The CIA Skyhook – and problems using pigs as test dummies: “Fulton first used instrumented dummies as he prepared for a live pickup. He next used a pig, as pigs have nervous systems close to humans. Lifted off the ground, the pig began to spin as it flew through the air at 125 mph. It…more

Mel’s site – real people have xangas…why?

Comparison of energy per person expended for various modes of transportation – train beats even a 5-person car; standard bicycle trumps all.

Eschaton – Jesus running for office; soft on crime, wants to raise taxes.

Google Random Image – fetch a random image from Google based on your page’s text.

Marginal Revolution: What do you give the man who has nothing? – give the homeless voicemail; it seems stupid but instead lends them credibility that can help them get a job.

Deluxe Calendar – test on windows

Dynamist.com: Value of intangibles – is Virginia Postrel anti-Robert Frank? Her Substance of Style clashes with how she portray’s Frank, as an opponent of style and blind adherent to functionality. Yet Frank seems concerned with whatever really makes you happy, material or not.

Harnessing power generated by children playing to power machines – which really ends up making play, “work”.

Elevator 2010 Competition – build a model space elevator, $50,000 prize