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If the World Could Vote?

The President of the United States has a large global influence, yet the world has no say in who we elect president. If the world could vote? is a website that detects your location based on IP and let’s the whole world vote (albeit, entirely unofficially).
http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/

Olympic Medal Visualization

The New York Times continues to impress me with their online visualizations. For the Olympics, they created an Olympic Medal Count Map, which shows results from the first Olympic games of the Modern era (1896) to the 2004 Athens Olympics.

[via Neatorama via Digg]

Manny’s 500 Home Runs Charted

Manny Ramirez is one of the most consistent hitters of all time. I would love to have him on my fantasy team (but I’m doing quite well with my Pirates: Nate McLouth and Xavier Nady). Manny is fun to watch, because you never know what he is going to say, and he seemingly wakes from [...]

Most Popular Social Networks Around the World

This (French) visualization shows what the most popular social networks are around the world. I’ve always found it interesting how some regions will rally around a certain social network, even though others have clear benefits.

(larger image on Le Monde.fr; via Neatorama via Geek Like Me)

Baseball: Does Salary Have an Impact on Performance?

Ben Fry, PhD., has updated his “Salary vs. Performance” visualization for the 2007 season. The visualization compares how much money each team spends on their roster (i.e. total of all salaries for every player on their team) with their performance to date. Teams in blue are getting their money’s worth, whereas teams in the red [...]