Author Archives: Matt

Name: Matt
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E-mail: matt@awesomopolis.com
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Personal URL: http://pifry.blogspot.com/
Entertainment || Graph of the Week: Musician Expectations [February 9, 2010]

Here’s a Venn Diagram outlining some reasonable expectations of two popular music-makers.  (Note: I used graphjam.com’s Chart Builder for this one.  Sorry, Excel; you know I still love you.)

Tech || GotW: Colors [January 23, 2010]

Well, Graph of the Week has definitely become quite an inaccurately named feature.  But on the off chance that it’s established a cult following, I’m not going to change it.  If anyone asks, just tell them the title’s ironic, and everyone knows it means “Graph Whenever Matt Feels Like It.”
Below is a graph I thought [...]

Entertainment || Graph of the Week: Dear Internet [December 6, 2009]

Dear Internet,
Since you bombard me with so many quizzes, here’s a small one in return (with accompanying answers):

Glad we got that settled.

Food || Worth the Trip [December 1, 2009]

A tiny dim sum restaurant in Hong Kong was recently awarded a coveted Michelin star.  What makes this award so remarkable is that dishes start at $1.42, making this by the far cheapest Michelin-starred restaurant in the world.  In fact, if you flew to Hong Kong for a day, ate two or three meals there, [...]

News || Graph of the Week: Pie Chart Fail [November 26, 2009]

This increasingly inaccurately named Graph of the Week comes in link form (since I didn’t make it) and was actually found by Ryan, who was nice enough to let me post it:
http://wonkette.com/412361/all-193-of-republicans-support-palin-romney-and-huckabee

On a more serious note, this interactive infographic contains some very interesting and somewhat disturbing information on how we’re doing as a nation when [...]

Entertainment || Pirate Game: Cutthroat Capitalism [November 14, 2009]

Ever wanted to be a Somalian pirate? Yeah, me neither, but this game still has an addicting and interesting premise.  Also, way to go Wired Magazine for breaking the mold.

Sports || Graph of the Week: Bowling [October 25, 2009]

True story.

Life || Graph of the Week: Sorry [October 9, 2009]

Life || Graph of the Week: Waking Up [September 30, 2009]

A mid-week observation in the form of a GotW:

8 hours until the alarm clock goes off…

Tech || Graph of the Week: TV Sizes [September 23, 2009]

When you hear “42 inch HDTV” what do you think of?  Most people think of a fairly big TV, but don’t know for sure what they’re getting.  Some people realize that the “inches” refers to the diagonal length of a monitor, and HDTVs these days tend to have 16:9 aspect ratio (meaning the screen is [...]