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The story of the creation of the “Wanted” posters for Jonah Hex is pretty fascinating.
About five years ago, on September 1, 2005, I sat at a coffee shop across the street from the Leaning Tower of Pisa and could not believe just how much it leans. And that was five years after they fixed it.
Everybody loves lists, so Listiki — a site for finding, making, and sharing them — should be popular.
Adjusting to today’s dollars, the United States has incurred more debt in the last decade then during the entire combined previous 211 years of the republic’s existence.
How to Create a CD Ladder, from FrugalDad
“In an era when very little remains shocking, Pierce might have actually managed to create a genuinely disturbing work of fiction, the literary equivalent of Schindler’s List rewritten by the Marquis De Sade and filmed as a Tim Burton animated feature.” (hat tip to rb)
Just about 100 years ago — on July 24, 1910 — the New York Times featured an article titled “Will Future Generations Lose Historical Documents of To-Day?”.
“When you are parting with your money, know the person on the other side of the deal thinks you are not so smart and is depending on the anchoring effect when they tell you how much you are about to save.”

2024-06-04: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

Potholes are a serious and dangerous road hazard in Los Angeles. Designers in Italy are promoting the idea of a brightly-colored second layer of asphalt which would turn roads into a sort of skin, so you can easily tell when there’s a pothole to avoid.
It’s so very hard these days — but so very important — to remember that the email address on the other side of the screen is a real person, a lot like you.
There is much to be learned from analyzing photos of Michael Bublé being stalked by a velociraptor. But you might have more fun looking at a few dozen movie posters recreated to feature Garry Shandling.
There are only a few single English word domain names still available to register.
Grab the Airplane and Go: True Tales from the Airplane Repossession Business
The Los Angeles Department of City Planning audited itself and learned that it does a very poor job of planning.

2024-09-11: Broken links in this post have been removed and/or updated.

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