It’s probably time for the death of the humble phone book. Check out this visualisation (from Flickr) to see why…
Here are the quite reasonable assumptions on which this graphic was based:
[1] assuming 75,000,000 books delivered (source:www.saynotophonebooks.org)
[2] each is 30cm x 21cm x 4 cm (396.83 per cubic meter). Source: A ruler :)
[3] this gives around 189,000 cubic meters
[4] this is a cube with side 57.38m.
There have been a bunch of awesome periodic tables created for the internet – this one is created about the internet. Here’s the big version on Flickr.
How well do you know your Muppets? Here’s a collection of 101 Muppets from the well known to the obscure, with an informative rollover.
Here’s a screenshot.
Here’s an infographic of the world if the Old Testament was read completely as a literal and scientific document with the spiritual realm housed in the physical.
From Flickr.
More brilliance from The Oatmeal. All the stuff you should know about beer.
One of the things I’ve been truly amazed by as I search for funny google autofill results for my new blog is how often people ask google questions about poo.
People are clearly worried.
So if you googled “should my poo float” or “should my poo smell” or “why is my poo green” then perhaps this infographic will solve all of your problems…
And remember people. The best feces are like bananas.
So you’re writing that novel you’ve always had trapped inside your head. But the plot is formulaic and requires something a little bit special. How bout a twist. Here’s a nice chart that will help you pick the perfect plot device for a completely non-formulaic storyline.
From Dresden Codak.
Time travel is tricky business – especially if you’re a movie producer. I imagine that you don’t want your character catching up with Marty McFly in some bizarro alternate universe. That would be bad for your plot. And you certainly want some consistency in the rendering of both past and future so that your industry looks intelligent… which is why this space travel infographic is a must have for all movie producers considering a time travel plot device.
There’s a bigger version here – and I found it here.
The other thing producers need to take careful note of is calculating length and distances both for actual travel and in order to calculate the time it’ll take for their protagonist to go on a time travelling mission to Mars. Consistency is not all that important if you have a time machine that will erase the travel time… but some geeks viewers are pretty pedantic about that sort of thing – especially when it comes to sci fi.
So here’s another vital infographic (from here). EDIT – apologies to XKCD, the original source of this graphic.
I <3 infographics.
It’s hard to know just what level of panic to summon when confronted by a monster. With this quick reference shirt you’ll be able to tell your Chucky dolls from your Mr Stay Puff.
Found here.