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Maps and Cartograms

November 9, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Maps and Cartograms

of the 2004 Election results. From Michael Gastner, Cosma Shalizi, and Mark Newman of the University of Michigan.

Mark Cuban:

November 9, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Mark Cuban:

When will the music industry do it right? “That big bad boogieman of piracy is blowing down everyones house. The poor music industry. Except of course that there is nothing more than anecdotal proof that Peer to Peer networks hurt music sales, and to counter those, there are studies and anecdotal evidence that the sampling opportunity that P2P networks create actually help sales.”

Another old online friend,

November 5, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Another old online friend,

Carl Orr, has written a good summary of why people are concerned about the re-election of George W Bush. I would add two: the illnesses of Arafat and Rehnquist.

Check out

November 4, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Check out

the county-by-county electoral map at USATODAY.com. It tells a story of an urban/rural split that transcends all the talk of red states/blue states. There are no red states or blue states. Rather there are small blue urban areas completely engulfed in red. And interestingly enough, the most concentrated blue on the map behind New England is in Texas, not in California, at least by this view.

There’s no surer signal

November 4, 2004 by Michael Boyle

There’s no surer signal

that a leader is dead than the denials. Well today we have a whopper: Doctors Deny Reports of Arafat’s Death.

Update: Arafat actually held on for a lot longer than expected, but now (Nov 11) he has finally slipped out of his coma. Any prognostications on the what this means for the future of the region would be wild speculation at this point.