Why have I never seen this before? A map of the world with superimposed antipodes. There’s surprisingly little overlap.

Regular household objects cleverly repurposed. Very creative!

Updated to link to the actual website of the book, rather than a blog.

Drew Gardner creates beautiful sculptures from discarded shopping trolleys.

What would happen if humans disappeared overnight? More details in this New Scientist article. Makes you pause and think.

An interesting design study of the San Francisco commuter rail network. They’ve also come up with a very practical map design.

Fantastic fishing pictures by Corey Arnold.

Another wonderful Sony Bravia ad — although I still like the Balls commercial better, mainly because of the music.

Remember the Gyrobike I blogged about a few months back? Well I happened to meet Nathan Sigworth, one of the designers, while recruiting at Dartmouth. Turns out they’ve just won a Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award! Sweet.

Kevin Tiell has some wonderful pictures of pinballs.

Malcolm Gladwell on The Myth of the Prodigy. I heard Gladwell give this talk at Google a few months back. Interestingly, the impression I had gotten was that the kids from Hunter College were doing better than just okay — that they were not famous, but all very happy. Perhaps the smartest kids are those who learn how to be satisfied with a balance.