Silly and Serious
Post date: Aug 01, 2011 5:18:49 AM
I wonder if any one inquired where, and to whom, the AdSense revenue checks are sent?
My favorite contextual ads were on the right sidebar: DELL SecureWorks (for PC security) and
"Is He a Cheater?" see lower middle of image.
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TO VIEW FULL-SIZE CLICK ON IMAGES, THEN [original button]
Ironic
AnonOps uses Google AdSense to serve advertising on the AnonOps Communications website, hosted on Google Blogger.
Serious
China economics news (might be biased) by Chovanec
Caixin on China's Risky Wealth Funds 25 July 2011
Will China Dump U.S. Debt? 31 July 2011. The answer is no, probably not. (Who knows for certain though?)
Chinese banks are worse off than you think 22 July 2011
The last one was a particularly good article. It originally appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Note that it was also written by Chovanec.
Art. Of a sort
Version One via Telegraph UK 103 Famous Historical Figures in One Painting
Version Two via China Digital Times 103 Famous Faces in One Painting
* Includes cameo appearances by the three artists who created it (March 2009)
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This was a funny Mozilla Bugzilla bug report Add Honest Achmed's root certificate!
Here are two classic images from The Rapid e-Learning Blog:
Seven secrets to getting the graphics you need for rapid e-learning
AND Get more life out of your clip art with these simple tricks
Serious now
Women in Science
Serious, I guess
Grossly worded public health study using Tableau data visualization software. With odd stratification and surprising results.
Study findings were due to the research study design. Tableau software was not to blame. It is actually quite useful.
Via University of Washington eScience Institute Uses Tableau to Streamline Research
STDs, HIV, and High-Risk Behavior (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease)
"The viz below displays the relationship between high-risk behaviors and STD infections using data collected from the HIV Network for Prevention Trials. The study was carried out by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and its sub-contractors, one of which is the University of Washington. The viz highlights and quantifies the increased risk associated with, say, prostitution and drug use."
