8/17/2007

* Driving directions at Google Maps (http://maps.google.com) now gives you rush-hour estimates on how long your drive will take. http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-long-will-it-take-at-rush-hour.html

* There are 46,871 miles of Interstate highways, and most use the font Highway Gothic for their road-side signs. Without changing the size of the signs the new Clearview font is readable at further distances than Highway Gothic: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/magazine/12fonts-t.html?ex=1344571200&en=86b63388e4ee637c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

* Historical approval ratings for Bush compiled by someone at the University of Minnesota

* This is old news, but if you don’t like telemarketers, place yourself on the national Do-Not-Call list: https://www.donotcall.gov/

* Smart Car’s have been in Europe for many years, and they are finally making it here next January. These cars are so small it makes the mini look like a station wagon. You can park three of them sideways in a normal parking spot. Cool. Apparently they are quite safe too: http://www.feldmannsmart.com/

* Quote: “Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” — Lin Yutang http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang


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