November 30, 2005
Need to buy a Christmas Tree in New York City? Check out this Google Maps Christmas Tree Mash Up brought to you by the Gothamist.
One of the more inventive traffic calming devices is slowing traffic by setting up a living room in the street.
November 29, 2005
Ridiculous Cyber Monday phrase is actually only less than 10 days old, and is completely false. And the term gives me the willies.
In lieu of the impending transit strike, memories of the 1980 transit strike are swirling in Strap hanger's heads.
November 27, 2005
Time Lapse film of the Panama Canal Miraflores locks - 1 week compressed into 11 minutes. Amazing.
November 21, 2005
Plant which gives off a scent akin to a rotting corpse finally blooms (with photos)
November 18, 2005
November 16, 2005
This is pretty cool: up-to-the-minute maps of Charlottetown buses using Google Maps and a whole lotta web acronyms. Actually this is just a representation of the bus schedule, but cool nonetheless.
The law of unintended consequences rears its' ugly head: Sims 2 hacks spread like viruses
November 15, 2005
Who knew that the 59th Street (Queensborough) Bridge had a trolly line on it? Here's a current photo of the existing trolley entry kiosk
November 13, 2005
9.1 on the Geek Scale: If Dr. Seuss wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation
November 11, 2005
Continuing the Star Wars theme, How the Death Star Works, The Implausibility of the Death Star's Trash Compactor, and an analysis of the Endor Holocaust (a perennial favorite). Let your geek shine.
Lots of Leia's: thousands of women in Leia's Metal Bikini
November 9, 2005
How the CIA planted computer bugs in Soviet technology - read more about History's Worst Software Bugs.
Trading a paperclip for a house: One Red Paperclip:
...I started with one red paperclip back in July and I am making a chain of trades for bigger or better objects until I get a house. Right now I'm up to a 1000 Watt generator.
November 5, 2005
November 3, 2005
Not creepy at all: Wall of boobs helps men remember SO's bra-size - here is a designer's rendering of the store (in Dutch)
