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Google Reader alternative

Following this weeks downtime, maybe [this is the alternative to Google Reader I need](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/how_to_make_a_telegraph_t.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

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Where are they now?

[Child actressees of the 1980s today](http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/03/28/child-actresses-from-80s-tv-that-became-hot-adults/).

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Cross promotion

Some [7-11s will be re-branded as Kwik-E-Marts](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/28/711s_to_be_remade_as.html) to promote the Simpsons movie. **Update**: [Some pictures of the rebranding](http://flickr.com/photos/rdr07/sets/72157600590001691/) ([Via](http://www.kottke.org)).

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Electronics fun

[Making sparks with a capacitor](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/capacitor_discharge_in_ac.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890)

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Geek Report: Doctor Who, Season 3

The third season of Doctor Who just finished, so here's some quick one paragraph reviews of the episodes. Spoilers (mild) for those in Australia and the US who…

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Map of France

[Made up entirely of bread](http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/03/27/94-gastronomic-cartography-the-france-of-breads/).

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Creepy books

A number of [creepy looking book sculptures](http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/03/book_sculptures_1.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890).

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Boy scout ingenuity

A boy scout achieved [fusion in his own backyard](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/nuclear-fusion/michigan-teenager-creates-nuclear-fusion-from-his-basement-247239.php)

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