Matt Jones from Berg writes about the idea of ‘humanizing’ data and shows the above example- they have been riffing on the idea of Chernoff faces as a means to differentiating school performance based on a variety of factors. Read the entire post and watch the quick demo he provides. It’s a really wonderful idea!
The Steepest Streets in San Francisco
1. (tie) Filbert between Leavenworth and Hyde (31.5% grade)
1. (tie) 22nd between Church and Vicksburg (31.5% grade)
3. Jones between Union and Filbert (29% grade)
4. Duboce between Buena Vista and Alpine (27.9% grade)
5. Jones between Green and Union (26% grade)
6. Webster between Vallejo and Broadway 26% grade)
7. Duboce between Alpine and Divisadero (25% grade)
8. Jones between Pine and California (24.8 grade)
9. Fillmore between Vallejo and Broadway (24% grade)Source: San Francisco Bureau Of Engineering.
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(I apologize to non-Tumblr users, but basically the twelve year olds that run this site just did a very annoying stunt wherein a person’s proposal to his girlfriend was shoved down the throats of thousands of users who could not care less and subsequently crashed the entire site.)
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Xmas.
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Wow. WOW!


Loved this shot of Beck playing SNES in the new Charlotte Gainsbourg video.
It sounds and looks beautiful, watch it on Vimeo!