USB rechargables

Mark sends a neat idea through: you can get rechargeable batteries with an inbuilt USB plug. Not ideal for home, where I can easily be charging six batteries at a time, but a nice idea for the office.

Trunk cam

I love the idea of a trunk cam – some amazing shots of curious animals.

Ah the mid-west

Terrible about the floods and deaths, but this quote made me laugh (and restored my faith in my ignorant stereotypes).“There are a lot of stupid people. When that sign says ‘Road closed, high water’, that’s what it means.”

War against Scientology

Interesting distributed “war” against Scientology and specific comments on how it works: just imagine if people were building these sort of networks for terrorism (and let’s assume they are)?

Anxious?

I like the idea of Just Enough Anxiety. We have a little too much, I fear.

Standards wars

Joel explaining how difficult it is to set and keep standards in play: Postel’s robustness principle is spot on: “Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.” How does this apply to dish washers, which I find have the...