Siren of Titan

Siren of Titan

Lots of cricket and soccer on here. And then random things I love and question. Thanks for stopping by.

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explore-blog:

The recipe for writing success? Kill your characters – beautiful literary infographic from “slow journalism magazine” Delayed Gratification reverse-engineers what makes a prize-winning novel. The results corroborate Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to “be a sadist” and make awful things happen to your lead characters, “no matter how sweet or innocent” they may be.
(ᔥ Visual News)

scienceisbeauty:

This is a topological similarity network of 452 NBA players during the 2010-2011 season. Players (in circles) are connected to other players by edges (lines) based on how similar they are with regard to points, rebounds, assists, steals, rebounds, blocks, turnovers and fouls, all normalized to per-minute values in the 2010-2011 season. Further, the network is colored by a player’s points-per-minute average, with blue being low and red being high.
Source: Analytics Reveal 13 New Basketball Positions, Wired
More info: Redefining the Positions in Basketball, Muthu Alagappan Ayasdi Inc, Stanford University.

ilovecharts:

Which Parts of the Country Produce the Most NFL Players?

ilovecharts:

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ilovecharts:

The Highlights Of Stars Wars Explained In 10 Little Graphics

nevver:

How to Become Super

mypantsareonfire:

How Often Were NFL Players Mentioned On Sports Center?

afootballreport:

Imagined Football Pitches in the Amazon
It’s no secret that the Amazon rainforest is shrinking every year. However, we are rarely given such a poignant image magnifying just how drastic the Amazon’s environmental climate is changing. Xavier Barrade is a London-based artist who decided to take the concept often used describing the loss of Amazonian rainforest based on the number of football pitch equivalents by literally drawing the pitches onto real aerial photography of the Amazon. [via]

historical-nonfiction:

This chart is survival rates on the Titanic, by how much a passenger paid, their gender, and their class.

ilovecharts:

Maximum Possible Indifference Diagram
via Henning M. Lederer