Sometimes I have to write stuff so I won't forget how to do it. This is one of those times. In my recent post on the angular size of a soccer goal, I created a contour plot. Despite what you might ...

There are many emotional and powerful stories hidden in gobs of data just waiting to be found. When these stories get told, they have the power to change careers, businesses, and whole groups of ...

[Randall Munroe] certainly understands the power of graphical representation of data. The humorous plots in his xkcd webcomic are one of the favorite parts for many readers. Their distinctive, ...