World’s 100 richest people got $241 billion richer in 2012

Hmm — I’ve been using the term “gmail” for five years on my website. And this company rushed to trademark it last week, thinking they were going to trump Google? I might just sue them myself  [more...]

California wants people to drive less, use less gas, and be more energy efficient. But they are in an unholy alliance: “Taxable sales of gas in California have fallen from 15.9 billion gallons in 2006 to 14.6  [more...]

Here in Washington, DC, the manhole covers explode. Up in Vancouver, they represent a blank canvas for artists. Via Jason Kottke comes this link to the art competition to design Vancouver manhole covers. The Escheresque  [more...]