People that make articles like this are freakin' artisans, love the page.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/#/?part=tunne...
I'm all for beautiful, elegant presentation, but when it comes to reading a long article I don't want lots of movement and twiddly bits.
Many sites in this school fall flat without some fourth-party content.
Sorry, this is the web, I don't need a fucking splash screen. At least make it so that I immediately notice that the content is there.