Speaking of people I know, my friend Dave Cohen just launched a useful little site: PriceProtectr.com. The site helps you notice price decreases on items you recently bought, enabling you to benefit from price protection offers. Check it out!

Eerie cityscapes by Fabien Iliou, a friend of mine from highschool.

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted any links recently. Unfortunately my computer had a major crash a week ago, and I’ve been struggling to put everything back in order. It’s in a semi-stable state now, so I’ll resume posting tomorrow.

I recently subscribed to JPG Magazine, a photo magazine that publishes its readers’ pictures. On a whim, I submitted a photo for their upcoming issue. Your vote would be much appreciated, should you so please — but don’t linger, there are only four days left!

Update: Matt comments that the javascript widget doesn’t show up in feed readers, so here’s a direct link to my photo.

JSG Boggs makes his own banknotes and sells them at face value to unsuspecting strangers. The bills can then be resold at a much higher price. More info on Wikipedia.

Earlier this month, I posted about Disco. My coworker Mihai pointed out that Disco was a bit overhyped, and it appears he’s not the only one who thinks that beta is not an excuse. I still think the smoke effect is pretty cool.

A great composite picture of flights leaving an airport.

This German art hotel has a wonderful comic book room. Make sure to check out their other rooms too — I really need to stay in one of these someday.