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A new view on Minard’s Napoleon
Charles Minard’s chart of the demise of Napoleon’s Grand Armée is famous for its “brutal eloquence”. Edward Tufte says it “may well be the best statistical graphic ever drawn”. The width of the line...
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Sunrise/Sunset Onebox
If you try searching for [sunrise san francisco] on Google, you’ll see a special display in the results: This is known as a “onebox”. It’s designed to get you answers quickly. Other examples include...
View ArticleCommacopy
At work, I often see web pages that display large numbers like so: num-bytes 1,234,567,890 num-entries 123,456,789 Including the commas in the display makes the numbers easier to read. But it does have...
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Crosscountry Crosswords
It’s been almost a year since I introduced lmnowave, the collaborative crossword puzzle gadget for Google Wave. A lot has happened in that past year, not least the cancelation of Wave. First, to clear...
View ArticleHorizontal and Vertical Centering with CSS
I recently center some content both vertically and horizontally on a web page. I did not know in advance how large the content was, and I wanted it to work for any size browser window. These two...
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puzzle+: Crosswords for Google+
To solve a crossword with your friends in Google+, click this giant hangout button: You’ll see something like this: Click “Hang out” to invite everyone in your circles to help you with the puzzle. If...
View ArticleUpdated Online Boggle Solver
See that Online Boggle Solver link on the right? Bet you’ve never clicked it! I built the online solver back in 2006, mostly just for fun. In the six years since, I’ve wound up using it almost...
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Developing the OldSF Slideshow
If you head over to oldsf.org, you’ll find a sleek new UI and a brand new slideshow feature. Here’s the before/after: Locations like the Sutro Baths can have hundreds of photos. The slideshow lets...
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OldSF Buzz!
After its recent update, OldSF got an unexpected surge of traffic after appearing on Hacker News and reddit San Francisco. Traffic peaked at 14,000 visitors the day it hit Hacker News, then trailed...
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Finding Pictures in Pictures
Over the past month, I’ve been working with imagery from the NYPL’s Milstein Collection. Astute readers may have some guesses why. The images look something like this one: There are two photos in this...
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