October 29, 2007

Lightroom + Leopard: compatibility notes

Just a brief note: Lightroom PM Tom Hogarty has posted some notes concerning the state of compatibility between the current Lightroom 1.2 & Mac OS X Leopard.  Tom mentions that a Lightroom update is due in the next few weeks which should address the snags people are hitting.

Hipsters, gangstas, & unacceptable haircuts

Chart! And! Graphs!

• Maps
  • “As a resident of Manhattan and an owner of a complete set of bodily organs, [Jack Anderson] knows a thing or two about subway maps and anatomy. Now you do, too.”  Check out his Illustrator-designed digestive-system-as-subway-map t-shirt. [Update: See also the Metropolitan Cardiac Authority.] [Via]
  • Online comic xkcd offers a map of online communities.  (It somehow makes me think of a Hobbit map that spent years stuck to my childhood bedroom ceiling.)
  • This Virgin Atlantic map drives home the vast number of movies available for viewing in flight.
  • I love the incredible intricacy of Christa Dichgans’s maps. [Via]
• Graphs
  • Artist Andrew Kuo spent the summer hitting as many NY concerts as possible, and he “obsessively charted the entire experience, from reviewing the bands to counting the number of porta-potties.” Check out the results.  See also the brief accompanying article.  Many more infographics live on his blog.
  • Protec’ ya neck: Chris Sims lets us peer into the rigorous science of gangsta rap. [Via]
  • This Australian dating ad uses infographics to make its pitch.  (Only 11% of suitors have “unacceptable haircuts”?  They must not be counting the vast number of Aussie dudes with fauxhawks.)