Archive for the ‘tom vanderbilt’ tag
Two Maps of the United States #
May 7th, 2008 | In Worth Seeing
Both of these caught my eye:
- Delicious Ghost found some maps of where personality types, like extroversion and agreeableness, are located within (48 of) the United States. They’re from a column by Richard Florida, who has many more maps available on his site.
- Ben Fry, who recently made the “all streets” map, was pointed to a map [PDF] of the distance to a road in (48 of) the United States. He was pointed there by Tom Vanderbilt, who wrote that recent diatribe against playsets in your yard.
Your Lawn #
May 3rd, 2008 | In Worth Reading
Two things:
- Could be made of moss. Apparently that’s popular.
- Should be devoid of brightly-colored plastic. Tom Vanderbilt makes a number of interesting points about what these things mean. I don’t exactly share his Bowling Alone-style despair, but it’s interesting reading.