Articles

Raining A Deficit

February 15, 2012 –

Is California headed into a drought? Should we expect a tardy parade of storms – the mythical March Miracle – to bury the Sierra and refill our reservoirs? Or will high pressure lock down the North Pacific, nudge the jet stream towards Alaska for good, and doom us to eight more months of summer?

Where The 0.05% Live

January 17, 2012 –

Hello there, friend. I’m the country. Chances are, within the past week or three, you flew over or motored right through me. And that’s okay, of course – life’s hectic, and it’s a long way from here to there. But I miss you.

Rank Candidates, Pie Edition

November 29, 2011 –

Now, to accentuate the late round action, a few circular variations of our San Francisco 2011 mayoral election ranked choice voting visualizations.

Rank Candidates

November 18, 2011 –

Inspiration comes in many forms, and most recently, as the following carrot, dangled in front of my face by fellow blogger Burrito Justice:

Viz The Seasons

November 16, 2011 –

Watch daylight ebb and flow, fog linger and break, and storms bluster and clear in Ken Murphy’s wonderful A History Of The Sky: a calendar-style time-lapse chronicle of the heavens above San Francisco.

One To Many To One

November 2, 2011 –

Rarely is something so squarely up my alley as DARPA’s Shredder Challenge. Simply download five shredded documents, reassemble the puzzles within, submit your answers, and claim a share of the $50,000 prize.

Playing The Probabilities

October 26, 2011 –

Daddy needs a new pair of shoes. So, it’s off to Vegas… to win, baby! There, I’ll saunter up to a “twenty one” table, exchange a few hundred for chips, and pit my blackjack fu against the casino.

My God, It’s Full Of Blocks

October 3, 2011 –

Here’s a “behind the scenes” image that might strike you as interesting, eye candy, or perhaps both, depending upon your particular inclination and intimate knowledge of online map tiles: