Strange Maps has a cool cartogram of the world’s population. Greenland is almost non-existent.
Make sure you also check out Daily Mail to see other cartograms.
Update: Apparently Daily Mail did not create the other cartograms. They got them from Worldmapper.
I’m a big fan of blueberries. I easily go through a container a week by putting them in oatmeal, yogurt, and for the jelly portion of a PB&J. Because we get our blueberries from different locations, based on the seasons, I have come to a conclusion about locally grown blueberries versus imported blueberries.
First off, for obvious reasons, imported blueberries are much more expensive. Currently, a 4.4 ounce container costs about $4. During the summer, I can get two six ounce containers (that’s 12 ounces total for the mathematically challenged) for about $5.
While you can get more blueberries for the money from a local farmer, the interesting thing is that the blueberries from Chile are better quality. In that I mean that proportionally, there are less “bad” berries in the container. I assume this is due to the importing process. If each blueberry costs money to transport, they are going to weed out the bad ones so they don’t lose money shipping them. Local farmers are less apt to do that because a few bad ones in a container does not lose them any money.
Another note…the berries from Chile and bigger, plumper and…um…blander. While they look and burst great, they just don’t taste like a blueberry. I can’t wait for the spring to kick in so I can start getting my blueberries from Hammonton, NJ, the “Blueberry Capitol of the World”.
A man is bringing a suit to end his alimony payments to his ex-wife because she got a sex change. Said his lawyer, “It’s illegal for a man to marry a man and it should likewise be illegal for a man to pay alimony to a man.”
Basically, John McCain set up a MySpace page and copied someone else’s template…including images that were hosted on their server. Here’s how the co-founder of Newsvine.com had some fun by replacing the image with a stunning reversal on McCain’s gay marriage stance, particularly “passionate females”.
From the “Why didn’t I think of that?” file: This strainer fits perfectly into a can of tuna to get every last bit of moisture out of the can. And I’ve been using the lid all along. Brilliant.
Sony gave away 46” HDTVs to the first 100 purchasers of the PS3 in London. Nice surprise.
“Balls” is one of the most addictive flash games I’ve tried in a long time. I can only get around 2000 points, sadly.
I’d like to get a Wii, but I’m not willing to buy a whole bundle for $500+ and get four games, three of which I’m not interested in. I’m also not interested in waiting on line at the Nintendo store before 7:00 a.m. hoping to get one of the 12 or so that they might sell that day. I can wait for the day that I can walk into any Best Buy or Circuit City and just buy the base $250 unit and the one additional game I might be interested in.
In an effort to find a Wii, I’ve added a Wii tracker to my RSS reader in case someone has the base unit for sale online. This morning, I found out that Kmart has just that. Over my morning cup of coffee, I went to the Kmart site, and attempted to order the Wii.
When I added it to my cart, I was greeted by a message that, especially with my slow-morning-brain, I found quite perplexing.
So how exactly does one go about and order one from Kmart? They have them in stock, but have a limit of 0 per order.
Oh well. Guess it’s not meant to be at this time.
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