The coolest political graphic ever. It’s interactive, so go the Guardian site to see it work.
I’m posting it here in the hope of inspiring some poetry/computer genius to craft such a thing to track the spread of some poetic meme. Let’s say the proliferation of Beat aesthetics in the wake of Ginsberg’s famous Six Gallery reading of “Howl.”
Hey Joe,<br /> I'll do it!<br /><br />as soon as i figure out how to get my computer's<br /><br />'thingy' functioning. I think it has something to do with the F5 or F6 button on the top of this sissy typewriter<br />key-pad of my new (stupid) Ratch-A-Phratchcomputer up-grade!<br /><br /><br />Kokkie-san