My web host got hacked a few days back, and we obviously didn’t have any service. I hope you didn’t think DQYDJ was off the internet!
Anyway, we’re now back to give you more stuff to think about.
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9.6%…
On September - 4 - 2010
The official U-3 unemployment rate is now 9.6%, up a tick from the 9.5% we saw last report. However, private employers added 67,000 jobs in August, while July’s numbers were revised upwards to 107,000 private sector positions and June numbers were also adjusted to 61,000.
Read the rest of this entry »Carnival Spotlight – Week of Monday, August 30, 2010
On August - 30 - 2010
Carnivals and sweet posts for the week,
Read the rest of this entry »And Now, For Something Completely Different
On August - 13 - 2010
The Mission: Introduce a friend who’s been living in a cave to rock and roll, three albums at a time. Even he (she?) couldn’t help but be exposed to The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, so you can give him other material. You have five care packages available, with spots for three albums each. No greatest hits albums. Also, write your friend a letter telling him what you found hard to leave out and what you had no problem removing.
Read the rest of this entry »Links and Carnivals, Week of June 14
On June - 18 - 2010
Carnivals and article links for the week!
Read the rest of this entry »CO2 and GDP
On May - 11 - 2010
CO2 emissions fell with the economy last year! CO2 emissions had fallen 3% in 2008, but multiple factors account for the fall last year. As the Ars Technica article states, the drop in emissions wasn’t completely attributable to the fall in GDP; some of the fall was due to trends that may continue in the next few years towards higher mileage cars and cleaner industries.
Read the rest of this entry »Carnivals and Links, Week of May 3
On May - 6 - 2010
Carnivals (2) and links (5) for the week!
Not: new articles when I get my new video card and monitor. Let’s go FedEx!
Read the rest of this entry »Carnivals and Links, Week of April 26
On April - 27 - 2010
Articles and carnivals for the week!
Read the rest of this entry »Carnivals and Links, Week of April 19
On April - 19 - 2010
Carnivals and Links for the Week!
Read the rest of this entry »Which Political Demographics Watch Which Sports?
On April - 3 - 2010
From the offbeat category comes this awesome data set found through the National Journal. Scarborough USA, a joint undertaking of market research companies Nielsen and Arbitron surveyed 218,000 people between August 2008 and September 2009 to try to figure out the political leanings of sports viewers. Surveyors tried to figure out both how viewers self-identified politically, and also their likelihood to vote. This data has been published, and here is is (on ManyEyes!) for you to play with!
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