Apples, Gravity, Newton...

Here's a reference point for this whole little thang -- a picture of the actual iPhone, and not a photoshopped product shot:



As you probably well know, Apple released the iPhone today to much fanfare, press attention and multiple dork orgasms. I never thought it was going to happen. It seemed like another macult dream. Anyway, the effect on the markets has been interesting to say the least.

I'm not the the first (1, 2, 3) but someone needed to put up an image of the ups and downs from today.



And McSey does it better...



In the first graph witness the decline of RIM (makers of the blackberry service) and Palm (of the treo) in contrast to the rise of Apple.

In the second, check out the play by play effect iTV and then the iPhone has on the stock.

[via Andy Baio]

Color Corrected

Pretty cool depictions of international strife and suffering. From the site:

We started to research relevant, global, and current facts and, thus, came up with the idea to put new meanings to the colours of the flags. We used real data taken from the websites of Amnesty International and the UNO.

[via Brazillian Artists via the Jervenaut]

Teenagers totally hating on their 'rents, myspace

I hate my family spikes again over Christmas -- though not as high as Thanksgiving. Viewing the 90 day graph you can see the difference.

Posts that contain "i Hate My Family" per day for the last 30 days.



[previously I Hate My Family]

"I Hate My Family," BIG WINNER DURING HOLIDAYS

Technorati and Google's BlogSearch allow an interesting sampling of trends of those represented on the internet. While it may not be the best metric for measuring these things, it provides a starting place (or evidence, at the least) of exploring these ideas. I've been trying to find a way to place a widget here on the sidebar exploring some of these ideas, but I think the Technorati graph here will suffice. More after the jump.

Posts that contain "i Hate My Family" per day for the last 30 days.


Its no secret that when people get together with their families, their loathing of familial bonds increases. Look at how that graph spikes right around Thanksgiving. People are blogging about it on turkey-day and right afterwards... when they get back to their offices and homes -- when they've left their blood ties behind and can be free like the rabid wild beasts of exciting interoffice mail that they are.

Expect an increase during December 25th as well.


I've got a running blogsearch going on in the sidebar so you can see how much people hate their families as we approach Christmas.


[idea via ViralVideoChart]