If you can’t explain something in simple terms, you don’t understand it
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How one F1 team uses cybersecurity to keep the crown jewels under lock and key
It’s a far cry from the garagiste days of drawing boards and pens…
The Newspaper of Tomorrow: 11 Predictions from Yesteryear
In the 1920s it was radio that was supposed to kill the newspaper. Then it was TV news. Then it Continue reading
Travel Times in the 1800s
From the 1932 Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, these maps paint the picture of transportation in the 1800s. Each line represents how far one could travel in some amount of time, starting from New York. For example, it took a…
How Computer-Generated Animations Were Made, Circa 1964 – AT&T Archives
We often take CG for granted in modern films — everything from sci-fi flicks to action-heavy blockbusters include plenty of computer generated visuals. But in 1964 the process wasn’t quite so widespread. In this film from AT&T’s archives — charmin…
Infographic: A Poetic Tribute To America’s Baseball Stadiums
As the great baseball novelist WP Kinsella noted in The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, there’s no rule stating that the foul lines end at the outfield wall. Technically, they run on forever, making just about all of America part of a baseball field. T…
1940 census documenting Great Depression to be released by the U.S. government
In this photo provided by the National Archives at College Park, an enumerator, left, interviews a family outside a rail car for the 1940 Census. Veiled in secrecy for 72 years because of privacy protections, the 1940 U.S. Census is the first hist…
Silly Charts
My interest in charts springs primarily from my disinterest in charts. Reality is so messy. Nothing that passes for a fact ever really is one. When I was a kid, infographics were intoxicating because they promised a world of order, and it’s specif…
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