Friday, June 08, 2007 :::

New York Magazine explores the profitability of various new york businesses, including their most profitable products and services and the least, or the most marked up and the least, etc. via boingboing.

Also on boingboing. someone affixes a small camera to their cat's collar, and sees what pictures turn up.

::: posted by johnok at 4:58 PM

Monday, June 04, 2007 :::

In addition to the book, there is a freakonomics weblog. via wonkette.

Gunther Grass explains just what he was doing in the Waffen SS during the second world war.

simultaneously stairs and shelves. via lifehacker.

::: posted by johnok at 6:08 PM

The Clear Sky Clock gives a stargazing forecast from your nearest astonomical observatory, showing cloud, day/night, and visibility conditions, on a neat-looking, color-coded chart. seen at astronomical observations, a recent blog of note.

::: posted by johnok at 5:25 PM

Friday, June 01, 2007 :::

So lately I've finally had some time to catch up on my back issues from the new yorker. They had a very interesting profile of karl lagerfeld, and also from the same issue an article on someone whose job it is to track down trademark fraud. Mostly it seems like a rather depressing continual busting of small businesspeople, though the article also mentions a problem with fake or fraudulent airplane parts, which seems like something air passengers might find much less desirable than a kate spade knockoff handbag.

::: posted by johnok at 4:02 PM

A Day in the Life of an Apple Genius, Who also maintains his own weblog. via cult of mac.

::: posted by johnok at 3:56 PM