Reverse Engineering xkcd's 'Frequency'
Exploring what makes the Randall Munroe masterpiece tick. (24 February 2014 / notebooks.jsvine.com)
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Waste Waters
An interactive graphic showing 50 nuclear dump sites in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico. (31 December 2013 / The Wall Street Journal)
Records Point to Nuclear Work in SoHo
When Energy Department officials went hunting for radioactive contamination at shops and factories where work on the nuclear-weapons program took place, they had some trouble with Transcontinental Machine and Tool Co. As in, trouble finding it. (20 December 2013 / The Wall Street Journal)
Waste Lands: America's Forgotten Nuclear Legacy
An interactive database that draws on thousands of public records and other sources to trace this historic atomic development effort and its consequences. (29 October 2013 / The Wall Street Journal)
A Nuclear Cleanup Effort Leaves Questions Lingering at Scores of Old Sites
Years later, the legacy of the U.S. arms buildup remains near homes, parks and malls. (With John R. Emshwiller.) (29 October 2013 / The Wall Street Journal)
New Taxi Fuels Concern Over Fleet's Gas Mileage
By Replacing Hybrids, 'Taxi of Tomorrow' Could Endanger Fuel Efficiency Gains. An analysis combining city taxi data with the EPA's fuel-efficiency data. (With Ted Mann.) (16 September 2013 / The Wall Street Journal)
Facebook Government Requests Per User
Running the numbers on Facebook's first Global Government Requests Report. (9 September 2013 / notebooks.jsvine.com)
Reporter
Literate data analysis with iPython notebooks and Jekyll. (ongoing / personal)
The Re-Vowelization of American Baby Names
What's in a name? Vowels and consonants, mostly. But in what proportion? (2 September 2013 / notebooks.jsvine.com)
Counting the NSA Documents
Analyzing the first few months' of Snowden-related documents. (28 August 2013 / notebooks.jsvine.com)