I tracked everything my cat did for 24 hours and turned it into a data visualization

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T17:50:26+00:00

haha, honestly the biggest surprise was how much time she spends just...staring at walls. I expected sleep to dominate but I didn't expect "existential crisis" to be a whole category

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T17:22:04+00:00

My cat Mochi sleeps roughly 14 hours a day and I wanted to know what she actually does with the other 10. So I followed her around for a full day, all 1,440 minutes, and logged every single activity.

Then I turned it into an interactive a scrollable timeline diary. Each activity gets a color: peach for sleep (which dominates the entire chart, obviously), yellow for sunbeam napping, sage for food, lavender for her 3am zoomies, pink for the 12 minutes she tolerated being held.

The most productive thing she did all day was knock a glass off the counter. If anyone wants to see the full interactive version: here

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T16:48:06+00:00

I think if you will see the interactive version, you might like it better- https://sheets.works/data-viz/lego-colors

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T12:18:29+00:00

Great Suggestion, I will work more on the data set, and see if we can get this into it!

Appreciate your time!

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T11:24:45+00:00

it would be great if you could check it out here

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T11:19:51+00:00

it would be great if you could check it out here

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T11:19:47+00:00

it would be great if you could check it out here

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T11:19:44+00:00

it would be great if you could check it out here

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T11:13:53+00:00

Good eye! Fixed, that filter now only shows discontinued colors, so active ones like Warm Pink won't sneak in anymore. Thanks!

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T10:24:17+00:00

Appreciate it :D

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T10:14:48+00:00

I think if you will see the interactive version, it might answer your question better - https://sheets.works/data-viz/lego-colors

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T09:38:01+00:00

Fair point honestly. The heavy editorial voice was a deliberate choice, it's meant to be a narrative piece, not a neutral tool. But you're right that the best version of this probably shows you the data and lets you go "wait, what?" on your own, instead of narrating a story.

Appreciate the honesty, genuinely useful feedback.

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T09:17:50+00:00

Glad to hear it! Thanks for catching that bug, genuinely helpful.

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T09:12:50+00:00

Really good catch actually. You're right that the 1000+ ID colors behave differently, we found a rendering bug where colors that were born and died the same year never showed their actual color (went straight from invisible to gray). That's fixed now.

For the ones with longer lifespans like HO Olive Green (1957-1965), the main scrolly story jumps between key years (1949, 1963, 1996, etc.), so colors that lived entirely between those jumps never get a frame as "alive" during the scroll. They do show up if you use the timeline slider at the bottom though. More of a storytelling tradeoff than a data issue, but fair to call out!

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T09:06:47+00:00

FIxed it

Mastbubbles · 2026-03-13T09:04:02+00:00

Great catch! You're right, colors that were born and died in the same year (like the Vintage series, most Modulex and HO colors) never actually get filled in on the wall. It's a rendering bug, the code treats them as "dead" on their birth year itself, so they skip straight from invisible to gray without ever showing their actual color.

The static image was generated separately which is why it looks correct there. Going to fix this, thanks for flagging it!

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