Tracking personal information from a boarding pass

Scary stuff - Q. What could a boarding pass tell an identity fraudster about you? A. Way too much

Cup fan's £1m 'trauma' insurance

Cup fan's £1m 'trauma' insurance:

A football fan will get damages of �1m if England are knocked out of the World Cup early and he suffers trauma.

What were they thinking - dot com gone bust

The Best of the Worst:

The Internet spawned so many weird gizmos and bad business ideas that mocking dot-com duds became something of a sport in the post-bubble era. But some ideas still stand out for pure silliness. These are products and services that attracted lots of publicity -- and, in some cases, millions of dollars in funding -- before folding.

Bed Books, the revolutionary way to print books for comfortable reading in bed."

Bed Books, the revolutionary way to print books for comfortable reading in bed.":

The revolutionary way Bed Books are printed will enable you to lie in any comfortable position and hold the book at an angle that works best for you. You have to see, hold and read these unusual books

Firefox plugin: Mouseless Browsing

Mouseless Browsing

I find this really useful when using Solveig's laptop* which has no mouse pad (just the little, er, nipple thing).

Each link/field/image (user-definable) is assigned a number and you type the number to visit the link. You can toggle it on and off (I use )

Ade

* Often in the kitchen, where a mouse might end up in the salad. Er...you know what I mean.

Controversy over The Bridge

Controversy over The Bridge (kottke.org):

One of the films premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival is The Bridge, a documentary by Eric Steel about suicide and the Golden Gate Bridge. The trailer is available on the festival site but be warned that it contains actual footage of people climbing over the railing of the bridge to commit suicide.

A fun Mac ad

Apple - Get a Mac - Watch The TV Ads

Having daughters makes you a leftie!

Apparently, having daughters makes a father, in particular, sensitive to inequalities and therefore more likely to vote to the left:
Girls to the left, boys to the right

The Sultans' Elephant

The Sultans' Elephant is coming to London (May 5-7). Actually it's by Battersea Power Station at the moment...

Interlocking Loft

Interlocking Loft, Kyu Sung Woo Architects Inc.:

The Interlocking Puzzle Loft notches and interlocks various program elements into a tight assembly of volumes to maximize the amount of usable space

Big Ideas come out of Big Pencils

Big Ideas come out of Big Pencils

Now I hate Flash as much as the next man but this is truly stunning. Pity it had to be for filthy spawn-of-Satan marketing types but I guess they were the ones with the budget :)

eBay: Total Network Solutions

TNS for sale on eBay

You can own, and name, your own football club! Bidding is up to £65k but hasn't apparently reached the reserve yet...

Why is the sky blue?

Why is the sky blue? Facts you should know:

Think you know you know your science? Recently, several science gurus -- Nobel Prize winners, institute heads, teachers and others who spend most of their time thinking about science -- were asked, 'What is one science question every high school graduate should be able to answer?'

Simpsons film confirmed for 2007

Simpsons film confirmed for 2007: "Twentieth Century Fox has confirmed that popular animated TV series The Simpsons is to be made into a film. "

BBC unveils radical revamp of website

BBC unveils radical revamp of website

The BBC today unveiled radical plans to rebuild its website around user-generated content, including blogs and home videos, with the aim of creating a public service version of MySpace.com.

Stop Hacking, or be Stopped

Stop Hacking, or be Stopped:

With the imminent launch of IE7 your usual CSS hacking methods are going to fail. If you want to save web design, as we know it, it’s time to take some drastic action.

Wes Anderson American Express Ad

YouTube - Wes Anderson American Express Ad:

The brilliant Wes Anderson My Life, My Card ad starring Jason Schwartzman and a cast of, er, um many!

Fast Food Nation - kids version

Actually called Chew On This, by Eric Schlosser...

In the Guardian today and what goes into a milkshake

Maldives fishermen in drugs haul

Maldives fishermen in drugs haul: "A group of fishermen in The Maldives got more than they bargained for when they reeled in the country's largest ever drugs haul, local media reports."

The link to this story on the main page was: "Lobster Pot".

A duel between two artists

Mr Squiggle

One sends a squiggle, the other turns it into a painting (where you can still make out the squiggle), and then sets the next squiggle.

Let the Art commence.