Aquatic Inference Engine

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The close door button (-> <-) in japanese elevators works…instantaneously. Almost worth the trip just to see that alone.
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Subway fare here is ~$2 (you pay varying amounts based on distance, and it’s calculated when you exit the system - identical i believe to the DC metro where you have to run your ticket both [...]

Hey sidesh0w…I just pic’d myself in detroit with the cameraphone, bluetoothed it to the pwrbk, and uploaded to me website thru the wireless network…hahahahaaaa! I am teh ub3r-h4×0r-n1nj4!!!!! j00 w1ll bow to me! [edit: erk! burned...i am not teh ub3r anything, i got so caught up in giddy wireless goodness that i almost missed [...]

Boy steps out on the porch, watches two young mothers, a toddler and an infant. Toddler toddles, sees movable object lying on ground, picks up and puts in mouth, mother exclaims, tosses it away, second mother provides baby wipes with the speed and efficiency of the lead nurse on a heart-transplant operation. Toddler [...]