The last two days have been rough for Netflix. Here's David Carr's take on its latest woes: In earnings announced on Monday, word came that for the first quarter, the company lost $4.6 million, its first loss since 2005. The company also said that its aggressive international expansion was goin... Read more →

The folks at DC Water have had trouble updating our account since we closed on a new house in January. They figured it out recently, though, and we got a four-month bill over the weekend. It was a whopping $460. This, even though our previous bills with the agency — in a comparably sized rental... Read more →

The U.S. Postal Service is still struggling to compete in an era of declining paper mail, and as private industry and Congress have resisted its efforts to reform, according to this story in today's The New York Times. The agency’s troubles, which could result in the closing of thousands of pos... Read more →

USA Today has a terrific package today about neighborhoods across the country that could have dangerous levels of lead contamination from old factories: Despite warnings, federal and state officials repeatedly failed to find out just how bad the problems were. A 14-month USA TODAY investigation... Read more →

I stumbled upon an interesting data set that lists the home states of more than 20,000 NFL players in history. I wondered: Do some states send a disproportionate amount of players to the pros? This map shows which mainland states produced the most NFL players. As one might expect, it looks like... Read more →

NASA flew more than 130 space shuttle missions since the vehicle went into orbital use in the early 1980s, and today the agency wowed many in D.C. with a landing at Dulles International Airport. (Yes, they are making poor Discovery commute in to the city from Dulles). Together, the shuttles hav... Read more →

USA Today reports that the country hasn’t been this “dry” in five years:  Still reeling from devastating drought that led to at least $10 billion in agricultural losses across Texas and the South in 2011, the nation is enduring more unusually parched weather. The map uses the same data we at... Read more →

Dozens of technologists and journalists today descended on Google’s beautiful Mountain View, Calif., campus for a discussion about technology and journalism. The conference, organized by the Center for Investigative Reporting, led to some prolific tweeting, as one might expect. I used a simple ... Read more →

A look at the GOP race through Google searches:  UPDATE: Ron Paul included at disobey’s request:  Read more →

The Associated Press captures the performance well: Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National as a favorite to win his fifth green jacket. Instead, he left with his worst score as a pro. This chart, made with data from the Augusta Chronicle, shows his four-round average scores at the Masters sinc... Read more →