Designing the taxi, a project organized by Design Trust and Parsons The New School For Design to redesign the iconic NYC cab.

Fascinating article about how Li Datong, a Chinese editor, challenged the Chinese propaganda apparatus. We can only hope so see more of this over time.

If the world were a village of only 100 people. Some interesting data about the distribution of the world’s population. Gives you some perspective…

Diego Rodriguez of MetaCool points us to these excellent videos about the design of the Honda Ridgeline. I’m not a big fan of trucks, but I’ve got to admit that I’m amazed at how much thought went into every little detail of this vehicle.

Kathleen from A Walk Through Durham Township always takes fantastic shots, like this picture of the Delaware river. I’ll occasionally post links to the various photoblogs I read, when I particularly like a shot.

Interesting article about the growing usage of mp3 players in the workplace and how it affects social interactions.

Backward clock, a clock whose hands move counter-clockwise. Add a touch of fun to your apartment.

Benford’s Law tells us that

“in listings, tables of statistics, etc., the digit 1 tends to occur with probability of roughly 30%, much greater than the expected 11.1% (i.e., one digit out of 9)”.

This can be useful in detecting whether a dataset has been tampered with. Kottke applies this to tampering with blog timestamps.

Braun has some mighty fine design.

Fun with USB connectors.