Bloggery Gone Awry

Shared via here. Shared by jg Nom nom nom. From Chattanoogan.com’s YouTube feed: “A Chattanooga Police officer, while running radar at 1410 Workman Road on Sunday night, had his patrol car attacked by a ferocious bulldog. Officer Clayton Holmes said he had stopped to work on a report when he felt his car shaking. He [...]

Shared via here. Shared by jg …not just for tomato fights anymore. Nom nom nom? Esslack Food Spray, the Deli Garage(Germany), you can now stain your tomatoes, pretzels, and whateve..(more…)

Shared via here. Shared by jg Everyday Genius! Yes.

A few chapters of this book were more interesting to me than others. “Why suicide bombers should buy life insurance” was a great chapter discussing health care and insurance. There is a good discussion of the difficulties of measuring a doctor’s skill (around page 106). For example: If a doctor knows their performance (and/or pay) [...]

Shared via here. Shared by jg Marketing done right. Here’s an adorable, tricky and clever video on the future of publishing, courtesy of the Penguin folks, who produced it for an internal presentation and then released it into the wild after everyone loved it. Be sure to watch to at least halfway, when the clever [...]

Shared via here. Shared by jg www.socialmention.com is a useful tool for trend analysis. This is great news.  Jon Cianciullo has done it again.  His app Social Mention has just won the prize for "Most innovative use of the Open Search API" at the Myspace Developer Challenge. Social Mention is a social media search and [...]

Shared via here. Check out the flickr photostream of Michael Paukner. He’s a graphic designer who makes a lot of art out of science, including the picture above.

Shared via here. Shared by jg A note on what’s to come: People in seven European countries have expressed willingness to try “NoMix” toilets that keep crap and urine separate, allowing for more efficient waste processing and less seepage of urine-borne pharmaceuticals into the water supply. The study was conducted with 2700 people in Switzerland, [...]

Shared via here. Shared by jg Nice Street Art. I wonder how long it lasts? To see more photos and to learn more about the full piece, click here.

Shared via here. Shared by jg This will give Airstream a run for their money, right? Cool!