I know it's wrong but it feels so right

[flexagon]

Although it would make Tufte spin in his grave (if he were dead), I kind of like the data visualization here:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/catchingspammer/

Yes, the weird beribboned torus is a graph, as I didn't realize until I read to the bottom of the article. It's effective too. I can even see morning and afternoon bumps in the wraps representing the five weekdays.

I think what I like so much is how it successfully represents the continuum of how each day bleeds into the next as well as how the weekend bleeds into the week.

Comments

[soong.livejournal.com]

If it just had one marking for 'noon Sunday' or something I'd be happier with it as a data display. It can be unitless and axisless and still usefully show relations between datums. It's like a 3d rendered sparkline.