2026-04-06 20:05:40
Gas prices are high across the U.S., more so in some places than in others. (Hello from California.) The New York Times has an interactive map of the average price by county. It loads initially by state and then you can zoom in for more details.
I think this is a riff on an older NYT map of the same data and structure, but I couldn’t find it. Maybe it was of temperature?
Either way, I’m a fan of maps that show the data directly through text. See also: most popular resident of every city, midterm challengers, the United States of surnames, London surnames, and how online daters describe themselves.
Tags: gas, New York Times, prices
2026-04-06 15:18:50
GlobalPetrolPrices tracks prices around the world for 150 countries, in case you’re wondering how your country compares. If you want to make it feel like you’re getting a bargain, try comparing against Hong Kong prices.
2026-04-04 03:56:12
The first downlinked images were published by NASA. The best view of Earth’s night side.
2026-04-03 19:04:22
After demolishing the East Wing of the White House and rushing into construction of a ballroom, the administration was finally ordered to stop until the plans go through the necessary reviews. NYT’s the Upshot made notes on the ballroom design, which is more flashy than practical, such as a stairway to nowhere and fake windows.
I like the enhanced byline: “Junho Lee is a trained architect, Larry Buchanan studied fine arts, and Emily Badger has long written about urban planning.” Apparently NYT has been doing this for a few years.
Tags: architecture, ballroom, Upshot, White House
2026-04-02 21:30:45
For those who want to share small datasets in a more straightforward way, Ziptable by Evan Peck makes quick work of the task with a single link.
Ziptable lets you share a small CSV or JSON dataset by sending a single link. The person you send it to opens the link and immediately sees the data in their browser, ready to search, inspect, and download again. No attachments, no cloud storage workflow, and no account required.
Load a dataset. Ziptable compresses and encodes the data. You get a link without the data hitting up a server.
Tags: Evan Peck, small data, URL
2026-04-02 20:06:07
Hi everyone. This is issue No. 382 of the Process, where we build towards charts beyond defaults. I’m Nathan Yau. This week is about small things adding up to big things.
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