Month: January 2008

[A graphical history of the Batman logo](http://www.kottke.org/remainder/07/09/14121.html). (That was the Batman theme, in case you were wondering).

[Two mathematicians explain those traffic jams which seem to happen for no reason](http://www.physorg.com/news117283969.html). A nice bit of analysis, but I kinda thought this one had been solved years ago.

[Ten tips to make eating and drinking easier](http://lifehacker.com/software/lifehacker-top-10/top-10-food-and-drink-hacks-327267.php). I particularly like the coke can cooling trick. I think I’ll try that later today…

[The first 30 pages of Muirhead’s Guide to London, 1928](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/18/muirheads-london-gui.html). Interestingly, the guide suggests tipping of 20 per cent, which is quite a bit more than the [current suggestion for London](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_by_region#United_Kingdom). So perhaps the direction of tipping is not all in one direction as it sometimes seems.

[Forgotten films of great directors](http://dailyfilmdose.blogspot.com/2007/08/he-directed-that.html). Most of these are pretty good films, of course. But not the kind of thing the director usually made.

[Conmen in India set up a fake Government office to collect money](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/12/faux-indian-gov.html). Taking the ‘taxation is theft’ thing a little too far, I think.

[US restaurants are looking to phase out the main dish](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/dining/05entr.html?ex=1354510800&en=736022725bf3ca47&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss). Amazingly enough, reading this was the first time I’d learnt that in the US the main is called an entree…

[The Sci-Fi Sounds quiz](http://www.shegoddess.com/q/sf/index.aspx). Missed one, so clearly I need to go back to watching SF movies for another few days.

[Mail-order custom furniture](http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/09/19/ponoko-mailorder-cus.html). Send the company your plans, and they’ll mail you back the pieces laser cut from their factory. The fundamental problem here for me is that I’m not actually a very good furniture designer, so I think I’ll stick with the pre-made stuff. But it’s a clever idea.