Category: Quickhit

Apparently February was [Return Shopping Carts to Supermarkets](http://www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/broadcast/radio/profile_america/009530.html) month… ([Via](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/02/basket_case.html))

Great [review of a themepark in Japan](http://www.themeparkreview.com/japan2004/nara1.htm). ([Via](http://www.grotto11.com/blog/archive/1171145352.shtml))

Apparently I’m [Doctor Doom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Doom). [Take the test yourself](http://www.thesuperheroquiz.com/villain). ([Via](http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/02/i_was_hoping_for_magneto.php))

[A CD player that looks like a table saw](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/spinning-disc-cd-player-cuts-like-a-saw-235483.php). Very cool looking.

[From Harper’s](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/03/prison_fact_of_.html): Percentage of American adults held in either prison or mental institutions in 1953 and today, respectively: 0.67, 0.68 Percentage of these adults in 1953 who were in mental institutions: 75 Percentage today who are in prisons: 97

From this weekend’s episode: “He’s completely insane” “That, and a bit magnificent”. Best summary ever…

New series on Fox in the US: 40% *Cannonball Run*, 30% *Amazing Race*, 20% *Lost*, 10% *The OC*. Which adds up to about 8/10.

[Free, 160-year-old sourdough starter](http://home.att.net/~carlsfriends/source.html) (a living yeast culture). ([Via](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/09/free_live_pioneerera.html))

[An iPod meets a Walkman](http://www.tuaw.com/2007/02/09/casual-friday-the-walkpod/). I’d buy one.

[An iPod dock made to look like a tape deck](http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/09/denali-tape-deck-modded-for-ipod-docking/).