The Remotest Places on Earth I admitted to my obsession with maps in Virtual Globes. A lot of visualizations are based on maps and globes. Some of them are even well done. In Map of the remotest places on Earth Enrico Bertini cites an article in New Scientist called Where’s the remotest place on Earth? [...]

Einstein Discovers… I’ve been amused by the cartoons in The New Yorker magazine since I was a kid. Here’s a joke about Einstein’s Theory of Relativity.

In Introducing Excel Formula Helper Chandoo is taking on the Microsoft Office Help system. It’s still pretty small, with about 50 commonly used formulas. It uses plain English to describe the purpose and syntax of the function, and gives a couple usage examples for each. Chandoo makes the list twice today (wait until he gets [...]

The inaugural edition of the Excel Dashboard and Visualization Boot Camp finished a short while ago. Mike Alexander and I entertained a crowd of over 30 brave souls who braved the onslaught of charting and VBA and Excel and PowerPoint and Access. I’m still in Dallas until my flight leaves at 7 am Saturday morning. [...]

Some items worthy of note . . . It’s mostly photography, not data visualization, but it’s still pretty cool. Internet cartoon XKCD captures my views on fancy ringtones. Yes, I’m a Luddite too; my phone rings the old-fashioned way. Speaking of Waterfalls, here are some nice wallpapers for your desktop: Waterfalls, Most Beautiful Waterfalls, and [...]

Fewer links today, in fact, fewer posts all week. It’s been rather busy. . . . Microsoft wants you to Give Us Feedback for Microsoft Office 2007. No, really. (Thanks for the link, Echo.)   Sept. 12, 1958: Kilby Chips In, Integrates Circuit (Wired Magazine). I didn’t see this link in time to include it [...]