Category: Quickhit

  • Clever doormat

    A [doormat that works in both directions](http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/20/go_awaycome_in_doorm.html).

  • Photos from the last century

    [The hundred-year-old photo blog](http://www.shorpy.com/)

  • Frontiers of retailing

    Bloomingdales will introduce mirrors [that project the products over you](http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/interactive-mirrors-debuting-at-bloomingdales-245716.php).

  • Most addictive game ever

    Make sure you have plenty of spare time. [Desktop Tower Defence](http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/).

  • Worst. Idea. Ever.

    [Control your car over the internet](http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/17/you-are-big-brother-control-and-track-your-car-from-the-net/). ([Via](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/03/control_your_ca.html))

  • Old-school statistics

    A nice add-on for your website: a [mechanical counter](http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/mechanical-hit-counter-rings-em-up-the-old-fashioned-way/)

  • 19th century novel economics

    [How rich is Fitzwilliam Darcy](http://web.mac.com/jbdelong/iWeb/Brad%20DeLong’s%20iWeb/Morning%20Coffee%20Video%20Podcasts/628F2080-F343-4EEC-B4C9-1BA671DC2B59.html).

  • Typing Zombies

    [Kill Zombies by typing quickly](http://kotaku.com/gaming/dreamcast/clip-kill-the-undead-by-typing-245445.php). Weird.

  • Home Ownership and unemployment

    [Apparently high home ownership is linked to high unemployment](http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2007/03/oswald-vs-bush-on-homeownership.html).

  • 1984 meets political campaigns

    [A renegade video from Obama supporters attacking Hillary](http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/19/found-footage-obama-reinvents-that-1984-ipod-commercial/).