Category Archives: Data Visualization

Eight Kindes of Drunkennes & 210 pissonyms.

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Caspar

A rather nice classification of 8 types of drunkeness from the 1592 is currently stumbling through cyberspace. Eight Kinds of Drunkennes was compiled by Thomas Nashe and they’re all stereotypes that we would recognise today. (I’m usually a Martin drunk ) THE … Continue reading →

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The Periodic Table of Alcohol

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Caspar

As boozologists we approve of all attempts to combine science and alcohol. If there are elegant infographical elements too, so much the better. Via: Best Online Colleges blog See also the Engineer’s Guide to Cocktails Bookmark on Delicious Digg this … Continue reading →

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Going green – legalizing cannabis would save LOTS of energy.

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Caspar

by Lumininteractive via Blame it on the voices Related articles Cannabis Carbon = 3 Million Cars (andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com) Some pot smoking not green at all (isiria.wordpress.com) Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about … Continue reading →

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Baltimore junkies are wearing wires.

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Caspar

Can it be possible, a positive drugs story coming out of Baltimore? Some Baltimore junkies have been given PDA’s (Palm pilots rather than Crackberries). They were asked to keep track of the activities and daily habits associated with their habits … Continue reading →

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Social Construction of Social Problems » Sociological Images

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Caspar

I’ve just discovered the Sociological Images blog (not to be confused with the Sociological Imagination blog). It is a interesting collection of images and infographics that all make a sociological point. Collectively, the images illustrate the persuasive power of a strong … Continue reading →

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Bryan Lewis Saunders – Drug portrait a day

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Caspar

This is our kind of art project. Bryan Lewis Saunders is painting a self-experimental, self portrait each day and posting them on his website. Each day he takes a different drug and sketches himself under the influence. Here is Bryan … Continue reading →

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Drug data can be beautiful

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Caspar

David McCandless loves turning numbers into pictures. He is the author of the book, Information is beautiful and writes the Guardian’s datablog. This week he has been reacting to the latest calls for legalization from Bob Ainsworth. The former government drugs … Continue reading →

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Genesis 1.1: How Science 2.0 works. It’s all about hacks and networks.

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Caspar

We’re a little young to be writing our own history but a lot went on before we got here and most of that work was done by other people. Whether this project goes right or wrong, we have four people … Continue reading →

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How Android Is Taking Over? – Infographic

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Caspar

Saw this strangely titled post and thought I’d share it. To be honest, I have no idea if Android is taking over, let alone how it might be doing so. ‘How Android Is Taking Over?” is a mystery wrapped in … Continue reading →

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Excellent example of amazing creativity and superb infographics

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Caspar

It’s always worth it for scientists to remember that not all data comes from experiments. And not all graphical summaries of that data are simple graphs. This is one of the best i’ve ever seen. via @carmenego via LeakyPenny. Bookmark on … Continue reading →

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