travels of a female gamer, video podcaster, engineer, and schemer

I believe Henry David Thoreau predicted the financial crisis, 9/11, and other major disasters when he said the following:  it requires more than a day’s devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day. More than two decades after the 1980’s recession and our government still has no idea how to prevent a major financial crisis caused by major bluffing. Or maybe they do and they turned a blind eye, but I doubt they expected things to get this bad.

Anyway, I’ve been shy about updating lately. One, because I didn’t want to add to the “noise” that is the blogging voice, and two, because I barely feel like this is a worthy update. But who gives a damn. So here’s what I’ve been loosely into: visualization of data. Of what? Well, of none other than my glorious unemployment.

A graphical version of unemployment rate exists on NYT and is current up to 1/08/10.  The parallels are as striking as the fact that the rate of unemployment outpaces that of the rate during the 1980s — a clear indication that the average american today is relatively ill-prepared for job loss.

Here’s another interesting look at it from a micro-view… read more »