Lunch delivery Indian style

This article in the Independent describes the dabbawallahs, the Indian delivery men who pick up thousands of home cooked lunches each day and deliver them to people at work.

China pictures

A page of really nice pictures from China.

Crop circle

A link to a crop circle on google maps. You may have to zoom in a little to see it.

Benford's law

This article discusses Benford's law which says that numbers starting with a 1 are more common than others.

How to get rich

The text of a lecture by Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel, on why some societies are richer than others.

Trevor Greene

Here is a bio of the Canadian officer wounded in the axe attack in Afghanistan. He sounds like an interesting fellow. Hopefully he'll pull through.

Fake miniature pictures

This article describes how to take a nomal photo and make it look like a photo of a miniature model. This flickr page has some examples.

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Another robot mule

A New Scientist article describes, and has pictures of, another robot mule for the US Army. This one has legs.

A Canadian blog from Kandahar

This is a blog written by a Canadian officer with the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar Afghanistan. It isn't up dated regularly but is interesting nonetheless.

Robo-Truckers

This blog post describes a new robot truck that can follow the truck in front. Aimed at the military this will initially allow drivers to rest without having to stop the convoy.

The Earth with clouds

This site shows a picture of the earth with current cloud cover.