StateStats

StateStats: Allows one to enter search terms and see which demographics correlate.  Fascinating.

William Tell

Wow.  William Tell.  At least it didn’t end up like William S. Burroughs’ wife.

via Dark Roasted Blend: Bullet Proof Wife

Stubby Makes Good

I’d never thought of it before, but the silhouette on the Wyoming license plate of a bronco rider is actually based on a real person. Albert “Stubby” Farlow (1886-1953) was born with short legs, but made his mark as a bronco rider, at least long enough to get his image plastered on every Wyoman’s car. [...]

Pictures of Numbers

Pictures of Numbers : A great reference for how to display information in ways that are intuitively obvious to the viewer.  Clean, concise visualization is a treat. 

Surgical Necessity?

Surgical Necessity?

Instead of a knee surgery this woman instead got installed a prosthetic anus.

Wait, what?

Sliced Bread

It’s the best thing since, well, I don’t know what they had before this…

Scotch

I’ve mentioned Scotch a few times, and figured now I’d throw this link to the Caol Ila Distillery up here.  This scotch is unique in my mind because it’s got a really peaty, earthy aroma, but the taste is clean and fresh, almost disappearing as soon as it hits my mouth.  Compare and contrast [...]

How to take control of a massive iTunes music library

How to take control of a massive iTunes music library

Not what I expected, but the inspiration for this guy’s approach to dealing with an overloaded iTunes library came from a GTD-like approach to house un-packing, wherein you dump all your moving box contents into the middle of the living room floor and only take [...]