MOONLIGHTING RACOON SEEKS EMPLOYMENT

Here is a link to quite a spiffy interactive information graphic for The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/10/us/20090310-immigration-explorer.html?exampleUserLabel=nytimes&exampleSessionId=1236779321612.3347
I won't even give you a clue to what it is about, go see for yourself.
Over and out,
Admiral Chicken
PS: BE SURE TO RUN YOUR CURSOR OVER THE GRAPHIC!

GIVE 'EM BOTH BARRELS!

Currently in class we are creating a graphic with text that will help somebody understand something whether it be some form of history or rules/guidelines of something. In doing my research I came across directions for boy scouts on how to correctly display their badges and other boy scout rules. I found them interesting and helpful since they have a lot of very specific rules and they target a very wide age range (starting with cub scouts to the adults who are helping them or group leaders) therefore their directions have to simplify a fairly specific and advanced collection of rules and regulations. Here is a sampling just pertaining to uniforms and badge application for boys:I also found a girl scout guide from the 1920s which is interesting for the same reason the boy scout one is but it also allows one to see what things have changed since the organization started and see the graphic approach. Here is my favorite page of directions from this particular manual:
And it falls under the category of a wordless diagram!
you can see the whole book at: http://www.cabincreekcds.com/GScout1920.htm

IT'S A...AN ARMADILLO?

So I have 18 posts on the required topic under my belt so I feel I should be allowed one "off topic freebie", so here it is. Though it is not entirely insignificant to my blog, my blog URL is http://armadillohaven.blogspot.com/ so therefore this relates since it is about an armadillo.
Headline:

Baby news:Rare Zoo Birth of Armadillo in Minnesota

The entire article can be found at http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/minnesota/40642777.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUycaEacyU
And on a closing note the gender hasn't been determined yet, I think I'll see if anybody is willing to place bets...

HARMONIES ON A HURDY-GURDY

Ok so usually I try to blog about information graphics that i admire, in this case I chose my pieces entirely by content. I admire the content not the design. These things are not easy to look at, though on the plus side the content is humorous and it relates to music which is why I chose them. I'm not sure on the origin, though I do know they all came from the same source. I think I found it on a blog...