Longish article from the Guardian on radically innovative wind turbine designs. The Aerogenerator has a vertical axis of rotation, a characteristic it shares with another Darrieus turbine-derived design, the Gorlov turbine for hydro applications.

(Thanks to robot wisdom.)

posted: 12:43:03 PM  

I got 12 out of 15 on the (Manhattan-centric) New York subways quiz, better than I thought I would. I stumbled over a couple of the navigation questions.

(Thanks to The Morning News.)

posted: 12:43:02 PM  

This is something my mom could use: a Wikipedia article listing movies in which a certain four-letter Anglo-Saxonism is used, in order of frequency. David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross is nowhere near the top; it's back in the pack, between the South Park movie and The Blair Witch Project (?!).

(Thanks to kottke.org.)

posted: 12:43:01 PM