Month: August 2007

A continuing series. Today: [Time Warner is releasing a digital video recorder that won't let you skip commercials](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/time_shift-this/time-warner-cables-pseudo+dvr-wont-let-you-skip-commercials-288724.php). Next from Time Warner: a magazine that doesn't let you…

[A remote controlled tarantula](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/rc/remote-controlled-tarantula-288672.php). Fair warning - if you own one of these and it comes near me, don't expect it to survive...

Those of us from the 80s and early 90s remember mix tapes with fondness. [Here's a way to bring them back](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/retro%2C-baby/mix-tape-usb-makes-us-happy-reminds-us-we-are-old-288630.php).

[A state-by-state guide to the swing required for the coming federal election](http://jackman.stanford.edu/blog/?p=281).

[The techniques designers use when making book covers](http://www.esquire.com/the-side/qa/chipkidd061807).

[A robotic fire fighter concept design](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/12/ole-pill-bug-robot-concept-could-fight-forest-fires/).

[Developing country aid in the Internet era](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/08/discover-your-i.html)

[The secret meeting rooms of Disney World](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/12/epcots_secret_meetin.html).

[The solution of one Texas student to the US heatwave](http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/11/grad-student-bolts-air-conditioner-onto-car-to-beat-texas-heat/).

[Typography and graphic design on the US Highway system](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?ex=1344571200&en=86b63388e4ee637c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink).