10/19/2007

* For the golfers out there, there is only one golf course in Afghanistan: Kabul Golf Club. It is dry, and the greens are custom created with sand and oil. NYT did a writeup: A Golf Course Where Water Is No Hazard.

* the “blog” of “unnecessary” quotation marks chronicles all of the misuses of the humble quotation. See also history of the quotation mark.

* Local blogger Ben Edwards found the photo shown at the right Great advertising: Mr. Clean

* Meeting someone across town? Happy Median will help you find a restaurant, coffee shop or some other spot to meet at in-between.

* Endless Shoes and Handbags has a well thought out and very useful product page (check out the closeup when you move the cursor over the product image) and since the checkout is powered by amazon.com fewer places have your credit card numbers.

* Shoes seem to be in the air – Mike suggested a shoe site too: “Visit Zappos.com for all of your shoe needs.” I hear they have excellent service, ship the shoes within a day and they pay return shipping if the shoes don’t work out.

* Quote: “We should always look back on our own past with a sort of tender contempt.” –Dennis Potter [via Projectionist]


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