Category: Quickhit

[Showing infants Baby Einstein DVDs (presumably as opposed to actually interacting with them…) may harm language skills](http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/parents-tricked-by-baby-einstein/2007/08/08/1186530417099.html?s_cid=rss_news). Of course, the [corporation that publishes them strongly disagrees](http://consumerist.com/consumer/take-it-back/walt-disney-demands-retraction-from-university-of-washington-over-baby-einstein-video-press-release-289008.php).

[80 text effects for Photoshop](http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/2007/07/22/the-best-80-photoshop-text-effects-on-the-web/).

[The legal issues of *Gilligan’s Isle*](http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/jarvis.htm). Apparently there was once a petition to rename Maui Gilligan’s Isle…

[Lufthansa looks to go triple-story on its A380s](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/travel/lufthansa-may-add-beds-to-coach-mile-high-club-to-add-thousands-of-members-286798.php).

Foreign Policy’s [list of the world’s most disputed territory](http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3918). Australia fails to make the list for its disputed claims on Antarctica. ([Via](http://www.danieldrezner.com/archives/003430.html))

[Flash versions of the old Nintendo Game&Watch handhelds](http://www.handheld.remakes.org/online.php).

[Guitar Hero IV: Banjo Hero](http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/dueling-banjo-hero-286658.php).

[Seven per cent of men working from home do so in the nude](http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2007/08/05/working_with_numbers/).

[Some comments from a non-economist at Harvard](http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/08/sociology-of-economics.html)

[My favourite: Pac-Mondrian](http://kotaku.com/gaming/delightful-diversions/timewasters-top-27-art-games-286154.php)