Last week we launched a fun new database at work: L.A.'s Top Dogs, which shows the most common dog names and breeds by ZIP code, based on dog registration data from L.A. County animal control agencies. My colleague, Ben Welsh, assembled the data and built the app in Django. ...

Here's the list of cities with the most blog posts per capita, according to outside.in, and an interesting discussion of the results: Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington, D.C. Portland, OR New York San Francisco Seattle Chicago Los Angeles (If you haven't heard of outside.in, it's a cool local blog aggregator that's well ...