Used copies of this book can still be find online (e.g. AbeBooks).

“Facebook’s Privacy Policy is 5,830 words long; the United States Constitution, without any of its amendments, is a concise 4,543 words. […] To manage your privacy on Facebook, you will need to navigate through 50 settings with more than 170 options. Facebook says it wants to offer precise controls for sharing on the Internet.”

Read the related article by Nick Bilton : “Price of Facebook Privacy? Start Clicking”

About Lapham’s Quarterly:

“Each issue of Lapham’s Quarterly adopts and explores a single theme. Our first four issues were dedicated, respectively, to War, Money, Nature, and Education, each created with an aim to help readers find historical threads from Homer to Queen Elizabeth I to George Patton, from Aesop to Edith Wharton to Joan Didion. New essays from writers such as Stanley Fish, Fritz Stern, and Andrew Delbanco then knotted each theme together. A typical issue features an introductory Preamble from Editor Lewis H. Lapham; approximately 100 “Voices in Time” — that is, appropriately themed selections drawn from the annals and archives of the past — and newly commissioned commentary and criticism from today’s preeminent scholars and writers.” (more)

First spotted via This Isn’t Happiness.

Explanations:

“Matt Robinson in collaboration with Tom Wrigglesworth embarked in an experiment of ink efficiency by sketching out large scale renditions of popular typefaces with ballpoint pens and comparing their ink usage. OK, they might have a little too much time on their hands, but their findings have a few surprises.”

You may already know about Mark and Tom’s work : they directed and edited this viral printer video for Hewlett Packard.

Previously on Skandalon

The Business Insider | CHART OF THE DAY: “Amazon’s Stock Wins Day One Of The iPad Onslaught” by Jay Yarow and Kamelia Angelova, Jan. 27, 2010

“Amazon won the first day of its battle with the iPad. At least, as measured by investors. Amazon finished the day up almost 3%, while Apple was only up 1%. This is a long term battle, but Jeff Bezos is probably feeling better than he thought he would today.” (more)

“More kids are getting mobile phones: Last year, more than 35% of U.S. children ages 10-11 had cellphones, almost double the amount in 2005, according to Mediamark data, via eMarketer. And even more than 5% of 6-7-year-olds had cellphones last year.”

About the Business Insider:

“Welcome! The Business Insider (TBI) is a new business site with deep financial, entertainment, green tech and digital industry verticals. The flagship vertical, Silicon Alley Insider, launched on July 19, 2007, led by DoubleClick founders Dwight Merriman and Kevin Ryan and former top-ranked Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget.” (read more)

“In fact, the share of college grads with a doctorate has fallen over the past decade. Not by much, for sure—but there’s no sense of a PhD being a desirable degree. Americans are not flocking to spend 4-6 years writing a dissertation and going on to research. And why not? This chart, which shows the change in real pay since 1999 for higher ed graduates, may help explain the relative undesirability of the PhD.[…] The real earnings for full-time workers with a doctoral degree has dropped by 10% since 1999.” (read more)

About Michael Mandel:

“Michael Mandel was chief economist at BusinessWeek, responsible for formulating BusinessWeek’s coverage of economic policy. Prior to this, Mandel was economics editor. In 1998, Mandel won the Gerald R. Loeb Award for his coverage of the New Economy. Mandel is the author of several books, including Rational Exuberance, The Coming Internet Depression, and The High Risk Society. Prior to joining BusinessWeek in 1989, Mandel was an assistant economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Mandel holds a PhD in economics from Harvard.” (BusinessWeek)

Spontelli must have borrowed crucial elements of his creation from this chart created back in August 2009 by Mozy (data storage providers).

Scientific American, vol. 301 no 3 Sept 2009 p. 48.

Evolution or history of mankind. It most certainly is a drawing by Italian artist Milo Manara though I couldn’t find the original source. You’ll find another good version of it HERE.

“As intelligence goes up, happiness goes down. See, I made a graph. I make lots of graphs.” (Lisa Simpson, The Simpsons, episode 257, January 7, 2001).

This image and many more related to slide rule history at the impressive Slide Rule Museum, Historical Photos’ section.

The text reads as follow: “ALL FIGURED OUT–This chart is used by judges as [a] guide in picking Miss Universe. First six show figure flaws, seventh is perfectly proportioned. (1) Shoulders too square. (2) Shoulders too sloping. (3) Hips too wide. (4) Shoulder bones too pronounced. (5) Shoulders and back hunched. (6) Legs irregular, with spaces at calves, knees, thighs. (7) The form divine, needs only a beautiful face.”