Month: January 2008

[A series of Chicago postcards with papercraft models the landmarks of the city](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/21/chicagos-landmarks-a.html). If you’re going to Chicago, please send me some.

[The complete archives of Robert A Heinlein are being scanned and loaded online](http://www.heinleinarchives.net/upload/). Original manuscripts of every piece Heinlein ever wrote. I think I’m going to be spending quite a bit of time (and money – the scans aren’t free). Plus personal correspondence and other documents. *: There Aint No Such Thing As A Free…

[A pop-up lamp which actually lights](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/lamp/book-of-lights-pop+up-lamp-is-simultaneously-sexy-and-pretentious-301251.php). I’d be a lot more impressed if it came with more than one lamp, so you could change your decor with just a flip of the page.

[Why not buy your loved one a gutted 747](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gigantic-diy/buy-a-gutted-747-and-do-whatever-you-want-with-it-300030.php). A thousand and one uses, no doubt. Of course, the price doesn’t include the shipping costs.

[What happens when you throw a cup of water in the air in Alaska](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFj_i6HtebM). Looks nice right about now…

[Dopplr](http://www.dopplr.com/) – an online tool for frequent travelers. The idea is to let your friends know when and where you’ll be.

[SF author William Gibson thinks the present is so strange no publisher would have accepted it in 1977](http://www.kottke.org/remainder/07/11/14501.html). He’s pretty much right. Despite its best efforts, SF often turns out to be too pessimistic about change, especially the negative ones.

[The most pirated movies of 2007](http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/news/2007/12/YE_best_of_p2p). The list suggests pretty strongly that people tend to pirate the kinds of things they aren’t willing to pay for, because *Resident Evil: Extinction* topped the list.

[If (US) whites are surveyed in a way that suggests that black people are more likely to suffer from the death penalty, support for the death penalty increases](http://crookedtimber.org/2007/12/04/guilty-as-framed/). Scary but depressing.

[Cloverfield, the mysteriously marketed movie from JJ Abrams](http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/cloverfield/). I’ve mentioned my feelings on JJ before. But, on the other hand: **monster movie**!!!