Good Stuff

May 5, 2005

Average US Credit Scores Map

Filed under: Eye-Opening — good stuff @ 11:02 pm

A map of the US, with the states colored in according to average credit score. Congratulations, South Dakota, for having the best credit scores!
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Common/Flash/P114904.asp?special=IA

Skyline Ranking

Filed under: Intelligent, Captivating — good stuff @ 11:36 am

A ranking of cities based on the “visual impact of their skylines”.
http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/sk/st/sr/

Cup-A-Cake

Filed under: Useful, Intelligent, Cute — good stuff @ 10:52 am

A container for holding frosted cupcakes in a way that keeps the frosting intact.
http://www.cupacake.com/

Banana Guard

Filed under: Useful, Intelligent, Funny — good stuff @ 10:49 am

A product that keeps your banana from getting bruised in your bag.
http://www.bananaguard.com/

May 4, 2005

The Fancy Clothespin

Filed under: Funky — good stuff @ 9:36 am

Dyeing clothespins in a washing machine.
http://stranko.com/clothespin.html

CSS Zen Garden

Filed under: Inspiring, Eye-Opening, Mind-Boggling, Classy — good stuff @ 9:29 am

A demonstration of why graphic artists ought to take CSS seriously. They also invite people to contribute designs that modify the stylesheet while keeping the HTML intact.
http://www.csszengarden.com/

May 3, 2005

Tumbleweed Tiny House Company

Filed under: Lovely, Cute, Dedicated — good stuff @ 6:31 pm

Tumbleweed’s owner, Jay Shafer, lives in a 100-square foot house. His company Tumbleweed builds meticulous, made-to-order little houses.
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com

May 2, 2005

An Office Full of Balloons

Filed under: Silly, Dedicated, Fantastic, Funny — good stuff @ 12:54 am

The Physics Society at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign fills someone’s office with lots of colorful balloons.
http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/groups/physics_society/2000-2001/pictures/balloons.html

April 28, 2005

Spaghetti Ice Cream

Filed under: Odd, Sweet, Adorable — good stuff @ 12:41 am

From the Spaghetti Ice Cream website:

There is no spaghetti in Spaghetti Ice Cream, just vanilla ice cream (the spaghetti), blended strawberries (the sauce) and grated white chocolate and grated almonds. (the cheese).

Here’s a great picture of the stuff:
http://spaghettiicecream.com/Spaghetti-Ice-cream.html

April 25, 2005

Implicit Association Test

Filed under: Intelligent, Innovative, Fascinating, Mind-Boggling — good stuff @ 11:40 pm

An Implicit Association Test (IAT) is “a tool to gain greater awareness about [your] own unconscious preferences and beliefs”.

Take various forms of IATs here.
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

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