Gizmodo picks the best Lego sets in history. I never got into the town or castle sets, but I had a ton of the space sets. My favorite is the big Futuron Monorail set. The cargo containers could be removed from the monorail and put onto the little cargo carrier. I also had the expansion tracks and I had a cool layout set up in the living room.

Here\’s an awesome video about recreating the D-Day landing on Omaha beach with just 3 actors and a lot of post-production work.
[ From Boing Boing ]

Kite to Pull Ship Across Atlantic

The designers of the MS Beluga Skysails say the computer-controlled kite, measuring 160sq m (1,722sq ft), could cut fuel consumption by as much as 20%.

Congratulations, you\’ve discovered sailing!

Awesome SR-71 Blackbird model done in Legos. It even has working landing gear.

Luminous Landscape reviews the Nikon D3 and D300, comparing them as camera systems to the Canon system. The D3 has awesome high-ISO performance, I hope it trickles down to the cheaper models.

Cool photos of vinyl LP covers.
[ From one.point.zero ]

Entertainment Weekly chooses the Top 25 Sci-Fi movies and TV of the past 25 years. Speaking of which, I just saw Sunshine and it was really good. There haven\’t been many serious, hard sci-fi movies lately besides Sunshine and also Children of Men.

Interesting article about why Starbucks actually helps mom and pop coffeehouses. When the line at Starbucks is too long people start going to the coffeehouses.

…a new Starbucks doesn\’t prevent customers from visiting independents in the same way Wal-Mart does—especially since coffee addicts need a fix every day, yet they don\’t always need to hit the same place for it. When Starbucks opens a store next to a mom and pop, it creates a sort of coffee nexus where people can go whenever they think \”coffee.\”

[ From Signal vs. Noise ]

The Top 5 Jason Bourne Improvised Weapons. I finally saw the Bourne Ultimatum and it was badass, in spite of the shaky camerawork that looked like Muhammed Ali filmed it. Zing!