A fascinating way to visualize data

New York Times interactive features are getting better and better. Check out this Flashy way of displaying movie box office earnings and theatre run longevity.

It's beautiful.

Note that it's almost a year old. One thing I've struggled with in making web features for magazine I work for is: how much time can you afford to keep them updated? So far our answer has hinged on how many readers are still looking at them. In general it seems that certain features become unpredictably "pass-alongable." Things like quizzes, and if they contain timely info we update them.