Man with funny accent covers 200 countries in 4 minutes.
Hans Rosling, a world-renowned Swedish statistician, uses animated bubble charts to depict the growth, wealth, and health of world populations over the last two hundred years.
Month: April 2011
Disappearance of the Paperboy
Do you still receive a newspaper? If you do, and you’re up early enough to witness the delivery, you will find its no longer delivered by a child on a bicycle.
Saab Lives, For Now
A Lithuanian bank owned by Russian investor Vladimir Antonov intends to loan the Swedish automaker $48 million, enough to pay suppliers and continue production.
The Best (and Worst) of Cardomain
Cardomain is a shrine to Gen-Y narcissism with shiny colors, awful photos, and strange characters. Like Myspace, most profiles have been abandoned and forgotten as people moved to the suburbs (Facebook), leaving behind an embarrassing time capsule of online idiocy.
Weekly Wrap-Up – 9 April 2011
Saab needs CPR. Subaru needs caffeine. The corn lobby scores another victory.
Saab has “weeks” to live
Saab shuts down production as the automaker struggles with payments to suppliers and outside investment restrictions by the Swedish government.
Historical US Auto Market Share
Bar graphs covering the 1920s through the 1990s including imports.
Texas Allows 85 mph Speeds
The Texas House passed a bill that allows speed limits to be as high as.
Chevy Vegas packed nose-down in railroad cars for shipping
The Chevy Vega started a lasting trend at General Motors: Great ideas with poor execution. It did, at least, contribute one interesting piece of railroad history.
Will a Costco or Sam’s Club membership save you money on gas?
Is it worth the cost of joining a discount warehouse just to save on fuel?