This is a nice example of what you can build on top of the flickr photo service.  This site lets you type up a message and then have random pictures generated to spell it out like a ransom note or something.  Just look at it!

 

The website superfuture is something I have been looking for.  I always thought it would be cool if something like this existed.  Like all things on the internet, it already does.  Basically superfuture is a listing of independent boutiques and stores in large cities around the world.  Many times when I visit a place, I want to be able to go to stores that carry things specific to that area.  In this globalized world, that is becoming harder and harder.  Tokyo was full of European and American stores.  Thanks to TimeOut Tokyo for helping me find superfuture.  One word of warning about the website, I don't really like their map interface because its not zoomable.  This is especially hard in Tokyo where half the streets don't even have names!

 

 

Oh my dear readers I must keep you up to date.  I went with Darwin, Ethan, and Vasili to get an Xbox 360 (or rather watch them get Xbox 360s)  Didn't happen tonight though because they ran out of the system they needed at Best Buy.  Bill Gates was supposed to be there.  I didn't get to see him before I left but I did appreciate seeing the marketing types buzzing around Best Buy trying to make it look spectacular.

 

Maybe tomorrow an Xbox 360 will become part of my family.

 

 

I thought this was a pretty hilarious FAQ question at the US Postal Service.