Disguises for garage doors – but they’re probably come in sizes like British paper, pretty much guaranteed not to fit American equipment A truly cool cell phone gadget – I wonder if the camera function works with it? The goat travel visa issue – apparently it’s much harder for goats than people to cross the [...]

I really do love to treasure hunt.  I haven’t figured out how to make a living at it yet, but there are people out there that do.  And while there is probably a lot of money being made from things found in a quasi-legal setting, what could be worse than having to give back what [...]

For whatever reason, I’ve been hearing about Second Life a lot lately. Whether you’re already an addict or never heard of it, Man vs Second Life offers an entertaining introduction.  The Wikipedia entry will fill you in on the bizarre cross-overs from real to virtual – anyone know if you can claim “real” asylum from [...]

Stay in an ice hotel – understandably these are only available for reservations in winter. However the one in Sweden’s Lapland offers a 3-day ice-sculpting class during the summer. How could anyone not want to learn that? Lapland ice hotel Quebec ice hotel Do something for the next solar maximum in 2011/2012. The last one [...]

Here are three of the current best lego music videos I could find – seems like it is becoming a genre unto itself and no doubt there will be an award for it soon. Dark Vador Lego Orchestra by Wolverine The lengthy and dramatic lego version of the Mariner’s Revenge

Genie being sued in Saudia Arabia – exactly how do you serve the warrant? The sweet but odd love story – think of what they’ll save on monogramming New thing to do with Post-It notes – will the fun never end? The moon rock black market – do any of these buyers even know how [...]

This presumes that you now or at some time in the past have occupied a cubicle for the better part of a work day.  There seem to be several styles of cubicle occupation that reflect an individual’s personality and life philosophy: Life is transitory – This desk and this job is temporary so I’m not [...]

Princeton’s third Art of Science competition is online and the winners announced.  All of the images were coincidental to scientific research, not created as art.  If you’ve never considered the artistic merit of embryonic squid, here’s your chance.  Can you tell what the object is before reading the captions?

It’s a universal truth that pirates can make anything more interesting -  from getting a toddler to eat to studying economics (see the new book The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates) The career of legalized piracy known as privateering doesn’t get as much press but it’s still technically legal in the U.S. so [...]

It’s road trip season!  When I was growing up my Dad refused to stop the car for restrooms but would pull over and meditate for what seemed like hours on the historical jargon and landscape of each and every roadside historical marker.  It’s a rare Indian or Civil War Battle, sheep rustling, Lewis & Clark [...]