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But why should I bother about map projections? »

Good question, Danny. Someone at work was having projection problems just the other day. Should have started them off with this. (Via the Virtual Earth/Live Maps blog)

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A very special message to the fans from Ricky and Steve »

Brilliant. Bit naughty, though.

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Best newspaper video on chicken-removing municipal employees. EVER. »

Ever. And I’ve seen more than a few in my day. Seriously, I love this video.

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Incredible new Nissan ad! »

Check out Adam Buxton’s YouTube channel for more voiced-over hilarity.

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Flea Market Montgomery Redemption »

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Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee! »

>Real Estate Roller Coaster (speculativebubble.com)
(Via The Real Deal)
Talk about innovative data visualization. Take the nationwide home price index that Robert J. Shiller created for the second edition of his book Irrational Exuberance, dump it in Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, and you have the Real Estate Roller Coaster.
Check out the view of the mid-1990s to mid-2000s [...]

Too much awesome. TOO much. »

I can hardly stand the awesome, in fact.

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How most of my meetings go »

Particularly the last 1:09. How hilarious is it when, after circling the set, DOR emerges from the side door, still ranting like a nutter?

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Yet more foreign video awesomeness »

Richard and Judy deal with a random caller. (No, the audio is not real.) “Uhhh, it’s a falcon Richard.”

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“Freedom” train breaks rail speed record »

>French Train Breaks Rail Speed Record (NYT)
Freedom, French … whatever. The point is that really fast trains, much like lolcats, Karl Pilkington and commercial airplanes, are totally awesome.

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