Via Sandra over at OmniBrain, I learned about We Have Pie Charts, where just about everything you would never describe with a pie chart is described with a pie chart. Here are two of my favorites:
A Day In the Life of Goldfish:
More like this
When the Overlordz announced a pie contest in honor of Pi day, I thought that I might be able to muster some
I'm back from my northeast travels - I had a great time at both NOFA and NESEA, and am slowly recovering from a glazed state of sleep deprivation to something sort of coherent enough to finish the book (3 weeks to go!).
Well, it is finally Pi Day—mathematicians and scientists rejoice!
The number of pies in our inbox doubled overnight, and we woke up to a virtual bakery's worth of pastries. What did we find? We'll have to break it into two posts...
We're running out of pie references to use here, so bear with us.
It IS funny, but I have to point out that goldfish do NOT have a 3 second memory span. That's a myth concocted by people to justify keeping them in goldfish bowls.
http://nootropics.com/intelligence/smartfish.html
" IT IS time for the scales to fall from our eyes: scientists have claimed not only that goldfish have a memory span of up to three months, but that they can also tell the time.
The fish, previously believed to have a memory of just a few seconds, can distinguish between different times of day and can also be taught to follow a routine, according to research. "
My favorite pie chart spoof has been this one:
http://themot.org/gallery/d/58721-1/pacmanchart.png