The Thin Green Line

Wow. This is really bad news from BoingBoing. The Speaker of the House released this happy little graphic that compares the current monthly job loss rate to the previous recessions in 2001 and 1990. See that green line that looks like it saw a $20 bill on the ground? That's us.

Wordle

Wordle.net is a fantastic little toy that takes a bunch of text, or a website with RSS, and turns it into a text graphic that looks amazing. You can play with the fonts, the colors, the orientation, and much more. Loads of fun. Here's the Wordle version of my site. Check it out.

Here's the Wordle version of my newspaper's website, dailyemerald.com.