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Electric Bike versus Car over a 3 mile commute

British artist puts Royal Mail to the test. Now there’s something you can’t do with email.

Augmented reality in-car video game

The blinkenlights crew have setup a new project in Toronto: Stereoscope. Using the dual city hall buildings as displays. Even rickrolling got its spot.

One of the clearer explanations I’ve read of how the current financial mess came about.

Bright Idea Shade

Project Cybersyn, the forgotten story of Chile’s “socialist internet”.

Gas Signs Truth in Advertising

Transformers

Some scientists think climate change needs a more radical approach. As well as trying to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, they have plans to re-engineer the Earth

A changing climate of opinion?

It’s not just the carbon, it’s the nitrogen too.

The Archive

Steve Jobs is not the Pope

A Wired article says Apple’s loyal fans, and even casual users, have come to identify so strongly with Apple’s high-end, individualistic vibe that they’re willing to look the other way when things don’t work.

It may be true, but it’s been the opposite for me. The more time passes, the more I find their products lack the quality control they used to have, even the operating system. I no longer recommend them to people who ask for my opinion for fear of getting hit with the backlash.

Not that the alternatives are much better, it’s more akin to choosing the least worse solution, but I just don’t get involved in other people’s choices.

Nos enfants nous accuseront

Today on Xantiar

there is nothing unique about the frequency with which cyclists as a class break the law when compared with drivers or pedestrians

The Myth of the Scofflaw Cyclist

There’s a whole subculture of people in the states who travel for pleasure on railroads using old railcar inspection vehicles.

Pac-Man: The Movie

Another example of RFID passports being easy to compromise.

Want to know what kind of dirty investments your Belgian bank has got its fingers in? Check right here (well, if your bank is in there, mine isn’t)

This is hacking at its best: doctor builds a custom dialysis machine in his garage to save a baby.

A new BBC series overlays multiple types of data over satellite imagery to show things like traffic patterns and phone chatter spread.

The market is adapting: increasing oil prices are moving manufacturing back closer to the customers.

Spain implements heavy measures to reduce energy consumption. The population’s reaction is pretty much what you’d expect and explains why limits of this type are rarely implemented elsewhere.

Jack Nicholson. Ahead of the curve.