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links for 2008-04-15

• Mapping Strategies: How Candidates Use Maps to Imply Electability | The Electoral Map
  (tags: maps election2008)
• Airline bankruptcies fallout: Credit cards may be harder to use | Upgrade: Travel Better
  “Generally, credit card vendors turn over revenue to airlines from bookings in a matter of days. But in some cases, the companies hold on to a percentage of ticket receipts until customers actually take their flights.”
  (tags: travel business)
• The States : Frank Chimero : Illustration & Design
  Illustrator Frank Chimero writes, “The States project started out with an off-the-cuff remark I made during a conversation when I said that I always thought California kind of looked like a snuffed out cigarette…”
  (tags: illustration maps via:davery)
• Names That Match Forge a Bond on the Internet | New York Times
  “Why do so many feel a connection — be it kinship or competition — just because they share a name?”
  (tags: language google culture relationships psychology)
• New Counters? Everything’s on the Table | New York Times
  “Granite has long been the knee-jerk choice for kitchen counters, but there are new (and centuries-old) countertop alternatives.”
  (tags: kitchen homeimprovement toread)
• Mixwit - create a mixtape
  (tags: music blogs tools todo)