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links for 2010-02-03

• Budget Forecasts, Compared With Reality | NYTimes.com
  "Just two years ago, surpluses were predicted by 2012. How accurate have past White House budget forecasts been?"
  (tags: visualization government economy infographics interactive)
• dygraphs JavaScript Visualization Library
  "dygraphs is an open source JavaScript library that produces produces interactive, zoomable charts of time series. It is designed to display dense data sets and enable users to explore and interpret them."
  (tags: visualization webdev infographics javascript webdesign via:rboos toread)
• Dive Into HTML5
  The online version of Mark Pilgrim's HTML5 reference guide.
  (tags: reference html webdev webdesign via:rpitts standards)