Assorted links

1. Oscar Niemeyer and his buildings- Some of them are incredibly beautiful. Most of them are incredibly nonfunctional
   
   
2. After-tax income in different counties
   
   
3. Classic album covers in Google Street View – in pictures
   
   
4. Cesar A. Hidalgo explaning why we don't really have meritocracy (paper)
   
   
5. Foucault with a Full Head of Hair
   
   
6. Porn trends in the UK
   
   
7. What Does the World Eat for Breakfast?
   
   
8. Fat city: Questioning the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity
   
   
9. Mapping flows in ArcGIS, by Alasdair Rae

[image credit: Alasdair Rae]

Soundtrack: Jorge Ben