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Posted on February 12th, 2007

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Posted on February 6th, 2007

Links book­marked on 2007-​​02-​​06

  • Call maps in Apache and IIS
    This post is going to be very, very popular. Note that the number of lines is actually less important than the number of nodes.

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Posted on February 4th, 2007

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  • Many Eyes
    IBM project exploring data visu­al­ization approaches. Stronger on viz but weaker on data manip­u­lation than Swivel
  • LifeLines — proposal for WTC memorial
    “I believe that data can some­times speak for itself; that the role of the monument designer is to step out of the way of the pilgrim’s reflec­tions; that most current must-​​be-​​explained design refers to more the architect than the subject.”

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Posted on February 3rd, 2007

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Freedom v. Liberty

Posted on February 1st, 2007

I was recently reminded of Brad Borevitz’s excellent State of the Union text analysis project. This year, he’s added a tool that lets us graph the frequency of words against each other. Here’s an inter­esting example, over time the use of the word “freedom” has risen dramat­i­cally, while “liberty” has remained fairly steady.

Freedom v. Liberty

Maybe this is an indi­cation that politi­cians prefer to use language that’s more open to different inter­pre­ta­tions. Maybe it’s just linguistic fashion. Now I want a similar tool that visu­alizes word use in major newspapers.

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