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Beer belly camelfront

Yup, it’s a beer belly drink holder so you can drink brews everywhere in public…

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Sparklines

Edward Tufte , author of the Visual Display of Quantitative Information series of books (I own), came up with the concept of sparklines ….

Here’s an example from the webpage:

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Again, borrowed from Dan’s blog

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3D street art

As seen on Dan’s blog , an amazing street artist’s work .

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Spray painting Air Force One

OK, it’s kind of fun:

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First go here

And then go here  

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You’ve got to be kidding.

This gentleman went door to door claiming to be a breast inspector.

Not sure how bad I feel for the victims, not really the brightest sort….

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1’s are important

This article describes the case of forensics supporting the reinstatement of a 15% return instead of the editted 5% return.

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Improv Everywhere

Just listening to a really interesting This American Life (listen to Mind Games in RealAudio) about a group called Improv Everywhere who stage Missions. Great story!

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Cheney’s got a gun

It was bound to happen, someone has done an animated take on the popular phrase that sprang up after the Cheney shooting. 

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Star Wars TV show to run for 100 episodes

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I am really looking forward to this show .

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Fugly websites and the power of advertising

Here’s a neat article describing the benefits of ugly websites.

BTW, here’s my nomination for ugly and difficult to use.