |

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iPhone cases good enough to eat!

These iPhone Japanese food cases are so cute! I really thought they were bento boxes. LOL

iMeshi unagi

iMeshi gateau

iMeshi

iMeshi sushi

iMeshi sushi

the iMeshi are produced by Japan-based cellphone accessory manufacturers Strapya and sell for about 3,990 yen ($50) from the Strapya online store.

More photos of iMeshis at  designboom

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buffet of infographics...

New York designer Lauren Manning came up with a great way to visualize the data from all her food intake in 2010: infographics of course.

food percents | Food Map 2010 by Lauren Manning
Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0

stacked line graph | Food Map 2010 by Lauren Manning
Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0

fries by month | Food Map 2010 by Lauren Manning
Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0

tree map | Food Map 2010 by Lauren Manning
Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0

concentric circles | Food Map 2010 by Lauren Manning
Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0

line map | Food Map 2010 by Lauren Manning
Creative Commons CC-BY-2.0

All 40 infographics are on her Flickr stream.

[ via Co.Design ]

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more munchables for foodies...

:: Hungry Happenings: a super cute and fun food blog. Recent posts on creations including house slipper cookies, sports ball cheese slice, shirt-and-tie pizza, school books Rice Krispies treats. Great creativity!

:: Petit Plats: I've blogged about this before, but good enough to mention again. Great food jewelry, love the desserts and pastries! Follow the Petit Plats blog here.

:: the latest copy of the online Sweet Paul magazine.


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medical bills and what the doctor ordered

drugged up doctors and rising healthcare costs (medicalbillingandcoding.org)

One reason why your medical bills are going up: Pharmaceutical companies have not only been wooing doctors with gifts, bribes, and incentives, but also been paying doctors vast amounts of dollars to promote certain products. And medics are grabbing the offers. That's why you are prescribed expensive drugs rather than cheaper generics. No wonder it's possible for drug prices to go up as much as 8 per cent a year.

The cosy relationship between doctors and pharmaceutical companies is nothing really new of course, but this infographic from medicalbillingandcoding.org recreates in a great visual way those unhealthy ties.



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sitting is killing you!

OMG, get up and go!

Sitting is Killing You infographic
Medical Billing And Coding
www.medicalbillingandcoding.org/sitting-kills

How US federal government spends tax dollars: interactive guide

I posted an interactive infographic from TurboTax two weeks ago that shows how the US federal government has spent tax revenues over a decade. Today, I saw this interactive tax receipt guide from the White House which I thought may be of use to some of you. Just enter some information about your taxes, and the  taxpayer receipt will break down the numbers for you and show how your tax dollars are  spent on things like  education, defence, health care and jobs.




Your 2010 Federal Taxpayer Receipt,  interactive guide from the White House


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Infographic: How US government spends tax dollars

It's tax time, it's tax reform debate time. Want to know how the US federal government spends tax dollars? Check out this cool interactive graphic designed by Column Five Media for TurboTax. It tracks tax revenue spendings and proposed spendings over a decade.










Free Tax Filing, Efile Taxes, Income Tax Returns – TurboTax.com


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facts on earthquakes

click HERE to get FACTS on the Japan earthquake, tsunami, nuclear crisis of 2011, with info on damage and destruction, economic impact and links to resources

[ scroll down to see an infographic on the March 2011 Japan earthquake's global reach ]

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FACTS ABOUT EARTHQUAKES

(info on Japan earthquake, most deadly quakes, earthquake magnitude classes etc)

The March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake was the most powerful one ever to have hit the country since records began 140 years ago. It ranked as the joint fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900 and was nearly 8,000 times stronger than the 6.3 quake that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, in February 2011, and killed about 165 people.

* Magnitude: 9.0
* Epicenter: near the east coast of