This guy has some awesome, intricately detailed Lego models on his Flickr page. I like the Post-Apocalyptic ones.
[ From Boing Boing Gadgets ]

I was having lunch yesterday at the local mall and there was an oxygen bar across from it. What\’s this shit? I could understand if your oxygen bar was on Mars or Jupiter, but here on earth you\’re competing with, like, the atmosphere. Are people actually paying money for this? I\’m getting a freebie right now. I stood next to the bar breathing deeply and the manager kicked me out and said, \”No outside air!\” I think their target market is scuba divers and miners. I imagine some yuppie scuba diver buying a canister of cherry-scented oxygen. Then at the bottom of the ocean he\’s like, \”Ahhh, cherry.\”

And what\’s with these carts at malls? I\’m trying to walk and there\’s a freaking cart blocking the aisle. What is this, the middle ages? Is it market day at the castle? Did your mule pull your sunglasses cart in from the countryside? Get a real store you jackass.

Scans of the Usborne Book of the Future. This fantastic children\’s book was published in 1979 by Usborne, a British publishing house. It\’s actually a collection of 3 books: Robots, Future Cities, and Star Travel. I still have my copy of Star Travel(I used to read it cover-to-cover over and over again) but I never got the other 2 books. I\’d like to take a moment to thank the internet for making this nostalgia trip possible.

Artworks made from single sheets of paper. I like the house at the bottom.
[ From Coudal Partners ]

This box game is so neat. I know what I\’m doing at work tomorrow.
[ From Daring Fireball ]

The iPod touch is exactly what I was hoping Apple would release: an iPhone without the phone function. This way you can use all the cool functions over wi-fi without needing a subscription. The 16gb size does sort of suck though, especially since you can get an iPod classic with 10 times more space. Then again, I made do with a 10gb iPod for 4 years.

Instructions on how to rebind a Moleskine notebook with the paper of your choice. I find this book-binding stuff pretty cool. I should write a novel just so I can bind it.

This neat toaster has a message board on top that toasts whatever note you leave onto the bread. If I wanted to kill myself I\’d toast my suicide note on the bread before dropping the toaster into the bathtub. You know, kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

In the Chinese city of Tianducheng there\’s a Parisian streetscape being built. This blog suggests that it\’s a backup copy of France that the French are actually building. A copy of Paris but without the French attitude? I\’m there.
[ From City of Sound ]

Millionaire U.S. Rep wins lottery again

U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, already a millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune, is on a lucky streak. The Republican hit it big in 1997 with a $250,000 jackpot in the District of Columbia lottery. Then, last spring, he won $1,000 prize in the Wisconsin lottery, and he won another $1,000 in that lottery last week.

It always warms my heart when rich guys win the lottery.